Bendire.] 158 [October 6, 



nest of this bird with three eggs nearly hatched. The nest was on 

 a sage bush, about a foot from the ground." 



25. Spizella monticola Baird. Mention is made of speci- 

 mens of this species having been taken between November 14th and 

 December 5th. 



26. Spizella Breweri Casein. " May 29th. On my way to 

 the lake I obtained three nests of Brewer's sparrow, containing four, 

 three, and two eggs. The majority of the birds are building yet 

 These nests were constructed out of rotten fibres of wild flax, which 

 grows abundantly about there, and are lined with fine grasses and a 

 few hairs. The nests were placed in the forks of low sage bushes, 

 about eighteen inches from the ground." 



27. Melospiza guttata Baird. A single specimen shot No- 

 vember 14th. 



'• January 24th. Since I wrote you, on the 17th, I have procured 

 several specimens of what I take to be this species. I have always 

 found them singly, and they are by no means plenty. 



''February 20th. I shot another specimen of this bird in the tall 

 grass bordering the creek. 



" May 29th. On my way to the lake I took a set of this Melospiza. 

 It differs from the M. ftdlax in being much larger and darker, and 

 has very different eggs, being much larger." 



28. Pooecetes gramineus Baird. "On my way to the lake, 

 May 27th, I took a nest of this species." 



29. Pipilo areticus S\v. "March 1st, 1875. While looking 

 along the creek, I was astonished to see two specimens of this Pipilo. 

 They were both males, and made their appearance much earlier than 

 I expected. They actually came in the midst of a snow storm. 

 Others were noticed between March 1st and April 3d." 



30. Eremophila alpestris B013. Mention is made, Janu- 

 ary 1 7th, of having procured a single specimen of th's bird. " Febru- 

 ary 12th. Since the close of January I have shot several more 

 specimens of this bird. They were all of them males." 



31. Agelaius phoeniceus Vieill. "On the 23d of February, 

 a flock of these birds made their first appearance here." 



32. Agelaius gubernatcr Bonap. "May 19th. This bird 

 has begun to breed. I took two nests of it thU week." 



33. Sturnella negleeta And. The arrival of this bird is 

 noted as having taken place prior to April 3<L 



