508 NOltTH AMKUICAX UIKDS. 



win|?-roverts, iiinl (|iiills oilj^'cd with rosi'-iv(|, luoru ni' less coiitiiiiKiiis (Icust so on the 

 rump); tlic outer edges of seeoiularies anil tail-t'eiilhei's [lali! I'lilvous, tlie latter witli a rosy 

 shade. Head silver) -i,'nvy ; the forehead and paleh on erown hlaek ; the eliin fjray, eon- 

 tinuous with that of cheek ; the throat dark brown, shadiiif;: into tlio chocolate of breast. 

 Bill yellowish, the extreme tip dusky. Nasal leathers while. Fiength, 7.10 ; wing. 4.:iO; 

 tail, ;{.10 ; exposed portion of lirsl primary, .'i.lO. Length of liill from furehead, .(lU ; from 

 nostril, .35. Tarsu.s, .70. 



IIab. Kodiak (Hlsciioif) ; Sitka (nrseiioFK) : Fort Simiison, Ihilish Columbia (Ukp- 



■in) ; Gilmer, Wyoming (.Di'itKKK). 



Tliis ra(!C, wliich we believe to be the Southern eoast representiitivc oigrisci- 

 niichti, bears much resoinblaiifo to thiit birtl, but is considerably smaller ; the 

 colors are briojiter and lighter, more like those of tiiihrorutit<, tind the bill is 

 shorter iind more conictd, the dark jnitcli on tlie heiul more restricted, the cliin 

 more ashy, tind the brown of the head not so ftn- forward. From tcphrorotis 

 it is distinguislied by the extension of the ash of lieail below the eye ; and from 

 cnnijH'sfria by having the ciir-coverts ashy, insteail of the anterior portion of 

 the cheeks only ; ami there is a])])iirently ii greater e.xtent of gmy on the chin. 



Si)ecimens obtained at Kodiak in Fel)ruary arc distinguishable from speci- 

 mens of griticini(r/u(, ol)tiiined witii them at the same jilace, only by their 

 much smaller size, iind lighter chocolate tints. Tiie occurrence of both these 

 races at the same ])lace, at tlie same time, is a suliject for specultttion. A 

 perfectly typicid specimen (No. nO.'JUO) ia in the collection from (Jilmer, 

 Wyoming Territory, obtained by jMr. II. II. Durkee, ii frequent contributor 

 to the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, tind sent by him idong witli 

 numerous specimens of L. Iqi/trucutts, with which it appears to l;ave been 

 mixed. 



Leucosticte tephrocotis, vur. griseinucha, liAiitn. 



THE OBAT-EABED FINCH. 



Passer niv/nti.i, var. y, Pai.i.as, Zoiig. IJnsso-asiat. II (WU), 2:(. Fn'iifilNi' {Linorin) prisei- 

 niH-hn, IlKANirr, Hull. Acad. St. rctcrshurg, Nov. 1841, Sli. Mont ifriiujiUa (Leucos- 

 ticte) (iriseintichi. Box. & Sen I,. Moil. Loxiciis (isno), S.'i, ])l. xli. Lem-nstiete. t/nsei- 

 nueliii, MAiiin, liirds N. Am. 4:in. — Kirri.rrz, Di'iikwiirdigkcitim (18,'i8), 1, aid. — 

 Dam, it liANMsTKi;, Tr. Ch. Ar. .S,;. I, istiSt, :>.s-J. - liAiiiu, 111. 11. ;il7, pi. xxviii, 

 f. 2. — Kl.l.lor, IlluNt \iii. 15. pi. xi. — t'ooi'Kl!, (»iii. t'al. 1, Itil. Leucosticte 

 yriseiijciii/s, (lon.D, Voy. Sulphur. 



Sp. Char. Deseripiion of spoeimen No. 54,240: (xcnpi-al eolor dark brownish-choco- 

 late anteriorly, the feathers of back rather darker in the centre, and with ]ialcr edges. 

 Forehead and crown lilack ; rest of the head, iii"'"diiig the cheeks and cars, of a rather 

 silvery gray ; throat bla^'kish, .^hading oil" insensibly into the chocolate of Incast. Featiicrs 

 of abdomen (and hinder part of breast to a less degree), Hanks and cri.>vsnm, with the rump 

 mill upiier tail-coverts, and les.-ier and middle wing-coverts, tipped with dark pomegranate 

 or rose-red, allowing mor ■ or less of thin dusky ba.ses to be seen, espeeiallv above, wdiero 

 there is an aiipearancc of bars. Wing and tail feathers brown, iie,ii-ly all, including the 

 greater wing-coverts, edged with pale yellowish-gray u ilh only a faint tinge of ro.sc. Bill 

 dusky ; da' 'ce.st at tip. Legs black. 



