90 Drew on Birds of San yuan County. Colorado. 



what puzzled to know just w r hat disposal to make of this bird. It agrees 

 with australis in having the " red of the abdomen extended to the breast," 

 and the " throat soft, umber brown," but it has grayish lores, and a grayish 

 bordering posteriorly to a black pileum. It is excluded from true fcp/iro- 

 cotis by having gray below the lores. 



I found the Gray-crown rather common above timber-line in June; in 

 August they were in swarms on the summit. The young were just out of 

 the nest, Aug. 17. and kept up an incessant clamor, like young Chimney 

 Swifts. The wind was very high at the time, and often while standing in 

 a lode drift, the noise would go rushing by sounding like the distant jingle 

 of sleigh bells. The only note I heard from the old birds was a thick- 

 toned chirp : in June they have a canary-like peyt-e-weet. The young birds 

 are nearlv unicolor. much like the color of the adult's neck, but darker. 

 They breed on ledges in the face of inaccessible cliffs. When they come 

 down in winter they are very tame and confiding. 



31. .SIgiothus linaria, Cab. Red-poll Linnet. — These cheery little 

 fellows know nothing of thermometers, and are as jolly with the mercury 

 — 3d as if it were June. 



32. Astragalinus tristis. Cab. Yellowbird. — Obtained a single 

 bird, a male in full breeding plumage, in July. 1S79. 



33 Astragalinus psaltria. Coues. Arkansas Goldfinch. — I found 

 several in the willow bushes along the Rio Animas in October. Doubtless 

 breeds. 



34. Chrysomitris pinus. />/. Pink Finch. — Common : breeds. One 

 of the cheeriest of our few winter residents. 



35. Pocecetes gramineus, Bd. Grass Finch. — Common in the grassy 

 valley near the headwaters of the Rio Dolores, and seen in flocks in 

 Baker" s Park. Breeds. 



36. Melospiza lincolni, Bd. Lincoln's Finch. — Very common ; 

 breeds. Frequenting marshy places, they skulk through the underbrush 

 like a sprite ; more like a mouse in action than a bird. In June they have 

 a pretty wildsome song, the latter part of which reminds me of a Che- 

 wink's (Pipilo erythroj>thalmus). At any time of the day, in June and 

 July, you can hear the little performers pouring out. their songs from their 

 perches on the topmost branches of the dwarfed willows. 



37. Junco hyemalis aikeni. Ridg. White-winged Snowbird. — 

 Rare; not noticed until after two or three severe snow-storms in October. 

 Thev are easily recognized by being heavier-built than their allies, as well 

 as by the white wing-bands, though the latter are variable. 



38. Junco oregonus, Scl. Oregon Snowbird. — -Common. First 

 appearing at timber-line in September, stragglers come down and mix 

 with flocks of caniceps, but by October they have taken full possession. 

 When the severe winter weather begins they pass lower down. 



39. Junco oregonus annectens. Bd. Baird's Snowbird. — Occa- 

 sionally seen in flocks of the foregoing. 



40. Junco cinereus caniceps, Cones. Red-backed Snowbird. — 

 Verv abundant. The onlv Snowbird which breeds here, raising two. 



