1872. 208 . [Holden —Aiken. 
59. Junco annectens. 
“ Abundant during winter and early spring. A few females still 
remain.” —C. E. A. 
60. Junco hyemalis. 
“None seen until about March 20th. From that date they were 
common about three weeks and then disappeared.”—C. E. A. 
61. Junco hyemalis var. Aikenii. 
“ Rare during winter. Rather common during the latter part of 
Feb. and first part of March, but before April 1st all had disappeared. 
During winter the males only were seen, but the females were most 
numerous during spring. More commonly seen singly, or in com- 
panies of two or three, than the preceding races.”—C. E. A. 
«The iris in each of these birds varies from a bright reddish to a 
dark brown. The whole five races mingle indiscriminately in the 
same flock, and it is very unusual to see a flock of any considerable 
size composed of any one variety.”—C. E. A. 
62. Chondestes grammaca. Lark Finch. 
These were common, going in small flocks of 10 or 15 individuals, 
as our White Throated Sparrow sometimes does. They prefer the 
willows along the water courses. J could not find their nests, though 
the birds were at all times abundant. I think the western are lighter, 
as a general rule, than our more eastern specimens. 
63. Calamospiza bicolor. Lark Bunting.’ 
The first time I saw one of these birds fly up I exclaimed, ‘‘ what 
a curious Bob-o-Link,” their actions are almost identical, except that 
Lark Buntings are gregarious. I found them plentiful in certain 
localities, in flocks of 50 to 100individuals. They run rapidly on the 
ground; when feeding the males often rise twenty feet from the ground, 
and while suspended as it were in the air, they utter several pecu- 
liar and musical notes. These being finished they fly to the ground 
and continue feeding. I was not able to find their nests. 
64, Cyanospiza amoena. Lazuli Finch. 
Rare and shy. I found a pair who had a nest somewhere in the 
vicinity, but so shy were they that I could not kill them for nearly a 
week. I killed four specimens, among them one fine female. I know 
nothing of their habits beyond the fact that they fly well. They 
seemed to be at home both in the tops of small trees and in the sage 
brush, where I killed them all. I procured them all within a radius 
of fifty feet and did not observe any in other localities. 
‘¢ First seen, May 2d.”—C. E. A. 
