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spicuous ■with a lustrous purplish-blue or lilac. The female, on the contrary, wears a plain brown dress, and 

 were it not for her gorgeously attired spouse, would scarcely be recognized from some common little brown 

 epaiTow." 



71. Cyanosjpiza leclancheri (Lafr.). 

 Sierra Madre, Kio de la Ameria, Xantus. 



72. Euspiza americana (Gm.). 

 Mazatlan, Grayson. 



" This handsome wood sparrow is not common in this locality ; only two specimens have been procured, 

 male and female, which were shot in the month of August by my friend Mr. Brewington. They were found 

 in the woods near Mazatlan, and appear to be arboreal in their habits." 



73. ZonotricMa l§ucophrys var. gamhelii (Nutt.) 

 Mazatlan, Grayson. 



74. Aimophila melanotis Lawr. 

 Plains of C^lima, Xantus. 



75. Melospiza lincolni (And.). 

 Mazatlan, Grayson. 



" Very common in the coast region in the winter months, and in the locality of Tepic at all seasons. 



76. Peucca cestivalis var. hotteri Scl. 



Coturniculus mexicanus Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii., p. 474. 

 Plains of Colima, Xantus. 



77. Coturniculus passerinus (Wils.). 

 Mazatlan, Grayson. 



"A winter visitant; not abundant." 



78. Embernagra chlorura (Aud.). 

 Mazatlan, Grayson. 



" A winter visitant, specimens shot from December to April, numerous in some localities. Its notes have a 

 faint resemblance to those of the Towee finch ; it passes much of its time among the weeds in old fields and 

 in brushy places, feeding upon various kinds of seeds ; I have seen it feeding upon the seeds of the silk 

 cotton." 



79. Pipilo fuscus var. crissalis Vigors. 

 Guadalajara, Grayson. 



« This species I found quite abundant about Tepic, and in many places on the road to Guadalajara on the 

 high central plains. I have not met with it nearer the sea-coast than Tepic, where it appears to be a constant 

 resident." 



80. Pipilo erythropthalmus var. carmani Lawr. 



u " " Ann. Lye. N. Y., x., p. 7. 



u « « Proe. Bost. Soc. of N.H., xiT., p. 299. 



Island of Socorro, Grayson. 



«I found this finch to be very abundant upon the Island and remarkably tame. It was by observing the 

 habitsof this bird that water — a small spring percolating beneath the bdulders and loose rocks near the 



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