FRIXGILLID.!'; — TIIK FIXCFrEa. 687 



abmulaiit, Many apcciiufjia wero iilituiiH'd in Sitkii l»y Mr. nischoll'. Nono 

 Imvi) HO t'lir bwn luctntUMl t'nmi tlio Aluiitiun Isliind.s. 



Dr. Ki'unorly f'i'0([uently siiw tliosu birds ntiiir tim I'imiIjIo oI' /iini in New 

 Mexico; in tlio niontlis of October and Novend)er they \,ere very aliundniit 

 unioiij,' tlie cedars to the westward of that settlement us far as the Mtlhi 

 Colorado. Dr. Ilettrniann also met with them near Fort Yuma in l)ecend)er, 

 havinj,' previously noticed thorn during the fall, nugratinjj; in lar<,'o flocks. 



Mr. Aiken frecjuently found this species throuj^hout the winter in Colo- 

 mdo. It was very common (hiring; March and tlu; first of Ajiril. Hy Abiy 

 only a few stragj^ling females weie seen, and then they all disapix-ared. 



The nests of this species have a general resemblance in structure to those 

 of the common hjiemaiiH. They are well constructed and remarkably .sym- 

 metrical, made externally of mosses and other coarse materials, within which 

 is very nicely woven an inner nest of fine, l)ent stems of grasses, lined 

 with hair. The eggs, four or five in immber, re.semldo those of the lii/cinaliH, 

 but are lighter. They have a ground-color of greenish-white, marked about 

 the larger end with fine tlots of reddish-brown. Their measurement is .75 

 by .60 of an inch. 



Junco caniceps, T^.mtid. 



BED-BACKED 8V0WBIBD. 



Struthus eaniccpa, WoomiOFsi:, Pr. A. N. So. I'liilu. VI, Dec. 18,''>2, 202 (Now Mexico mid 

 Tt'-Vtts). — lu. Sitgrcavcs's l{fj)ort Zuhi & Coloinilo, 18,'):!, 83, \i\. iii. Juncu ainiceps, 

 BAHti), Birds N. Am. IS-IS, 408, jd. l.\.\ii, f. 1. — ('(mi|.|;k, Orii. f'lil. I, 201. 



Sp. Char. Bill yollowish; hlnck at tlic tip. Above wliy (of tin- <aiiH' slindu before 

 and Ijehiiid) ; the liead and iieoic all roiiiul of tliis (-(dor, which extends (paliiii,' a little) 

 nlonj; the sides, leaving the initldle of the belly and cri.'isnin qnite abruptly white. Lores 

 conspicuously but not very abruptly darker. Interscapular rej^ion abruptly reddish ehcst- 

 nut-browii, which does not extend on the wings, and makes a triangular patch. Two 

 outer tail-feathei-s entirely white ; third with a long white terminal stripe on the inner 

 web. Young .streaked with Idaeki.sli above; and lielow, except along "niddle of belly and 

 behind. Length, G.OO; wing, 3.23; tail, 3.04. 



Haii. Rocky Mountains; from Black Hills to San Francisco S'.ountains, Arizona. 

 Wahsatch and Uintah Mountains (Ridgwav). 



This species is similar to the common J. Jn/fmnlin in color, though jialer ; 

 the tint of the under parts and sides is not quite so dtirk, and is less iibriij)tly 

 defined against the white. The conspicuous chestnut patch on the back and 

 the dusky lores will distinguish them. The edge of the outer web of the 

 third tail-feather is brown, not white. It dift'ei's from oregoiius and cinenus in 

 having no chestnut on the wings, especially the tertials, and from the former 

 in the extension of the tish of the neck along the sides and nmch lighter head. 



Young birds are streaked above and below a° in other specie.'^ ; they may 

 be distinguished from those of ciiiereus by the rufous being confined to the 

 interscapular region, the same as in the adult. 



