
16 THE FAUNA OF MONTANA TERRITORY. 
PunPLE FrwcH (Carpodacus). I saw none throughout - 
the journey. : 
YeLLow Bird (Chrysomitris tristis). I saw this bird at 
the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, and as it occurs 
also along the lower Columbia it is probably to be found in 
summer through nearly the whole territory. Nuttall found 
its nest on Lewis' (Snake) River. (Vol. I, p. 595). 
Pine Fıxcu (C. pinus). Common throughout the moun- 
tains. 
Rep CnossBiLL ( Curvirostra Americana var. ? Mexicana). 
Common throughout, and very abundant in the spruce forests 
of the Ceur d'Alene Mountains, where it is remarkably fa- 
miliar, feeding and dusting much on the ground, especially 
about the few log cabins built there. Among large numbers 
closely observed, I saw very few of the white-winged spe- 
cies. The male sometimes uttered a few musical notes much 
in the style of the Yellow Bird ( C. tristis), but louder. The 
specimen preserved is much larger than those I collected on 
the west coast in 1853, with the bill also larger, and the pro- 
portions are even greater yet than those of Strickland’s L- 
Mexicana, from the City of Mexico. (Baird’s Rep., p. 924). 
The habits and notes are so universally similar that the va- 
rious sizes can scarcely indieate more than local varieties; 
such as occur in nearly all our widely spread species. The 
bill and feet were, however, black instead of brown. 
WnurrE-wivGED ChosspiLL (O. leucoptera). The speci- 
men preserved was shot from a flock of the common kind, on 
the eastern slope of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains, by Capt. 
Floyd Jones. 4 
CHESTNUT-COLORED Duxwrrsa ( Plectrophanes ornatus). I 
found this species with fledged young in July, on the plains 
near Fort Benton, where it evidently breeds. 
LARGE SAVANNAH Sparrow (Paserculus Sandwichensis)- 
This specimen I shot on the Spokan Prairie, September 24th, — 
and saw a few more there and on other parts of the interior — 
plains of Washington Territory afterwards. From the earli- — 



