REPORT UPON ORNITHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. 15 



Cotiirniculux patwcrinHS, (Wils.), v&r. perpallidw, Uidg. Western Yellow- 

 winged Sparrow. 

 A single specimen taken in a canon near Salina, Gunnison Valley, 



September 7. 



Fasfierculus saranna, (Wils.), var. alaudinus, Bp. Lark-Sparrow. 



Couimon throughout Eastern Nevada and Utah, in the neighborhood 

 of moist places. 



Junco liyemalis, (L.) Black Snowbird. 



Apparently rare, but a single specimen having been secured at Iron 

 Springs October 4. Never before chronicled from this locality. 



Junco oregomis, (Towns.) Oregon Snowbird. 



Met with in large flocks in Southern Utah about the middle of Octo- 

 ber. Also common at Provo in December. 



Passerella toivnsendi^Aud.), var. schistacea, Bd. Slate-colored Sparrow. 

 A single specimen secured late in July at Provo, Utah. Not seen 

 elsewhere. 



Calamospiza Mcolor, (Towns.) White-winged Blackbird. 

 Seen only in Snake Valley, Nevada, and is new to this State. 



Chondestes grammacctj (Say.) Lark Finch. 



Common throughout Eastern Nevada and Utah; generally found near 

 the water-courses. 



Cyanospiza amcena, (Say.) Lazuli Finch. 



Very common throughout the Territory of Utah, inhabiting the dense 

 thickets near water-courses. A number of nests were found at Provo 

 in the latter part of July, containing either young or eggs just ready to 

 hatch. (Seen also in Nevada.) These nests were all built upon low 

 thorny bushes, and both nests and eggs resemble those of the Indigo 

 Bird (C. cyanea}. 



Hedymeles melanocepJialus, (Sw.) Black-headed Grossbeak. 



Probably common throughout Utah, but particularly numerous at 

 Provo, inhabiting the fringes of cottonwood along streams. 



Pipilo maeulatuSj Sw., var. megalonyx (Bd.) Spurred Towhee. 



Common throughout Nevada and Utah in thickets. Fe\v seen at 

 Provo in December. 



Pipilo abertii, Bd. Abert's Towhee. 



A pair of these birds, which are not recorded from any locality farther 

 north than Arizona, were secured at Washington and Saint George, 

 Utah. Apparently not uncommon in this locality, as a number of indi- 

 viduals were seen in hedges and scrub. Shy and retiring in disposition, 

 they were difficult to approach. 



Pipilo cldorurus, (Towns.) Green-tailed Finch. 



Rather cominbn in brush of canons and mountain-sides throughout 

 Utah. 



