94 NORTH AMKRIOAN BIRDS. 



ami the Douglass's Spern.opl.ilo. He usually saw then, stan.lin. at the on- 

 unce otiose burrows oReu ,ornuttin, hi„. to approach witl.h.tuX 

 and heloro takn.g to ilinht twistiu., their heads about and bouh ' 



n.an,y Iud..rous gestures, apparently iu order to aid their inp rlc% 

 and to get a better view of the intruder. When shot at or otl W 1 u 1 

 thoy % wuh an irregular Jerking motion, dropping down mud. li^r^^^ 



Dr. Suckley obtained a specin.en near Fort Henton, on the Upper Mis 

 sou.. .. Dakota!, and I).-. Cooper p,.ocured others tl irty-fivc me .x t 



o.. the pLuns of Nebraska, a..d did not observe any dillerence in habit, 

 between them and the birds of Califoniia *""^i*^"^'^ "» l^abit. 



Couc ■ Mr tV J T . ^^ "; "' '•'^"'-^■1-. ^I-^ico, by Lieute,.anl 

 touch. Mr. C]a.k rema,-ks that they were seen by hi.,, only i,, the i..ni,-ie 

 dog town^ a,,d were found in eo.,iunetio.. with tli; rattles., ke \.^ ]Z^ 



wl c 1. helJo 1 ^' '"^^'■^^,""^ °t^"^r«. -J'o '-f,'ard the apparc.t l,ar.uo..y in 

 which the two dwell together as altogether iuco.npatible with this habit 

 llnsspeces is also fouml on our Pacilic coa.st west of the l^.c W Mo«u 

 n.s. as iar north as Eritish Columbia. Mr. Lord met with fon! I 



tT:Z7n ^^ ^-"-•-^-^'-- It was not l^ any .aea,.s ! ^li^^ 

 b pans 01 them were occasio.ially seen. While in ca...p at the J alles he 

 g out several s.p„rrel-l.oles. I,, one he fou..d two eggs of this sped s 



S ^- ^'T ^^"'^ '"^ ^"""^^ ^'^ ^« strictly of diur.,al habits, ie .ling pri..- 

 cipally on erickets, g.^asshoppers. large beetles, and larv.«. He thinks it 

 nem-^^jptures small animals or birds, and regards it as a peaceful and I.arm- 



Imu!- of rf ' T "'V7 ''"'"' '"'^ ^"^ ^"Seles, Calilbi-nia. At anv 

 the holes of the mar.not, or else with head protrudi.ig fro.u its o.itice dis- 



.0 ng a.,.l chatter..,g ... a so,.,ewhat ludicrous n,an..er at the i..trude.-, or lly 

 su.ttly away, keeping near the ea.-tl, au.l alighting suddenly i.. the vicinity 



i, tlvnlT " "f T: "';■'' '"'"""^' '""''•""• ^' ^°"""' 't ^-VV abundant 

 "' tl.e^ alley of the Sa.. (Jabriel IJive.-, where it associated with the lar^e 

 gTou.id-squ..Tel of that region. ° 



srlt"r'';"""',' ''''" '"""^ '''■"'" '""'"'^^" "" t''^ ^'■^t^>'«'^''^ "P'^" P'^'-^iHes. 

 s ks of Its s^hfc as ve,y clear by .lay, and adds that it will not allow the 



lm..te on foot to app.-oach withi.. shooting distance ; but that, if approached 



Zn "T 7 ' '""'•■' '' '''^^' ''^" ''"''^y «''"*• Tl.c nests he found were 

 toimed of a few straws carelessly thrown together at the bottom of its tor- 



