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hunginfj tlm Sarramoiito IJi\»'r. n«' dt'ScrilM's tin' t'«Z';s nt' tliis s|>o(it».s as 

 ilitVcriii'j; cntiii'lv from aiiv «»f this Lrcims lie iuul t'Vcr nu't with, aittl as liav- 

 inj^ so ^'li'ilt Ji n'sriultliiiice to tlio r;^';^s of the thivi; tlillcniit sjK'iirsof lil.K k- 

 hinls iiilial>itiii;4 Califoniia tliat tlu'V wiTr liahle t«) Iju couIouiuUmI with 

 thcMii uiiK'ss imuked when taken froiu tht; iM'st. 



I>r. Newlierry, who found tliis lurd very eoinuiini in tlic Sacranicnto Val- 

 ley, states that wlien he first nu*t with it, a stniiip' hird t() him, its hahit of 

 scratohiii*^ amon^' the dry leaves under the bushes, as well as its Ion;; tail 

 and jerking' tli^dit from one clump of hushes to another, at once indicated to 

 him its athnities. 



Anion^' the memoranda made hy Mr. Xantus at Fort Tejon are the fol- 

 lowing' in reference to this species: "474, nest and two e^'-u's, found May 1*.) 

 on a small thorn-hush in a very dark thicket, alM>ut six feet from the ;.rroun<l ; 

 1,^7'), nest and one ei^j^', on a thick thorny hush, six feet from the ground ; 

 l,8r>l, nest and two eggs, May 12, on a rose-hush, four feet from the grouiul, 

 eggs already incuhateil." 



The eggs of this species measure one imli hy .75, have a li^ht ground of 

 rohin-blue, and are sjjotted and hlotched with varying shades of dark and 

 light purple. In some the color of the blotches is so deep as not to be 

 distinguishable from black, except in a strong light. The lighter shades 

 are a faiut lavender. 



Pipilo fascus, var. mesoleucus, B.Mnn. 



CAirON BUNTINO. 



Pijjilo mc.soIcucHS, Baird, Pr. A. N. Si-. Pli. VII, June, 18.'i4, 110 (Tiocky Mountiiins). — 

 Ii5. Binls N. Am. 1858, 518 ; jtl. xxix. - Ki-NNKHLV, V. U. K. X, b. pi. xxix. — 

 Hkeu.m. X, I', p. 15. — Cooi'EK, (>rn. Cal. I, 247. / Pipiln fiisca, "Swains.," Sn.ATKR 

 & Salvin, p. Z. S. 18G9, yOl (city of Mexuo). 



Sp. Char. Ahovo very (lull olivaceoiis-hrown, with a frr.ivish titiiro; hood dull chost- 

 nut, conspicuously dilltTont from the l>ark. Sid»'s like the hack, but paler: Most«Tioily, 

 and about the vent and under tail-eoverts, pale brownish-red. The ashy olivc-l»rown of 

 the sides seareely nieetincr across the breast, the lower portion »»1" which, with the upper 

 belly, is rather pure wiiiti'. The loral r<'trion. chin, throat, and upi>ei- pait ol" tlie l»reast, 

 pale yellowish-rufous, linely spotted <»n the sides and more coarsely across th(; breast with 

 brown: an obscure spot iji the middle of the breast; edt^e <»!' outer piimary white. ]Jill 

 pale brown ; le<rs tlesh-color ; lirst ([uill about e(pial to eiirhth. third and fourth longest. 

 Len«rth, 8.50 inches ; win?, iJ.SO; tail. 4.70. 



Hab. Valley of Upper Rio Grande and across to the (lila River. East to Santa 

 Caterina. New Leon. 



This nice is similar in gener i ap])earance to P. criiinaJiA, but the 

 olive-brown and rufous are bo'.n of a lighter shade. The crown is of a 

 decided nifous, conspicuously different from the back, instead of nearly the 

 same tint. The light reddish under the head is wider throughout, and 



