680 GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. 



Poocaetes gramineus, var. conjlnis, Baird, (grass-finch:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



No. of nest 

 and eggs. 



Locality. 



4 



61674 

 61675 

 61676 

 61677 

 61778 

 61777 

 62308 



62309 



5 

 9 



5 



June 5, 1872 

 Juue 5,1872 

 June 8,1872 

 June 17, 1872 

 July 7, 1872 

 July 7, 1872 

 Aug, 28, 1872 



Sept. 7,1872 



6i X lOi 



10 



7 



Ogden, Utah. 

 Do. 



'^^ 



6f X lOf 

 6i X 10 

 6 X lOt^,. 

 6i X lOf 

 6i X 11 



6i X lOi 



Do. 



fi)1 





Salt Lake, Utah. 

 Fort Hall, Idaho. 



151 





15-^ 





Do. 



94'> 





Lower Gevser Basin, 



957 





Wyo. 

 Shoshone Lake,Wyo. 







Hab. — Higli central plains to tlie Pacific. 



This bird — a mere western variety of our common grass-fincti or bay- 

 winged bunting, (P. gramineus) — is a very common species at Salt Lake, 

 and in fact it was common all along our route, except in the densely- 

 wooded regions. 



I found several nests of these birds. They were plticed on the 

 ground — generally under a sage-brush — and were composed of grass, 

 laid rudely together. They lay four or five light-colored, spotted eggs 

 in the early part of Juue. 



Chondestes grammaca, Bonap., (lark-finch :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



No. of nest. 



Locality. 



24 





9 

 9 



June 7,1872 

 Juue 14, 1872 

 June 14, 1872 

 June 15, 1872 

 June 18, 1872 

 Juue 25, 1872 

 Aug. 27, 1872 





22 



Ogden, Utah. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



66 



68 



61668 

 61669 

 61670 

 61671 

 61776 

 62307 



7 X n-^e 



en X lOi 



7i X im 



7tV X U-l 



75 





Do. 



M8 





Do 



10/| 





Bear River Utah 



9/11 



6| X lOf 





Lower Geyser Basin, 

 Wyo. 







Hah. — Erom Wisconsin and the prairies of Illinois (also in Michigan,) 

 to the Pacific coast ; south to Texas and Mexico. 



This plain but rich-colored sparrow is quite abundant at Ogden, an€l 

 from there to Snake Eiver. It is also common at Fire-Hole Basin, 

 Wyoming Territory, where I obtained one specimen. No, 241, (62307.) I 

 collectedthe nest of the lark-finch on the 7th of June at Ogden. It was 

 similar in material and situation to that of the grass-finch (P. confinis) 

 iust described, and contained five fresh eggs. 



As the plumage of this bird is richer and deeper than that of the 

 grass-finch, so are its eggs much more beautiful, their spots and mark- 

 ings being darker and more distinct. 



