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ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



207 



20S 

 209 

 229 

 264 

 2S2 

 283 

 284 

 292 



114 

 160 

 212 



3 ad. 



Mountains near Fort 

 Garland, Colo. 



.do 



May 30, 1S73 

 .... do 



H. W. Henshaw 

 do 



3- '7 



3.02 

 2. 9S 

 3-'4 

 3- I: 

 3-14 

 3-3° 

 3.36 

 2. 92 



3.02 



2. Si 

 2. S3 



2. 92 



2.9s 



2. Si 

 3.00 

 3.06 

 2. 71 



0. 50 



0.4S 

 0.47 



0.79 



0. S2 

 0.S1 



9 ad. 

 S ad. 



3 ad. 

 9 ad. 

 3 ad. 



-' .1,1. 



9 

 9 ad. 

 9jun. 



do 



June 3, 1873 

 ....do 



do 



do 



do 



.. do . 



....do 



do . . . 





do 



June 6, 1873 

 .... do 



do 



0.50 

 0.47 

 0.47 

 0.47 



o-75 

 0.79 

 0. 78 

 0.S0 



do. 



do . . 



do 



..do 



do 



do 



June 7, 1873 

 Aug. 9, 1S74 

 Aug. 15, 1874 

 Aug. 29, 1874 



do 



C. E. Aiken 



Sangre de Cristo, Colo. 



Indian Creek, Colo 



Alimosa Creek, Colo .. 



do 











do 





















JUNCO CINEREUS (Swains.), var. DORSALIS, Henry. 

 Plate IX. 



Junco ilorsalis, Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Pbila.,x, May, 1858, 117. — Bd., Birds N. 



A., 1858, 4G7.— Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. Pbila,, 1859, 107 (New Mexico). 

 Junco caniceps var. dorsalis, Henshaw, Rep. Oru. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 



1874, 115. 



This variety appears to take the place entirely of caniceps in the mount- 

 ains of New Mexico and Arizona, extending southward in summer at least 

 as far as the White Mountains, in the pine woods of which it is very abun- 

 dant. I detected nothing peculiar in its habits that is not equally character- 

 istic of the other members of the genus. The song is indistinguishable from 

 that of caniceps. In the mountains near Camp Apache, I found many young 

 birds July 13, though many individuals were apparently still engaged in 

 the duties of incubation. A nest found liere was very cunningly placed in 

 a slight hollow, beneath a tussock of grass, and so arranged that the merest 

 accident alone could have led to its discovery. As it was, I came near tread- 

 ing upon it, and thus startled the female, who was setting at the time. She 

 glided off through the grass, fluttering about and feigning lameness, but, find- 

 ing it of no avail, and that her home was being invaded, flew into a tree 

 close by, and her angry notes and plaintive cries soon called her mate to 

 her side, who showed an equal anxiety, and approached almost within arm's 

 length, and expressed his indignation at my high handed proceedings in the 



