274 



ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



No, 



245 

 246 



247 

 260 



276 

 544 

 545 



Sex. 



9 ad. 

 3 ad. 

 9 ad 



•jun. 



J ad. 



•Jim 



Jun 

 546 I,? jun. 

 74S Lj ad. 



750 I Ad. 



751 9jun 



763 9 jun. 



764 Jun. 



765 J ad. 

 756 9 ad. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Mount Graham, Ariz .. 



do 



do 



do 



Aug. 1, 1S74 



do 



do 



do 



766 

 823 



857 



9 jun. 



9 jun. 

 £ ad. 



Santa Rita Mts., Ariz.. Aug. 30, 1874 



do do 



do do 



do do 



Mount Graham, Ariz.. Sept. 19, 1S74 



do I do 



do j do 



do ! Sept. 20, 1874 



do do 



do Sept. 21, 1S74 



do do 



do do 



do ' Sept. 23, 1874 



do. 



Collector. 



H. \V. Henshaw 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Dr. J. T. Rothrock. 



do 



H. W. Henshaw... 

 Dr. J. T. Rothrock. 



H. W. Henshaw 



Dr. J. T. Rothrock . 

 H, W. Henshaw... 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



3-°7 



2-95 



0.44 



0.S3 



3- °7 



2.97 



0. 50 



0.85 



3-03 



2. SS 



o-43 



0.S0 



3-25 



3- 17 



0.47 



0.80 



i- 2 i 



3.02 



0.4S 



0.86 



3-17 



3- '3 



0.46 



0.85 



3- 2 7 



3-25 



0.48 



0.83 



3-13 



3.0Q 



0.50 



0.S0 



3.02 



3-°5 



0.45 



0.77 



3-'7 



3-°5 



0.45 



0.S3 



3-°3 



3.10 



0.48 



0.S4 



3-15 



3-17 



0.43 



0.83 



2.90 



2.9S 



0.45 



0.83 



3- °7 



3-°5 



0.47 



0.S3 



3- i 2 



3.12 



o-43 



0.S3 



2.98 



3.10 



0.42 



0.S2 



2-95 



2-75 



0.3S 



0. 7S 



3-i7 



3.10 



0.47 



0.82 



POOSriZA BILINEATA (Cass.). 

 ESSat 5»- «Ei i-o.-t Soil Sparrow. 



Emberiza Mlineata, Cass., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila,, v, Oct., 1850, 104, pi. iii (Texas). — 

 Woodii., Sitgreave's Exp. Zufii & Col. Riv., 1S54, S7. 



Poospiza bilineata, Bd., Ives' Col. Exped., 1857-58, pt. iv, G. — Id., Birds N. A., 1S5S, 

 470.— Id., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 15.— Heeem., 

 P. 11. R. Rep., Park's Route, x, pt. iv, 1859, 14.— Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1S59, 107 (New Mexico).— Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. Phila,, 

 I860, S6 (Fort Whipple, Ariz.).— Id., ib., 18G8, 83.— Cooper, Birds Cal., 

 1870, 203.— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 140.— Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 

 10. — Coues, Am. Nat., vii, 1873, 323. — Bd., Brew., & Ridg., N. A. Birds, 

 1875, 590, pi. xxvi, f. 8. — Yarrow, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1871, Wheeler's Exped., 

 1874, 35.— Henshaw, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, 0.— Id., An. 

 List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 44. — Id., Rep. Orn. Specs., 

 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1S74, 115. 



Amphi&piza bilineata, Coues, U. S. Geol. Snrv. Terr., 1874, 234 (type of genus). 



This sparrow is an inhabitant of the dry mesas and plains, and apparently 

 extends its range over the whole of Arizona and perhaps also New Mexico ; 

 their numbers constantly increasing to the south till, in the region south of 

 the Gila, it is perhaps the most characteristic of the small sparrows. In 

 summer, the sage plains appear to be most frequented by them, though they 

 also are always found on the rocky hills among the low scanty shrubbery. 

 Their nests are usually placed in some low bush, as often one of the At ic- 

 misias as any other ; none of those found by our party being more than 

 four feet from the ground, oftener one or two. They are of circular form, 



