1875.] 153 [Bendire. 



sight and in both sexes is the insertion of the antennae on black, or on 

 yellow ground. In S. geniculatus the dark color of the front reaches 

 down to the very root of the antennae ; a very small brownish yellow 

 space is only perceptible between the antennse. In my S. umbellata- 

 rum the brownish yellow forms a little arch above the antennae, 

 which thus are inserted on yellow ground. 



I have compared five females and two males, all taken in the White 

 Mountains. The first specimens I received from Mr. Dimmock; la- 

 ter I found two females among sixty females of S. umbellatarum, col- 

 lected by Mr. Morrison. This species thus seems to be rarer than 

 the other. 



My reason for referring Macquart's description (of the male) to 

 this species, is his mention of the face being black, and of the four 

 anterior legs being dark colored. This seems to me conclusive ; the 

 measurement he gives, also agrees bet.er with this species than with 

 the other. 



Notes on seventy-nine species of Birds observed in the 

 neighborhood of camp harney, oregon, compiled from 

 the correspondence of capt. charles bendire, 1st cav- 

 ALRY U. S. A. 



(The following notes have been taken, with his permission, from 

 letters of Capt. Bendire, addressed to the writer. They were 

 originally written without any reference to their publication, and 

 do not attempt to give a complete catalogue of the birds of that 

 region. The observations were made in the period between Novem- 

 ber 1874 and May 1875, in south-eastern Oregon, and embody new 

 and interesting additions to our knowledge relative to a region hith- 

 erto unexplored. " Camp Harney is situated on the verge of a sage 

 brush, or rather a desert, country at the base of the Blue Mountains. 

 The country to the south of it, for two hundred and sixty miles, or 

 until you reach the railroad, is fully as desolate, if not more so, than 

 the worst part of Arizona. Numerous species of water-fowl are said 

 to breed about Lakes Harney and Malheur, about twenty-five miles 

 from the post." T. M. Brewer.) 



1. Turdus migratorius Linn. "Feb. 23d, 1875. For the first 

 time this season I heard the song of this thrush. — March 13th. The 

 robins are now in full song." 



2. Cinclus mexicanus Baird. " On the 18th of February, 

 while up Battle-snake Creek in search of deer, I shot the first speci- 



