2C)2 NOIITII AMKIMCAX lilRrjS. 



.si'i'inliiin iIk'V wimlil uli,i;lit in tlio li)|) of Sdiiu! tree on the adjoining cliffs, 

 lie c(jiniiiiri'.s its voice to (lint ol' tluM-oniiiioii Catliinl. 



Dr. T. ('. Ilciirv also iv|iL'ale(lly notitnl liicsu hinls in tiie vicinity of Fort 

 Wclistcr, in \('\v .Mexico, lie liisl met witli tiieni near San .Mi}j;nel, in 

 -Inly, IN."p1', wiit'ic \\v, oh.served a party i)f ahout tiiirty tlittinj,' tlirough tlie 

 cedars aluM.n' the roadside. 'I'liiT were cliielly yoniii;' iiirds, and were con- 

 stantly aliL;litin,n' on llu' j.;ronnd for (Im |air|iosi' ol' caiiluiin^ li/ards, wliicli 

 tliey killed witii great readiness, and devonred. After tliat lu; repeatedly, 

 in winter, saw these I)ir(ls near Fort Webster, and nsually in Hocks of about 

 forty or lift/. Tliey evinced gieat wariness, and were very dillicnU ol tip- 

 liriiacii. 



The lioi'ks wo\dd nsually aliglit near the summit of a hill and pass rap- 

 idly down its sides, ail the iiirds kce]iiiig (piite lu'ar to each other, and fre- 

 ([uently alighting on the gnuind. Tliey appeared to be very so,'ial, anil kept 

 up a continual twittering note. Tliis bird, .so far as Dr. Henry oliserved it, 

 is e.xcbisjvidy a mountain species, and never seen on the plains or liottoni- 

 lands, and was never ob.served singly, or even in a single ]iair, but always in 

 companies. 



Dr. Xewberry met witli this species in the basin of the Des Chutes, in. 

 Oregon. He first noticed it in Septemlu>r. Farly e\erv morning Mocks of 

 from twenty-ii\'' to thirty of these birils came aci'uss, in their usual sti-aggling 

 llight, chattering as tlu'V Hew to the trees im a iiill near the camp, and then, 

 from tree to tree, they niad(! their way to the stream to drink. He describes 

 their note, when tlying or feeding, as a fre(|uently re]ieated ni-fn-nl. Some- 

 times, when made by a straggler .separated from male or lloitk. it was rather 

 loucl and harsh, Init was nsually soft and agreeable. When distnrl)ed, their 

 cry was harsher. They were very shy, and could only l)e shot by lying in 

 wait loi' lliem. Suliseiiuently he had an opjiortunity of seiMiig th;Mn feed, 

 ami of watching them carefully as they were eating the berries of the cedars, 

 and in their habits and ciics tliey seemed clo.sely to re.semid(! Jays. A spe- 

 cimen, ]irevionsly killed, was found with its crop filled with the seeds of the 

 yellow ]iine. 



Di'. t'nn|>er has seen s])ecimens uf this bird from Washo(\, just east of 

 till! ( 'alilbrnia State line, and he was informed by Mr. Clarence King tiiat 

 they frequent the junipers on niduntains near Mari])osii. 



From Dr. Couc.s we learn that this bird is very abundant at Fort Wliijiple, 

 where it remains all the year. It lireeds in the retired ]Mntious of the 

 neighlioriiig mountains df San Francisco and Hill Williams, the young leav- 

 ing the nest in duly. .Vs the same liinls art! ready to lly in April, at Carson 

 City, it may be that they lia\(i two brofids in Arizona. During the winter 

 they cnllcct in immense llncks, ami in me instance Di'. ('ones estimates 

 their number at a tli(aisand or more. In a nnn'e recent contribution to tli',' 

 Ibis iA]nil, ISTJ), Dr. Cones gi\'es a more full account of his uiiservations 

 ill respect to this bird. In regard to geographical range he considers its 



