PASSEEES— IOTERLDAE— S. CYASOCEPHALUS. 



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olivaceous to a pale bluish- white ; aud they are thickly covered with blotches 

 of light-brown and burnt-umber, this latter color often in the form of 

 wavering hues. In some specimens, the brown spots are confluent and 

 nearly hide the ground color. 



The duties of incubation over, and the young well grown, the birds 

 now come together in flocks of variable number, from twenty-five to per- 

 haps two hundred. Their only care is to obtain food, and in constant 

 search for this they wander restlessly about, flying from point to point, 

 settling on the ground, and running here and there till a momentary alarm 

 or mere whim starts them off to another quarter. Their familiarity at this 

 season is surprising, and in marked contrast to their retiring manners during 

 the nesting period. In Utah and Arizona, they are regular visitors to the 

 settlements, perching on the houses, and alighting in the streets, while the 

 stock corrals and barn yards are favorite resorts. They are nearly omniv- 

 orous, and I noticed them in Arizona, with the ravens and crows, about the 

 slaughter yards, waiting for animal refuse. 



N : . Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Win?. TaiL Bill. Tarsus. 



3° ?J cn - 



31 Z :.~. 



32 <?jnn. 

 165 $ ad. , 

 295 o ad. 



276 1 ad. 



363 J ad. 



171 1 ad. 



197 3 ad. 



377 = *d- 



378 i ad. 



379 8 --- 

 3S5 i ad. 



I ad. 



Provo, Utah 



do 



do 



Harmony, Utah 



Beaver. Utah 



Aug. 2. 1S72 



do 



Aug. 3. 1872 

 Sept 15. 1872 



Sept. 25. 1872 



Iron City, Utah Oct. 10, 1S7 



Cove Creek, Utah 



Oct 

 May 



26, 1872 



H. W. Henshaw 



.... do 



do 



do 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow and 



H. V.". H :. 



H. W. Henshaw 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow 



H. W. Henshaw. 



H. W. Henshaw 



do 



.. do 



do 



do 



June 19, [873 .. 



do 



lo 



2D, 1S73 do 5.3O 



4^=5 



•- ad. 



426 



3 ad. 



90 



<?jun. 



879 



J 





i 



:- 4 



$ 



Fort Garland, Colo.... May 28, 1S73 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do June 28, 1S75 do 



do do do 



do do do 



Pueblo, Colo Aug. 1,1874 C. E. Aiken .... 



it Graham, Ariz .. Sept 25, 1S74 H. W. Henshaw 



Camp Goodwin, Ariz.. Oct. 30, 1S74 do 



do do do 



;. cS 



5. 11 

 5- 15 



4-93 



4. 00 

 4.50 

 4 - 



3 75 

 3.S2 



4.25 



4.21 

 4.10 

 4.25 



C . '.- 



o. 90 

 o. So 



o. -; 



o. So 

 o. So 

 o. SS 

 0.S7 

 0.S3 



1-23 



1. 26 



1. 17 



1. 20 

 1, 24 



1. 15 

 1. 22 

 1.26 



