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ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



portions of Arizona and New Mexico, though by no means wanting in 

 these districts. 



It is one of the characteristic birds of the western woods, conspicuous 

 for its beautiful plumage and its loud, peculiar notes. In habits, it is largely, 

 though not exclusively, pinicoline, being found throughout the heavy pine 

 timber of the mountainous districts. It was observed to be numerous in such 

 localities, both in Arizona and New Mexico. Like others of the family, it is 

 gifted with considerable curiosity, which is rarely sufficient to overcome its 

 naturally suspicious disposition. During the fall, they move about in small 

 parties of six or eight, and spend considerable time on the ground, hunting 

 after seeds, acorns, and berries, which supplement at this season their usual 

 fare, consisting of the seeds of coniferous trees. I have often come suddenly 

 upon a party when thus silently and busily engaged, not less to my own 

 than to their surprise. A single note was sufficient to alarm the flock, when 

 they would fly to the nearest tree, and watch every motion with evident 

 interest, keeping up a constant chattering and screaming-. Their natural 

 distrust, however, would soon induce them to place a wider interval between 

 us, and to approach a second time would have been no easy matter. 



On the Rio Grande, Colorado, they daily visited our camp in numbers, 

 contending with Clarke's Crows for the scraps of refuse food. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill 



Tarsus. 



5 

 462 



200 

 261 



33 



33 A 

 6S9 



753 



4 

 940 



337 



1 



f ad. 

 3 ad. 



9jun. 

 3 ad. 



3 



3 ad. 

 3 ad. 

 3 ad. 



3 



9jun. 





Nov. 20, 1S71 

 do 













do 



. .do 











Provo Caiion, Utah 



do 



July 31, 1S72 

 Nov. 30, 1S72 



May 31, 1873 

 June 5, 1S73 

 June — , 1S73 

 July — , 1S73 

 Sept. I, 1S73 

 Sept. 11, 1S73 



do 



H. W. Henshaw 











H. W. Henshaw and 

 Dr. II. C. Yarrow. 



H. W. Henshaw 



do 











Near Fort Garland, Colo 

 do 



5.62 

 5.86 

 6.05 

 5-53 

 5-73 

 5-5 1 



5-64 

 5-93 



5-54 

 5. 58 



5 7* 

 5-25 

 5-41 

 5-37 



5.40 

 4-43 



i- 13 

 1. 17 



1. 14 

 1. 04 

 1. 17 



1. 16 



1. 17 



1.65 

 1.65 

 1. 71 

 i-54 

 1-55 

 1.65 



1.72 



i.CS 



Georgetown, Colo 



N. Fork of Platte, Colo. 

 Apache Mountains, Ariz 

 South of Camp Apache, 



Ariz. 

 do 



Dr. J. T. Kothrock .... 

 do 



II. W. Henshaw 



do 



M. N. Maguet 



H. W. Henshaw 



C. E. Aiken 



3 



9 ad. 



Gila River, Ariz 



Oct. 17, 1S73 

 Oct. 12, 1S74 















