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taken from a ymnig or iinniatuve bird. Broediiiji; south of about 40'', i'roiu 

 tlie Jfucky .Mmintaiiis to tlie Tafific coast, and throu^liout the table-lands of 

 ]\Ie.\ico, — ill wiiit(a- .sometimes resident at the nortlicrn limit a.ssigned, and 

 the''" mixed with norlliern-lired individuals, — is a kind w.liieh is smallt.-r, 

 and, generally, with a laiuer bill ; the throat is dee])er yellow than in the 

 northern lorm, tiie jiinkisii tints deepened into cinnamon, and the frontal 

 liand narrower, caused by an encroaelnnent of tlie black, which, in its several 

 areas, is extended more in ])roi)ortion to the other colors. This is the E. 

 c/in/.so/(nii(( of W'a.L;!, and of which minor, (iirand, and rii/o, And., are syn- 

 onymes, as already stated. 



Along tiie coast of Oregon and Washington Territory is a very ])('(,'iiliar 

 race, represented in the collection by several specimen.s. Thes(! diller essen- 

 tially in having llie dark streaks above very sharply defined, broad and clear 

 blackish-brown,* wliile the lower i)arts are strongly tinged with yellow, even 

 as deeply so as the throat. Additional specimens from the northwest coast 

 in.ay establish the existence of a race as distinct as any of those named 

 above. 



Var alpegtrigi 



AlniH/a ii/iicstn\ Linn. .S. X. I, 28!). — Fonsr. I'liil'. Truiis. LXH, 1772, 383. — Wir.sox, 



— Ari). — .lAia). - Mavn.vuk, 15. K. JIiis.s. 1870, 121. Olomnif <t. Fixscn, Alili. 

 Nat. 1870, 341 (syiionoiiiy iiiid ivniaiks). Ahiutia coniiila, Wii..s. Am. Oin. \, ISflS, 

 Sf). — liicH. K. 15. A. IL Emmpldht c. 15uii;, Isi.s, l,s2S, 322. — li.viiii), I5ii<ls N. 

 Am. 1858, 403. — Ldiid, P. H. A. Inst. IV, 118 (Hiitish CoL). — Cooim;i! & Sciki.kv, 

 XII, 195. — D.U.I, & I5AN.Msii:it, Tr. Ch. Ac. I, 1SG9, 213 (Alii.skn). — Cnoi-Ki!, Oni. 

 Cal. I, 1870, 2ril. -Sami-i'.ls, 280. I'hlhnmos i: Hoxai'. List, 1838. Otumris c. 

 Acer. O/ocoris utriilciilnlis, jM(,('ai.i,, I'r. A. N. Sc. V, June, 1851, 218 (Santa Fe). 



— I5AHa), Stansburj'.s ltc|i., 1852, 318. 



CiiAU. AiliiU. Vroiital wliitish crescent nion^ than linlf .is broad a."* tlio lilaok 

 palcli bi'liind it. Throat and (brclioad either tinged, more or less strongly, with yellow, 

 or perfectly white. Pinkish tint above, a soil a.sliy-vinaeeous. 



Mciisinemciil.i. (')C>,')S'.i ^, North Eiir()|)e,) wiMjr, 4.40; tail, 2.00 ; cnlmon, .00; width 

 ol white liontal cre.scent, ."J."); of l)la(k, .;i0. (:!,780 <J, Wisconsin,) wing, 4.1iO; lull, 

 3.00; culmen, .60; width of white frontal crescent, ..iO ; of black, .20. (lO.TOS ^, 

 Hudson's IJay Ten.,) wintr, -ift'i ; tail, 3.10; cnhnen, .05 ; width of white frontal crescent, 

 .;io; of black, ..'3(). (8,401 $, Fort Ma.ssachusetts.) wing, 4.3") ; tail, 3.1o; culmen, .01 ; 

 width of white frontal crescent, .27; of black, 27. (The three perfectly identical in 

 colors.) 



Yonnff. On the upper p.arts the l)lackish greatly in e.xce.ss of the whitish markings. 

 Spots acro.ss juguhun distinct. 



Hah. Noilhern Hemisphere; in North America, lirecding in the .\rctic regions and 

 the open plains of the interior regions, I'rom Illinois, Wisconsin, etc., to the Pacilic, norlli 

 of about 38°. 



' A specimen from Plcveland, dliio (7,4299. Ajiril 1, Dr. Kirtlandi, nnd one from AVasliing- 

 tiin, D. ('. (28,2t(>,J, Feb.), have nearly n.s distinct strwks above, but tlii; white of lower parts is 

 without any tinge of yellow. 



