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MELOSPIZA PALUSTRIS (Wils.). 

 Kwataip ttpari'ow, 



FringiUa palustris, Wils., Am. Orn., iii, 1811, 49, pi. xxii, f. 1. 



Melospiga palustris, Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 483. — Hayd., Trans. Am. Pbil. Soc, xii, 

 1802, 167.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1872, 177 (Eastern Kansas, 

 May.)— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 138.— Snow, Birds Kau., 1872, 10.— 

 Bd., Brew., & Ridg., N. A. Birds, ii, 1S74, 34, pi. xxviii, figs. 1, 2.— Hen- 

 shaw, An. Lye. Nat. Hist, N. Y., xi, 1874, C— Id., An. List Birds Utah, 

 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 45. — Yarrow & Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 

 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1S74, 14.— Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 137. 



A single specimen, taken at Washington, Utah, in October. This 

 capture affords a valuable item regarding the geographical distribution 

 of this species, as it has never before been taken west of the great plains ; 

 its western limit being Eastern Kansas. This being the only specimen 

 taken, it must be regarded as rare ; for careful search was made, and hun- 

 dreds of flocks of sparrows (principally Zonotrichia) were closely examined 

 with a view to finding rarities ; the fields in the vicinity of Washington 

 being fairly alive with these birds. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



35° 



$ ad. 



Washington, Utah 



Oct. 23, 1S72 



H. W. Henshaw and 

 Dr. H. C. Yarrow. 



















PEUCAEA AESTIVALIS var. ARIZONAE, Ridg. 



Arizona Sparrow. 



Pcticcea cassinii, Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 480 (in part). 



Peuccea sp. (?), Henshaw, Rep. Oru. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 118. 



Peuccea aestivalis var. arizoncv, Ridg., Am. Nat., vii, 1873, GIG. — Bd., Brew., & Ridg., 



N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 41. 

 Peuccea cestivalis var. cassini,'G oues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 140. 



The Bachman's Finch of the Southern States is represented in Northern 

 Mexico and along the southern borders of Arizona, and probably also in New 

 Mexico, by this race, which appears to be sufficiently distinguished, as a 

 variety, by its paler coloration, slenderer bill, and longer wings and tail. 

 In Arizona, this sparrow appears to be confined exclusively to the extreme 

 southern portion, and was found abundant only within a few miles of the 



