KIM "I IKS. M'AKl;.i\VS. I. IV. ;;|;, 



3W, MM.ihir t<> tliut <>t' /'. .-y,j ;,,<!, in huithtfi -T low tree*. A.j/j/*, throe to 



four, white >r bluwh while, with numerou* .-h.Mriiit r rul<>u-l>n>wti tnark- 

 inps " x -M. 



Mr. Maynard found this species in southern Florida in Jiiiumry, but 

 it does not migrate northward until alxmt May 1. Id- writes that it 

 " is always shy and n-liriiif;, seldom ap|>curiii in the o|x-n, but remain- 

 ing in tin- dene. thorn* undergrowth wliich covers all wuMc places in 

 Florida, cs|ecially if the soil has been cultivated. Whenever tin- birds 

 perceive an intruder they retire into the depths of these fast nesses, and 

 it rrijiiircs considerable Imiting t> drive them out. when they at once 

 dart into the nrnre.-t co\er. The adult males are esjK-cially shy, and 

 seldom show themselves. Kven while singing they remained concealed, 

 ami. although we were tlius furnislied with a clew t> their wlu-real>outs, 

 it was with the utmost difficulty that we caught sight of the authors 

 of the harmonious >t ruins which nearly always greeted our ears when 

 we were in the vicinity of their homes" (Hirds of KaMcrn North 

 America.) 



"Their notes very much resemble those of the Indigo-bird, but 

 lack their energy and are more feeble and concise" (B., B., and U.)- 



The GRAsnqriT (603. Evttkeia bicolor) and the MEi.<>i>i<>ra GRAMQITT 

 (603.1. . canorti\, Wct Indian Bpocica, have each been recorded once from 



the Florida i 



6O4. Spiza americana './'./<. I> K< IKBEL; BLA<-K-I 

 Hi \Ti\'.. .l<l. 4. Head an<l hide* of tlie neck aahy gray ; forehead tinged 

 with yellow ; u yellow lin<- over tin- 

 eye and one mi the xide of the 

 throat; a black pateh on the throat; 

 chin white; bn-o*t yellow. ~pri-a<l- 

 wn on t.. the white U-lly ; 

 back streaked with black and pale 

 gray'wh brown; rump bniuni-.li 

 aah ; leaner wing-coverto rufous ; 

 win;n and tail fuHcoua. Ad. 9. 

 Similar, but the head irrayi.-di 



bn.wn. -trenked with hlaekish, and Flo . 88.-DJckdel. (Natural 

 with no black patch on the throat 

 and le.H* yi-ll..w on the bn-ast, whi.-h i> M.metimes liirhtly otrcaked with 

 black. Ad. in /all. Mu.-h britrht< r. and with Home rufous in the back. L., 

 6-00; W., 3-20; T., 2-.V 



ASan.y/. Kanteni l'nite.1 Stut<. inos.tl\ in the Missiwipj-i Valley; breeds 

 from Texan to Minm*ota; wintern in Ci-ntral and South Amrriea; breed* 

 act of the Alleifl. -dy rarely and l(M-ally. 



Wahin-t"n. v, ry rar abun- 



dant" Cambridge, casual, found noting at Medford, June , 1877, where 



