476 NORTH AMEUICAN lilUDS. 



near Hiinta Cruz. Uv states tliat their lialiits are very similar to tliose of the 

 C. friiiti/i, though tliey I'eed iimre on the j^roiuul, and more upon weeds tlian 

 on trees, and are even more j^rcjiarious, rcmaininj; associated in iloeks uj) to 

 the first of .Mine. Their song greatly resembles tiiat of the common (Jold- 

 fincli, hut is much fainter. 



Dr. Coo]ier never mot with their nest, nor has ho received any description 

 of it. Mr. Xantus found one, containing four eggs, on the branch of an 

 Obionc, alumt ten feet from tiio ground. This was at Fort T«!Jon, the first of 

 ]May. Dr. Canfield has also found their nests, in considerable numbers, near 

 Monterey. They are built in the forks of trees, in the same manner with 

 the trLsti.i, are structures of remarkable beauty, and evince great skill in the 

 architects. They contain usually four or five eggs. Except in size, their 

 eggs greatly resemble those of the C. trLsds, being of a uniform greenish- 

 white, unspotted, of a rounded-oval shape, sharply pointed at one end. They 

 measure .Ut) by .5U of an inch. 



Chrysomitris psaltria, var. arizonss, Coues. 



ARIZONA GOLDFINCH. 



Chrysomitris mexkana, var. arizonw, Cun:s, P. A. N. S. 180(5. — Cooper, Orn. Cal. I, 170. 



Sp. Chad. ( $ .'i7,0!)'2. Fort Wingate, Arizona, June 28, ISGl.) Above, inoliKlinp: aiiriou- 

 Inrs, glossy Miu-k, willi ii faint l)lnisli rcllcction ; ']a|)(', 1), k, and niiiii) mni'li mixed with 

 olive-green, this rather predominating; larger cov 'rts bro.idly tipped with grayish-wliito; 

 tertials, with almost the entire exi)osed portion of the outer webs, white; a pateh on 

 base of primaries, and the inner webs of the tail-fealhi'rs, except the ends, white. Be- 

 neath entirely lemon-yellow. Wing, 2.")0 ; tail, 1.70; culmen, .3.") ; tarsus, .oO. 



IIah. Southern boundary of Arizona and New Mexieo, extending southward into 

 Mexico, and gradually changing into mcxicuua, and northward mlo psuHria. 



The specimen described above is from a series collected in Arizona by Dr. 

 Coues : these examples vary in the relative amount of black and olive on 

 the back, some having one, and others the other color predominating ; the 

 type selected is one which represents about the average plumage of this 

 species from Arizona. 



Hadits. Dr. Coues found these birds abundant summer residents of Ari- 

 zona, where they are .said to arrive the last of April and to remain until the 

 middle of Sei)tembcr. In August the males are .stated to assume the dull 

 plumage of the females. In autumn they become decidedly gregarious, and 

 feed almost exclusively upon buds and seeds. He thinks tiu;y are not so 

 numerous in the southern portions of the Territory. In a letter received 

 from him he remarks : — 



" This bird was found to be common in New Mexico near Fort Wingate, 

 at the eastern ba.se of the main chain of moiuitains. I first observed it on the 

 28tli of June, when I found tj^uite a number together, and secured several 



