14 EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS WEST OF 1QOTH MERIDIAN. 



Melospiza palustris, (Wils.) Swamp-Sparrow. 



A single specimen taken f at Washington, Utah, in October. This 

 capture affords a valuable fact as far as regards the geographical dis- 

 tribution of this species, as it has never before been taken west of the 

 great plains, its western limit being Eastern Kansas. This being the 

 only specimen taken, it must be regarded as rare, as careful search was 

 made, and hundreds of flocks of sparrows (principally Zonotrichia) care- 

 fully examined with a view to finding rarities, the fields in the vicinity 

 of Washington being fairly alive with these birds. 



Melospiza lincolni, (And.) Lincoln's Finch. 



Apparently rather rare. Several specimens were taken in a moist 

 meadow in Grass Valley, Utah, September 8, and a pair at Toquerville 

 in the middle of October. 



Spizella pallida, (Sw.), var. brewer 7, Cass. Brewer's Sparrow. 



Common on the " benches " near Provo, in August. At this time 

 they were in flocks, preparatory to migrating. 



Spizella socialis, (Wils.), var. arizonce, Cs. 



A single specimen taken in Provo Canon in August, and others in 

 the Walisatch range of mountains during the migrations in September 

 and October. 



Spizella monticola, (Gin.) True Sparrow. 



A few individuals met with at Beaver about the 1st of November, 

 and was found common at Provo in December. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys, (Forst.) White-crowned Sparrow. 



A female and young bird were obtained in the Wahsatch Mountains 

 in August, when it breeds abundantly. A single bird was obtained in 

 Southern Utah in October, in a large flock of the following species. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys, (Forst.), var. intermedia, Ridgw. Western White- 

 crowned Sparrow. 



Numerous flocks met with in Southern Utah about the first of October, 

 frequenting the neighborhood of small streams. At this time the pre- 

 ceding species appeared to have departed farther south, as only one 

 specimen was secured; Uucoplirys appearing to be replaced by intermedia, 

 which probably winters in the neighborhood of Saint George. 



Poospiza belli, (Cass.), var. nevadensis, Ridgw. Sage-brush Sparrow. 



Numerous specimens obtained of this species, which was first seen 

 near Rush Lake, Utah, October o. It was observed in small migratory 

 companies of from three to ten, frequenting the sage-brush on desolate 

 plains. Very shy, and was most often seen running with great agility 

 among the bushes; its motions being so quick that it might readily be 

 mistaken for a mouse. In running, its long tail is carried in a perpen- 

 dicular position, in this respect greatly resembling the wrens. No notes 

 were heard save its single sparrow-like chirp. 



Pocecoeles grammeus, (Gm.), var. confinus, Bd. Grass-Finch. 



Common throughout Middle and Southern Utah until October, and, 

 like the preceding species, an inhabitant of the open plains. 



