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8p. CiiAii. ((J r„V„S.), Giv.itSalt l,ak.-("ity, rtali, .Innc 1, ISfiD.) Aliov biownish- 

 {rray, Ihiiilly ^rh.ssed with icl on tlio w.qw luid back ; win- uii.l tail luatlicis passinj,' into 

 li-iiI.Toii th.'ii- cl-cs, and dorsal fcatlu.fs with ubsolcle shaft-stivaks ofdai-kcr. A IW.ntal 

 band, abont as widf as lli,. l,.n,!j;lb nl' li,.. .Mdni.^n, .•..ntinnin^' back in a sniicrciliai-y stripe 

 to tiio occiput, tliroat, jn,u:nlnni, and a pal.ii on tbc iow.'r i)art of the nunp (but not 

 on upper lail-cov<.rls) cannine-scarlct. l;,.si „r lower parts white, each leather with a 

 "ledial streak of brown like tlu- back. Wiuj.-, :!.|(l; tail, 2.(iO ; euliuen, MS; tarsus, .do; 



ni 



middle toe, .5 



(9 58,000, Salt Lake City, .lune lil, lS(i!).) .Similar, but red eidirely absent, the throat 

 and juguhnn beinj; white streak.Ml with brown, an.l the trout, rump, et<'., grayish, obso- 

 letely streaked with d.irker. Winu'. .'i.OK ; t.iil, '_'. It). 



{Jhv. 40,790, Fort Whipple, Arizona, June 5, ISt!",.) Oenerally similar to the ad. 9 , but 

 more brownish, and the wing-leathers passing into dull bnlly-oehraceous on th-ir ed'-es ; 

 streak.s beneath narrower and l(>.ss distinct. 



In winter the red is softer and less sharply dofmed, and u.snallv of a more purplish tint- 

 tlie markings generally more blended. ' ' 



Hah. .Middle Proviueo of the United States, fr.mi Rocky Mountains to tlu' inte-ior 

 valli-ys of California. 



Hahits. Tliis form of the Ilou.se Fiucli tippeaivs to be a very common liird 

 tliroii^'lioiit tlie interior region of the Tnited Stiite.s, extending to Xew Mex- 

 ico and Arizonii on the south and .soutlieast, and jn-ohiddy to INfe-xico. On 

 the I'acilic cotist it is replaced by anotlier and chjsely tillied variety. 



J)r. Woodhouse states that liis attention was first wdled to tliis interesting 

 little songster while at Saute Fe. It was there known to tlie American resi" 

 dents as the "Adobe Finch." I?y the Mexictius they were called Burimcs. 

 lie found them exceedingly tame, building iil)out tiie dwellings, churdics, 

 and other buildings, in every nook iind corner, and even entering tiie houses 

 to pick up crumbs. They are never disturbed l)y tlie inhabi^^.nts. He tidds 

 that at tlie first dawn of the morinng tliey commence a veiy sweet tiud clear 

 warlile, which lie was quite unable to do justice to by any verbal descrijition. 

 He has often in the early morning listened witli admiration and gratification 

 to the song of this bird, which is deservedly ti great favorite. He found it 

 throughout New Mexico, and beyond. He did not distinguish it from the 

 coast Viiriety. 



Dr. (Jones also found this bird very abundant in Arizona, where it is a 

 permanent resitlent, but most abundant in spring and fall. He describes it as 

 eminently gregarious. He found it in all situations, but most common in the 

 spring among tlie groves of willows and poplars, on tlie buds of wiiidi it feed.s. 

 He met with this species all the way tioin the I?i(, Grande tlirough New 

 Mexico and Arizona to California, and appears to have noted no difrerences 

 between this form and the coast variety. He also mentions fiiuling, during a 

 few days' sttvy in the New Mexican village of Los Pinos, near Albenpienpie, 

 on tlie Jlio (Iriinde, tliis pretty little Finch the most connnon and character- 

 istic of the local birds. It was there breediug indifferently in tlie court- 

 yards, sheds, under i)orticos or eaves, and idso in tlie forks of trees in 

 the streets. It had shar]) conflicts with the Harn Swallows, whose nests it 



