706 'geological survey of the territories. 



Family 10. — Hirundinidje, the Swallows. 

 Mirundo lunifrons, Say., (cliff swallow :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Date. 



Eggs in 

 nest. 



Locality. 



Remarks. 



58 



16312 



July 3, 1872 



2 



Ross Fork, Idaho 



Eggs fresh. 



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Ootyle riparia, Boil., (bauk swallow :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Date. 



Eggs in 

 nest. 



Locality. 



Remarks. 



25 



16295 



June 10, 1872 



7 



Salt Lake, Utah 



Eggs fresh. 



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Family 16. — FkingillidvE, the Sparrows. 

 Pooecetes gramineus, var. confinis, Baird, (grass fiucli :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Date. 



Eggs in 

 nest. 



Locality. 



Remarks. 



10 



16281 



16282 



June 5, 1872 

 June 8, 1872 



4 

 4 



Ogden, Utah 



Eggs contained lar^e 



O'.!, 



do 



embryos. 

 Do. 









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Goturniculus passerinus, Bonai)., (yellow- winged sparrow :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



16280 



Date. 



Eggs in 

 nest. 



Locality. 



Remarks. 



7 



June 5, 1872 



4 



Ogden, Utah 



Eggs fresh. 









I found tliis nest on the ground, by the side of a sage-bush. It was 

 very light, being carelessly constructed of fibrous roots and grasses, 

 lined with finer pieces of the same. It measured 4.35 inches in external 

 diameter, and contained four white eggs, spotted with reddish brown. 



Glwndestes grammaea, Bonap., (lark-finch :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Date. 



Eggs in 

 nest. 



Locality. 



Remarks. 



90 



16292 

 16293 



June 7, 1872 

 June- 16, 1872 



5 



Oo-den, Utah 



Eggs fresh. 



65 



do 











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