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bery ; and, in the fall, the thickets bordering the streams are frequently 

 resorted to by them. Their loud, harsh notes and active, sprightly motions 

 are always sure to attract the attention of even the casual observer. 

 Though somewhat inquisitive, they are less so than most of this family, and, 

 when they find themselves observed, skulk away into the shelter of the 

 brush or behind the rocks. They go in small companies, or what would 

 appear to be families ; and, very likely, the relationship is really thus 

 intimate, the broods remaining intact and not scattering, as is usually the 

 case. 



No. 



' Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



3 6 9 



Ad. 

 9 



Saint George, Utah . . . 



Gila River, Ariz 



Camp Bowie, Ariz . 



do 



Aug. 14, 1S71 

 Oct. 27, 1S72 



Sept. 15, 1S73 

 Aug. 7, 1S74 

 Aug. 12, 1S74 

 do 



F. Bischoff 











Dr. H. C. Yarrow and 

 H. W. Henshaw. 



II. W. Henshaw 



do 



do 











3-17 

 3- 53 

 3-i5 

 3- H 

 3-^3 

 3-47 

 3.00 



3- 6 4 



3-42 



3- 16 

 3-36 



2.97 

 3-40 

 3-15 

 3-37 

 3.22 



3-47 

 2.45 



3' 35 



3.5° 

 3.0S 



3- 3 1 







302 

 374 

 375 

 395 

 396 

 609 

 675 

 7i8 

 911 

 912 



3 ad. 

 9 ad. 

 3 ad. 

 9jun. 

 3 ad. 

 cTjun. 

 3 ad. 

 <?jun. 

 9jun. 

 9jun. 



O.95 | I. 12 



do 



do 



0.S5 

 0.74 

 0.94 



0-73 

 0.90 

 0.80 

 0. 81 

 0.80 



1. 10 

 1. 08 

 1. 15 

 1.04 

 1. 15 

 1. 15 

 1.06 

 1. 15 



do 



do 



do 



dc 



Aug. 13, 1S74 

 Sept. 6, 1S74 

 ... .do 



do 



do 



Camp Lowell, Ariz 



.do 



do 



do 



Sept. 13, 1S74 

 Oct. 3, 1S74 

 do 



do 



do 



do 



do 









SALPINCTES OBSOLETUS (Say). 

 I&ock Wreia. 



Troglodytes obsoletus, SAY, Long's Exped., ii, 1S23, 4 (South Fork of the Platte).— 

 Woodh., Sitgreave's Exp. Zniii & Col. Riv., 1854, CO.— Newb., P. R. R. 

 Rep., xi, 1857. 80.— Heerm., P. R, R. Rep., x, pt. iv, 1859, 41. 



Salpinctes obsolctus, Bd., Ives' Col. Exped., 1857-58, pt. iv, (i. — Id., Birds N. A., 1858, 357.— 

 Id., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 13.— Id., Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1859, 191 (Fort Tejon, Cal.).— Henry. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1859, 107 (New Mexico).— IIayd., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 1862, 

 103.— Bd., Rev. Am. Birds, i, 1804, 110.— OOTJES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1800, 77 (Fort Whipple).— Id., ib., 1808, 83.— Cooper, Am. Nat., iii, 

 1S09, 297 (Upper Missouri); 73 (breeding at Fort Benton).— Id., Proc. 

 Cal. Acad., 1870, 75 (Colorado River).— Id., Birds Cal., LV70, 04.— Stev., 



