lii ^^ 1 ^^'^'Gv.v.GOR, A Nczv Ammodraiiius from L. C(i/ifor?iicit zGc 



with small ilaik centres; feathers of scapulars and interscapulars centered 

 by clove brow n with creamy margins. Lower parts pure white, except 

 traces of faint spots across breast and on rtanks ; wings and tail 

 resembling those of adult plumage; tertials widely bordered with 

 cinnamon. 



Carpodacus mcgregori AntJiony. McGregor'.s Finch. 



We found examples of C. mcgregori distributed over the two 

 large Benitos, but on account of their extreme shyness they were 

 difficult to obtain. We were at the islands too late to collect 

 eggs, but I secured three young birds abotit ready to leave the 

 nest. The parents had constructed their nest about two feet 

 above the ground in a century plant {Agave) . It was made after 

 the fashion of C. fro7italis^ of a miscellaneous lot of bark, twigs, 

 and fibre. The three young are of different sizes, of which the 

 smallest is here described. 



I 



No. 1041, $ nestling, coll. R. C. McG., San Benito Island, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, March 29, 1S97. The young plumage differs in coloration but 

 little from that of the adult female. Upper parts heavily marked with 

 clove brown, edges and tips of feathers cinnamon; lower parts streaked 

 with clove and cinnainon ; tertials and rectrices broadly edged and tipped 

 with wood brown. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW AMAIODRAMUS FROM 

 LOWER CALIFORNIA. 



BY RICHARD C. MCGREGOR. 



Ammodramus halophilus,^ sp. nov. 



Lagoon Sparrow. 



Sp. char. — Most closely related to -i4. rostratus guttatns, but " uniformly 

 larger and much darker; upper parts decidedly olivaceous instead of olive 

 grayish." - 



' a\s, salt of the sea ; <j>i.\€w, to love. 



-From letter of Mr. R. Ridgway, May 12, 1S9S. 



