384 NESTS AND EGGS OF 



567d. POINT PIITOS JUNCO. Junoo hyenialis pinosus Looms. Geog. Dist. — 

 Vicinity of Monterey. California. 



I know very little about this variety of the Black Snowbird, but from the quota- 

 tions given by dealers on the skins and eggs, I imagine that it is a subspecies of lim- 

 ited abundance. Having a very restricted geographical distribution it is not probable 

 that many skins of this bird are in private collections and far less of its eggs. For 

 a description of the bird Cf. L. M. Loomis, Auk, X, p. 47. 



567e. CAROLINA JUNCO. Junco hyemalis caroUnensis Brewst. Geog. Dist. — 

 Higher portions of the Southern AUeghanies. 



According to Mr. Wm. Brewster this new variety of the Black Snowbird differs 

 from J. hyemalis in being larger, with lighter, bluer and more uniform coloration,, 

 and a horn-colored instead of pinkish-white or yellowish bill. Mr. Brewster found 

 this bird at Highlands and on the Black Mountains of Western North Carolina. He 

 states that it is probable that the birds represent the form which breeds on the 

 mountains of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Two sets of eggs are in Mr. Brewster's 

 collection taken by Mr. Boynton, at Highlands, respectively June 30 and July 7, 1885. 

 "The eggs are larger than those of hyemalis but similar in color and markings." The 

 nests are also larger and composed of coarser material, although both are neatly 

 lined with horse-hair. The one collected July 7 was placed "in a bank by the road- 

 side," a site often chosen by our .northern birds, but the other was built in a berry 

 bush, four feet above the ground. Both sets of eggs were perfectly fresh, a fact 

 which proves that the bird breeds very irregularly and probably twice at least in the 

 same season.* Mr. George B. Sennett found this subspecies breeding in the moun- 

 tains of Western North Carolina. On Roan Mountain the birds were exceedingly 

 abundant at an altitude of 6300 feet. In the latter half of April they were paired 

 and building, and many complete nests were discovered. Fresh-laid eggs and young 

 in all stages were found in July. The nests were found in all sorts of places — in the 

 open fields, among the grass hummocks, along the edge of cow-paths, myrtle tus- 

 socks, under balsams or under the deciduous trees of a lower altitude. Two nests 

 were found in balsam trees three and five feet respectively from the ground. 



568. PINK-SIDED JUNCO. Junco annectens Baird. Geog. Dist.— Rocky 

 Mountain district, from Arizona and New Mexico north to Idaho and Montana. 



The Pink-sided Junco Is found in the Rocky Mountain region, breeding from 

 Fort Bridger northward. Dr. Merrill found it rather common In the mountains of 

 Montana, at considerable height and among the pines. A nest taken June 13 was 

 at the top of a ridge connecting two peaks, at an elevation of 8000 feet. The nest 

 was under a shelving stone, in a little hollow dug out by the parents; It was rather 

 large and compactly built, composed of coarse, dry grasses, with an inner lining of 

 fine yellow straw and hair of the mountain sheep. The eggs, five In number, were 

 far advanced In Incubation and one was broken In blowing. The four remaining 

 specimens measure .81x.60, .80x.59, .84x.60, .83x.60. They are described as dull yel- 

 lowish-whitish, spotted and blotched with light reddish-brown and lavender. The 

 spots are scattered over the entire surface of the eggs, but are largest and more nu- 

 merous at the larger end. 



568. 1. RIDGWAY'S JTTNCO. Junco ridgwayi Mearns. Geog. Dist.— Wyom- 

 ing, Colorado. Arizona and New Mexico. 



According to Dr. Mearns the coloration in the upper parts of this species is 

 similar to that of the Gray-headed Junco and the lower portions similar to that- 



* Auk, III, pp. 109-110. 



