516 APPENDIX. 



?a8Serella (II, 49). The capturo of a spucimen exactly intermediate between 

 P. iliacu and J', iowitsniidii, at Saticoy, California, December 14, 1872, by Dr. 

 Cooper, renders it extremely probable that all tiie known forms of this genns are 

 but geograj)hieal mces of one species. The characters of this specimen (No. 63,Gi)l ) 

 are as follows : Most like i/iaca in reddish tints and coloration of the head, with 

 occasional nearly pure ashy lights, but with the suffused pattern of townseiulii. 

 Wing, 3.G0 ; tail, ;5.(iO ; cnlmen, .:>() ; tarsus, 1.00. 



Fasserella megarhynchus (II. r)7). Dr. Cooper fomid this species common 

 between r),()()0 and 7,000 feet elevation, on tiie Central Pauitio Ilailroad line, 

 where most of the countr\' was still covered with .snow. One or two were to be 

 found in every tiiickot at distances of a quarter of a mile, already paired and 

 having selected their summer residence, having remained in close proximity to the 

 snowy region all winter. In July, on a second visit to the mountains, he observed 

 them still singing occasionally, at Truckee, near 6,000 feet altitude, on the east 

 slope. 



Euspiza americana (II, <>;'>). According to Mr. Allen this species is abun- 

 dant at Dcnvor, Colorado, being found entirely across the Plains to the eastern 

 slope of the Rocky Mountains. 



Guiraca ceenilea (II, 77). Has been obtained in El Paso County, Colorado, 

 by Mr. Aiken. 



Cardinalis virginianus, var. igneus (IT, 103). Has been found in El Paso 

 County, Colorado. Specimens from Eastern Kansas, collected by Mr. Allen, seem 

 also to be referriblc to this form. 



Fipilo erythropthalmus (II, 109). Specimens collected by Dr. Coues at 

 Pembina, Minnesota, in June, 1873, have (both males and females) a greater or less 

 number of minute white specks more or loss distinctly indicated on the portion 

 where the large white spots of the western forms are located. This points to the 

 probability tiiat all the black races ranged in the synopsis under nuiculatm (includ- 

 ing the latter itself) must bo referred to erythropthalmus. 



Fipilo mesoleucilS (II, 125). Captain Bendire found this species breeding 

 in Soutiieni Arizona, in the neighborhood of Tucson. One nest was found August 

 2, another September 4, 1872. IJoth were built in mesquite-trees, and were six 

 feet from the ground, — an unusual position in birds of this family. The eggs are 

 also peculiar, and differ from any of this genus I have ever met with, having more 

 resemblance to eggs of Stiirnellie, especially to the mi/ifnrin of South America. The 

 eggs from one nest are one inch in length by .73 in breadth, have a bright white 

 ground, with a sliglit tinge of bluish, and arc boldly plashed, especially around the 

 larger end, with distinct deep dashes of reddish and purplish brown. A few of 

 these blotches are scattered irregularly over the entire egg, but the greater portion 

 are gi-ouped around the more obtuse end. The eggs are of oval shape, be*h ends 

 rounded, one slightly less than the other. The eggs in another nest are more 

 nearly hcrical, with less difference in the ends; the ground-color is more dis- 

 tinctly white ; the spots, of reddish-brown, are finer and more concentrated about 

 the larger end ; and the faint markings of puiplish are much more numerom. 

 These measure .74 by .90 of an inch. 



