308 NOTES ON THE 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
Head black; a line passing over the eye, a small spot on the 
nape, another on the ears and a large patch on the wings, 
white; nuchal collar and the whole under plumage, brownish- 
buff-yellow; legs flesh color. 
Length, 6.50; wing, 3.50; tail, 2.75; bill, .45. 
Habitat, interior North America from Arctic coast to Texas. 
CALCARIUS ORNATUS (TowNsEND). (538.) 
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR. 
Another bunting that has been found to breed in the north- 
western portion of the State along the Red river as far south 
as Breckenridge and Traverse, about the habits of which I 
know very little beyond that fact. I spent several days in 
October, 1884, in Grant county, where I found quite a number 
of this species associated with the Longspurs, but of course I 
was too late for other observations. Whether they breed just 
there, or not I cannot tell, but in the next county west which 
lies for a long distance along the Red river, is where they 
have been repeatedly located. 
Mr. Allen says:—‘‘They breed of course on the ground, 
constructing a rather slight but neat nest of dry grass and 
the stems of small plants. The eggs appear to be commonly 
-five in number, blotched and streaked with rusty or a white 
ground, full sets of which are obtained the first week in 
June.”’ 
It is known to breed extensively on the northern plains of 
Dakota. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
Bill dark plumbeous; crown, a narrow crescent on the side of 
the head, a line running into it from behind the eye, entire 
breast. and upper part of belly all round, black; throat and 
sides of head, lower part of belly, under tail coverts, and bases 
of the tail feathers, white; the white on the tail feathers runs 
forward as an acute’ point; a chestnut band on the back of the 
neck extending around on the sides; rest of upper parts gray- 
ish-brown, streaked with darker; lesser wing coverts like the 
back. 
Length, 5.25; wing, 3.20; tail, 2.30; tarsus, 0.75. 
Habitat, interior of North America, from the Saskatchewan 
plains to Texas. 
