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20, frp<iuontin;^' .^ra^sy s])()ts nnitniL; the low 1mis1u»s, jiikI a iiKHitli later they 

 were siiiuin.!^, lie aiMs, much like a Canary, Imt more taiiitly. They are [»re- 

 suiiied U) remain in the valley all .summer. 



The egus, four in nnmher, are of a li.^ht blui.sh-green color, oblong in 

 shape, more roun^led at tlie .smaller end than the egg3 of the .social is, and the 

 LM-ound is nu»re of a -rreen than in tliose of X nuirulo. Thev are mnrked and 

 Motched in scattered markings of a golden-hrown color. The.se blotches aie 

 larger and more conspicuous than iu the eggs of the other .species. They 

 measure .70 by .51 of an inch. 



Spizella atrigularis, Daird. 



BLACK-CHIiniED SPABBOW. 



Sjunifcs atriffiilari'i, (.'ahanis, Mus. H»iii. I80I, 133. Sjuztll" otriijiddn's, ]5aihi», Birds 

 N. Aiu. Ihob, 470, pi. Iv, I. 1. — Ih. Mcx. IJoiuid. 11, Birds, ji. M\, pi, xvii, f. 1. — 

 CooPKU, Orn. Cal. I, 210. titnUhus atrimciUulis^ t'oucil, I'r. A. X. Sr. Pliil. VIl, 

 April, 1854, 67. 



Sp. Ciiah. Tail elongatod, dooply forked and divaricated. Oonoral color l»luish-ash. 

 paler beneath, and turning: to white on the niiddle of the Ix'lly, Inters('a[)iilar reirion 

 yellowisli-ru.sty, streaked with Mack. Forehead, loral re^'ion, and .side of head as far as 

 eyes, chin, and npper part of throat hiaek. Quills and tail-feathers very <lark brt)Wn, edLred 

 with ashy. Edges of coverts like the l)aek. No wiiite bands on the wini:>. Bill led, 

 feet dusky. Innnature Itirds, and perhaps adult li-niale, without any ]il;i(,'k on head. 

 Lenirth, o.5U ; wing, 2.')0 ; tail, 3.00. 



IIac. Mexico, just .south of the Rio Grande; Fort Whipple, Ariz. (Coues) ; Cape St. 

 Lucas. 



This Species is about the size of >S^. piidlla and >S^. soriali.<i, resembling the 

 former most in its still longer tail. This is more deeply forked and divari- 

 cated, with broader feathers than in either. The wing is much rounded ; the 

 fourth quill longest ; the first almost the shortest of the primaries. 



Habits. This species is a Mexican bird, found only within the limits of 

 the United States along the borders. But little is known as to its history. 

 Tt is supposed to be neither very abundant nor to have an extended area of 

 distribution. It was met with by Dr. Cones in the neij'hborhood of Fort 

 AVhipple, Arizona, where it arrives in April and leaves again in October, 

 collecting, before its departure, in small flocks. In the spring he states that 

 it has a very sweet and melodious song, far surpassing in power and melody 

 the notes of any other of this genus that he has ever heard. 



Dr. Cones furnishes me with the following additional information in regard 

 to this species : " This is not a coiumon bird at Fort Whipple, and was only 

 observed from April to October. It unquestionably breeds in that vicinity, 

 as I shot very young birds, in Augu.st, wanting the distinctive head-markings 

 of the adult. A pair noticed in early April were seemingly about breeding, 

 a.s the male was in full song, and showed, on dissection, highly developed 



