GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY OF THE TEERITOEIES. 



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(Sub-family Spisince.) 



Guiraca melanocephala, Sw., (black-headed grosbeak :) 



683 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Number 

 of nest. 



Locality. 



5 

 16 



61685 

 61686 

 61687 

 61688 

 616S9 

 61690 

 62274 



9 



June 5,1872 

 June 6, 1872 

 June 7,1872 

 Juue 8, 1872 

 June 8,1872 

 June 12, 1872 

 July 22, 1872 



8i Xl2ii 





Ogdea, Utali. 

 Do. 



21 







Do. 



29 



8 X 12ii 

 &i X 121 

 8A X 12f 

 8^ X 12* 





Do. 



31 





Do. 



52 





Do. 



130 



63 



Teton Basin, Mabo. 



Sab. — High central plain from the Yellowstone to the Pacific. Table- 

 lands of Mexico. 



Black-headed grosbeaks are qnite numerous among the scrub-oaks at 

 the foot of the Wahsatch Mountains. Here I obtained six good speci- 

 mens. I obtained one of their nests at the First Cottonwood Creek, 

 Teton Basin, Idaho Territory, on the 22d of July, It was on a cotton- 

 wood sapling, about five feet above the ground, and was composed of 

 pieces of grass and vines laid carelessly together, with their ends stick- 

 ing out four or five inches; it contained two fresh eggs — l^o. 63, (16317,) 

 9 ^STo. ISO shot. They are peculiar in their habits: sometimes you may 

 hunt half a day without getting more than a glimpse at them, as they 

 flit about from bush to bush, yet their song, which at times is scarcely 

 distinguishable from that of our common cat-bird, {Galeoscoptes Caro- 

 linensis,) seldom escapes your ears; at other times you cannot walk 

 about for ten minutes without seeing several of them perched up on 

 the top of the highest bushes near by, entertaining you with their 

 song, without evincing the slightest symptoms of fear. 



Oyanospiza amoena, Baird, (lazuli finch :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Number 

 of nest. 



Locality. 



19 



61691 

 61692 

 61693 

 61694 

 61695 

 61696 

 61698 

 61697 

 61699 

 61700 

 61701 

 61702 

 61703 

 61704 

 61105 

 61706 

 61707 

 61708 

 61709 

 61710 

 61711 

 61712 

 62324 



9 



$ 



$ 



$ 



$ 



9 



$ 



$ 



$ 



9 



$ 



$ 



$ 



$ 



9 ■ 



9 



June' 7, 1872 

 June 7,1872 

 June 8,1872 

 June 4,1872 

 June 9, 1872 

 June 11, 1872 

 June 11, 1872 

 Juue 11, 1872 

 June 11, 1872 

 June 11, 1872 

 June 11, 1872 

 June 14, 1872 

 June 14, 1872 

 Juue 14, 1872 

 Juue 14, 1872 

 June 15, 1822 

 June 15, 1872 

 June 17, 1872 

 Juue 20, 1872 

 June 20, 1872 

 June 20, 1872 

 June 20, 1872 

 July 22, 1872 







Ogdeu, Utah. 

 Do. 



22 







33 



6 X9i 

 5-t x9 

 5-1 x9xV 

 5i X9it 

 5i X9 

 6 X9i 

 5f x9-i 

 6 X9i 

 51- X8i| 

 5-^X9 

 5tV X 8-i 

 51 X9f 

 5H X 81 

 51 X9J: 

 5i X8H 

 5-1 X8| 

 5i X8f 

 5| X9A^ 

 5f X9iV 

 5i X8| 

 51 X9 





Do. 



34 





Do. 



38 





Do. 



45 





Do. 



46 





Do. 



47 





Do. 



48 

 49 





Do. 

 Do. 



50 





Do. 



61 





Do. 



65 

 71 



65 



Do, 

 Do. 



72 





Do. 



73 





Do. 



74 





Do. 



86 





Do. 



114 





Do. 



116 





Do. 



117 





Do. 



118 





Do. 



133 





T6ton Basin, Idaho. 







Kith. — High central plains from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific. 



