504 NOin'II AMKUKJAM KIllDS. 



A. Aiiriciiliira choculiiU'-lnciw ii. 



1. Whole sidu of lusiid below tlio oyo, iiicliiiliiip tlio aurionlnrs, Hioco- 

 latc-lirown. Chin not. Iiordored nnti-rioily with iish. In the liicecjin^r- 

 scnson, heiid dailu'i- and iish wiiiitin;,'. Wiiif;, 4.l}o ; tail, 11.00; hill .U ; 

 taisiis, .72. llah. Intii'ioi re^'iona of N'oilli Anieriea. . var. I /■ p li luira / i s . 



2. Cheeks, lores, and anterioi' lionlerciC the ehin asli-eolor, Wiiifr, -1.00; 

 tail, 2.80; bill, .44; tiiraus, .70. Hah. Colorado anil Wyoining Terri- 

 tories var. (•(tinjiCHtris. 



!!• Anrieiilars a.sli-eolor. 



3. Wing, 4.;J0; tail, IJ.OO; hill, .40; tarsus (?). Choeolate ol'th(! breast, 

 etc., lifjht, exactly as in lejilimcofin ; rose beneath restricted to the alidn- 

 mee ; lores and ehin li<rbt ash. Hah, Northwest eoast from Kodiak to 



Fort Sini|)son, east to Wyoinini,' Ti'iritory . . . \iiv, li I tor a I i n. 



4. Win^', 4.(iO ; tail, 3.40 ; bill, .40 ; tarsus, .IH. Choeolate very daik, 

 ineliniii^' to sepia; rose extending forward on to the breast; lores blaek- 

 isli ; chin dusky j^ray . ffah. Aleutian Islands (St. (J<'orge's, I'nalaschka, 



and Kodiak) \nv. y r isei ii ii c li <( . 



A clcsely alliutl species ' iVoin Kaiutschatkii ami tlie Kiirile I.slniul (litters 

 mainly in liaviny the nasal feathers as well as the head blackish, but with- 

 out distinct patch on the tojt, and the najJC rtisty, in contrast with the back. 

 It is about the size of L. (q)hrocotis. This species may yet be delected in 

 the westernmost Aleutians. 



Leucosticte tephrocotis,'' Swainson. 



ORAT-CROWNED FINCH. 



Linaria (LcuaisHdc) kphramlis, i'.w. V. !?or. Am. II, ]8:}1, 2").'), pi. 1. LtncnMietc tephro- 

 colis, Sw. Uirds II, l»;j7. — Hon. Consp. 1800, 530. -- 1!aii;u, Staiisbury's Salt Lake, 

 18r>-2, 317.— 111. Birds X. Am. ]».')8, 430. — ('<poim;i!, Orn. Cal. I, 104. Eriilhrdspiza 

 lc])/iri)c,di.s, 15nx. List, lS3t<. — .\ri>. Syii. 1839. - III. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 170, pL 

 c.xeviii. Frinijilla kphrocufh, .\iii. Orii. Uio^^ V, 1839, '232, pi. ccccxxiv. 



Sp. Ciiak. (No. 19,2"i.j.) Male in irhiler. General color dark ehnoolate-brown or 

 umber, lij^hter and more chestnut l)eli)W : the feathers to a considerable dejrrec with paler 

 edfies (most evident in inmiatnro .fpeeimens), those of back with darker centres. N.isal 

 bristly feathers, ami those along base of maxilla, and the hind head to nape ash-gray, this 

 color forming a square patch on top of head, and not extending below level of eyes. A 



1 Lciicostif/i; hrnnneinuchn. Frhujilhi {Liii'irla) brinnicinnclm, T?i!AN'lvr, Hull. Acnd. St. 

 IVtcrshurg, 1841, 3."). Mimlifrinijilla (LcKcdnlicIc) liruniietHnc/ni, Hon. & .Scu i.kci'.i,, Men. 

 Loxi(!iis, ISi'iO, 30, pi. xlii. 



'^ As this sheet is going through the ]>ross, we have Iw-en pemiitted by Mr. J. A. Allen to 

 exan.''U' a series of liird.s, obtained by liiiii in Julj% 1871, on Mt. Liueidn, Colorado, above the 

 timber line, where they were breeding abnndaiitly. Alt'ioiif,'li veiy dillen'iit from winter L. 

 tephrocoli.i, they yet strongly .suggest the idea of their l)eing that species in summer dress. They 

 present the following chameteristies : — 



Breeding pi umaijc. Dilfering from the stngt^ first described .ibove, in entire al)seMct' of any ash 

 about tlie h<'ail, and in deep black, instead of yer.'iwi.sh bill. $ with the red tints intense 

 carmine, in.stead of ])eacli-blossoni jank, that of the abdomen extending fartlier forward. 9 hi^^k- 

 ing the red, or with oidy a tiuge of it. Hood da'k vandyke-biuwn, becoming nearly black on 



