16 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



AMPELIDiE. 



Ampelis cedrorum, (F.) Bd.—Cedar-Mrd. 



At Lomita Eanche, some sevea miles above Hidalgo, I was surprised 

 to see a flock of birds alight in the top of a large tree over my bead. It 

 was rare, indeed, to see a flock of land birds other than Blackbirds, and 

 even they, at that time of year, were scattered in pairs and busy with 

 nests and eggs. Upon firing I was still further surprised to pick up our 

 own familiar Cherry-bird. The day was hot, being about 100'^ Fahren- 

 heit in the shade. I have shot the same bird at home when the ther- 

 mometer indicated 12° below zero. These birds were in full plumage, 

 and were the only ones seen. 



400— J— 7.37x12.00x3.75x2.37. May 8, Hidalgo. 



YIREONID^. 

 ViREO OLIVACEUS, (L.) V. — Bed-eyed Vireo. 



Shot by the roadside in the woods. The only one secured. The eggs 

 were well developed. 



307— 9 —6.12 X 9.75 x 3.00 x 2.00. Apr. 30, Hidalgo. 

 ViREO NOVEBORACENSis, {Gm.) Bp.— White-eyed Vireo. 



Two birds of this species were shot in open chaparral, and were proba- 

 bly migrating. We noticed none after March 27. 



85— <? —5.00 X 7.50 x 2.50 x 2.00. Mar. 26, Brownsville. 

 91— $ —5.00 X 7.38 X 2.25 x 2.00. Mar. 27, Brownsville. 



ViREO BELLI, Aud.—BelVs Vireo. 



This single specimen was shot seven miles from Hidalgo, in a small 

 bush under an ebouj^-tree. Of its habits I saw nothing. 

 394— <?— 5.25x7.25x2.12x1.88. May 8, Hidalgo. 



LANID^. 



OoLLURio LUDOVICIANUS EXCUBiTORiDES, (L.) Bd. — Loggerhead ShriJce. 

 This variety was quite common in open places, but very shy. It was 

 rarely seen in the dense chaparral or wooded districts, preferring the 

 openings near towns and ranches or the prairies. 



198— ^ —9.00 X 1 2.50 x 3.88 x 3.88. Apr. 9, Brownsville. 



FRINGILLID^. 



Ehynchophanes* maccowni, (Lawr.) Bd.-MeCown^s Bunting. 



* [Baird, in 1858, it will be remembered, noted the non-agreement of the species with 

 the characters of Pleoh-ojjhanes proper, and made a new subgenus, Ehynchophanes, for its 

 accommodation. I have lately found a prior notice to the same effect. Bonaparte had 

 said in 1857, in his "Observations sur Diverses Espfeces d'Emberiziens", etc., Eev. et 

 Mag. de Zool. ix. 1857, 161 : — " Mais ce que nous n'avons pas dit encore, et que nous 

 proclamons ici, c'est que le pr^tendu Plectrophanes maccotvni Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N.- 

 York, V, p. 122, du Texas oriental, n'est pas de celle Sous-famille, mais un Loxien du 

 groupe des Montifringilles, tr^s-voisin de Ehodopechys phocnicoptera." — E. C] 



