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elevation of from 7,000 to 0,000 feet. 'I'liov were nhviiys alioiit luarsliy thickets, 

 often eltiftu to tieids of perpeti'iil Mnow. Tliuy liii'l there raised their younj;, which 

 were mostly tledjreil. Jle founii a lu st witli one e;rii on tlie grouml. As ho fonnil 

 tliis July 1'7, lie thinks that without donlit it raises twi) broods in a season <'ven 

 in that suhalpine retcion. The sonj; he fomid i|uite dill'erent from that of the other 

 Mflonftiiiv, heing fainter, more lively and continnons, like that of some Wren or 

 Warhler. 



Melospiza palustris (H, :)(). ColKrted in Southern Ctah (Washington), 

 Octoher L'.t, 1872, liy Mr. llenshaw. (Mus S. !., No. (i;i,.-)(>(».) 



Peucaea festivalis, var. arizonaB (II, \\). First described in Am. Nat. 

 Yll, October, if<7;», p. (il(i. 



Foucsea CarpaliS. An additional species of Peiirivo has been discovore(l in 

 Arizona by that dilip-nt collector. Ijieuteninit (now Cajjtain) «'harles Mendire, 

 U. S. A. It has been described (Am. Nat. VII, Jinie, 187;J, p. 322) by Dr. (Jones 

 na Peucwa cttrjia/in. Its characters are as follows : — 



I'lticirii ciir/iiilin, Cori'.s. Hiit'ous-slioulilcri'd S|iuri'ow. 



Si'. CiiAii. llescnililiiij.' in ^.'ciieial iippcaniiicc ii hiyr Sjiisillu jiitsillii, ImU willi rufous 

 lesser \viui;-cover(s, and l)lucki«li ricliil and iul'ni-iMiixilliiiy streiiks. Alxive ;,'ruyisli eartli- 

 liiowii, each fcntlier with the medial ])ortion dusky, fi'iniinjr conspicuous bliick streaks on 

 the dorsal rciriou, iuid dusky ccnlics to the wiii;;-ciiv.'rls luid Iciiials. Nape and ruuip 

 plain, and iiuin^ ashy. Ciowu anil lesser winir-covcrls plain rul'ous, llie fmiucr liividi'd 

 anteriorly with a whitish nicilial lin<'. IJcncalli asiiy-white, iucludiufr n well-ddiued 

 .isuperciliary and maxillary sti'ipc, wiiidi have a sliL;hl liully linjrc 'fhiDnt ni'arly pure 

 while, liordered on eacli side l^y a eouspicuous iiiu'i'ow .ili'cak nl' l)liick; wiiilisii uiiixiliary 

 stripe l)ordered above liy a dusky rirtid streak. Itili rcddisii, darker on tiie cuiuicn. Tarsi 

 dilute l)ro\vn ; toes horn-browu. WiiiLT, 2. •')<'; tail, 2."."); cnliucu, .1."); tiusus, .SO; middle 

 toe, A'). 



Jlah. Tucson, Arizoiui. (No. (i2,:!72. Se])l(Miiber, 1S72, Captain C. Jirndire, V. S. A.) 



Another specimen, supposed to be a female, in winter plumage (Tucson, .lanuiiry 

 10, 187.'5) ditters (piite appreciably in its markings iind colors. The crown is more 

 streaked, every feather being edged lateridly with ashy-gray ; the blackish streaks 

 on the back and scapulars arc more distinct, and the inner web of the lateral tail- 

 feather is broadly bordered with whifc terminally. It measin-es, wing, 2..')' , tail, 

 2.90; cnlmen, .45; tarsus, .70. "Length, ^.7;"); stretch, 7.80." 



Captain Bendiro informs mo that ho found this species rather eonnnon i-i tho 

 vicinity of Tucson. It was generally seen in company with J'<i(tKj>h'i hilineiiUi. 

 Its usual call-note resembled tho syllables :ih-:il/-ril>. He believed it to be a resi- 

 dent of Arizona throughout tlie year. It commences nesting early in June, gen- 

 erally building in tho small mesqnitc bushes, sometimes not over six inches, seldom 

 more than four foot, from the groinid. Tho nests are eonipo.sed ol tine dry grasses 

 and rootlets, and lined with the Hue, slender soed-to|is of the secatow or rye-grass, 

 and sometimes with a few hairs. The nest is very deep, and is firndy fixed into a, 

 fork of the bush in which it is built. The eggs, when fresh, lU'c of a jiale green 

 Color, and average .7.'{ of an inch in length by .58 in breadth, are unspottetl, are 

 generally four, seldom five, in a nest. One nest with four eggs was found Septem- 

 ber 11, 1872. 



