I FRrN'UTLLID.K — TIIK I'INCIIKS. 5}^5 



BaknisTI-.U, Tf. eh, A.'. I, ismi, 28». Cimut.ii, Om. ('ill. 1, li)!l. Friiiijilla liiiihniiii, 

 LloilT. IWit. Kami. Ciil. in AMi. Akml. Wiss. Ut'iliii, for 1838, 1831), 424 (not /'. 

 hiulioniit, FoilsiT.u). "Friiiijil/ii ulnita, IIkandt, Icon. Hosso-As. tiOi. ii, f. 8" 

 (Cau.). 



Si". CiiAit. Ik'iid mill iit'ck all loiiml sooly-liliirk ; tlii.s oolor cxti'iMliu^' to tlii' upiicr 

 part of till! Ill-cast, but not aloiij,' tlii; .sides uiiik'i- the wiuf;s^ anil with convex outliiu' 

 iH'hind. Intci'scHiinlar rcfjion of the back and exposed siirtiice of the winp-eoveits and 

 .seeiiiidaries dark nil'ons-brown, I'orniiiig a square paleh. A lifihler, iiioie pinkish tint of 

 the same on the sides ol' breast and belly. Uesl cif iindei- parts dear white. Kiiiiip 

 brownish-n.sh. Upper tail-eoverls ihisky. Outer twd tail-li'athers white ; the third with 

 only an obscure streak of white. Bill llesh-color, dusky at tip. Legs (lesh-eolor. Length 

 ftboiit 0..')0 inches ; wing, 3.00. 



Hah. I'aeilic emist of the United Slates to thi; eastern side nf the Kiii'ky Mountains, 

 and north to Alaska. Stragglers as tiir east as Fort Leaveiiwurth in winter ami (!ieat 

 JJend of Mis.souri. 



Sitka aiifl Orcffoii specimens have the hack of a darker rtitbtis Mian th().se 

 from (.'alifornia and the jMiddk'. Pntvinee, in wiiicli thi.s portion <»f the lioiy, 

 as well a.s tiie sides, is jtaler, and in more tdiriipt contrast with the la^ad. 



Immature and the mtijority of winter s])ecimens do not liave the Miick 

 of tile heail and neck so well detined, hut eil^'ed above more or less witli the 

 color of the liack, Itclow witli li<,dit asliy. 



The Oregon Snowbird in full jduniage is readily distinguisliablu from the 

 eastern sjiecies liy the purer white of the belly ; tiie more sharply defined 

 outline of the black of the head passes directly across the upper jtart of tlie 

 breast, and is even convex in its posterifir outline, without extending down 

 the side of the breast, with its posterior outline strongly concave, as in In/r- 

 malis. The absence of black or ashy-brown under the wings, with the rufous 

 tinge, are highly characteristic of onyomis. Tiie head and neck are consid- 

 erably blacker; the I'ufous of tlie back and wings does not exist in tiie other. 

 Tiie wings and <juills are more ])ointed ; the second quill usually longest, in- 

 stead of the third, etc. Tiie dusky of the throat reaches in J. orvgunus only 

 to the tipper part of tiie breast; to its middle region in hi/otui/is. 



Sometimes, in adult males, the middle and greater wing-coverts are faintly 

 tipped witli white, indicating two inconspicuous bands. 



In a large series of Jniicos collected at Fort Whipple, Arizona, by Dr. 

 f'oues, are several specimens so decidedly intermediate Ijetween J. om/onus 

 and /. canieeps as to suggest the probability of tlieir being hybrids ; others, 

 from Fort Bui-gwyn and Fort Hridger, are exactly lil:e them. With the ashy 

 head and juguluni, and black lores, as well as bright rufous back, of the latter, 

 the sides are pinkish as in the former ; while, as in this too, the posterior out- 

 line of the ash on juguluni is convex, not concave, and the rufous of the back 

 has a tendency to tinge the wings, instead of being confined to the interscap- 

 ulars. (iSee foot-note to synoptictil table, p. 579.) 



Haiuts. Dr. Suckley found this bird extremely abundant in Oregon and 

 Washington Territory, where it holds about the .same position that tlie hije- 

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