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GOLDFINCH— COWBIRD— BULLFINCH-TANAGER— ORIOLE-WARBLERS, ETC 



is no other record of any other specimens of this bird being ob- 

 tained. 



Mexican, or Black Goldfinch. (Chrysomitris psaltria, var. mexicana.) 



Fig. 2. 



This bird is the Mexican variety of the typical bird, represented 

 on Plate LXXXVII, fig. i, page 130. 



Arizona Goldfinch. (Chrysomitris psaltria, var. arizonce.) 



Fig- 3. 



A variety of the typical bird, represented on Plate LXXXVII, 

 fig. 1, page 130, that is met with as an abundant summer resident 

 of Arizona. 



Dwarf Cowbird. (ATolothrus pecoris, var. obscurus.) 



Fig. 4 - 



A variety of the typical species, represented on Plate LI I, fig. 

 7, page 78, that is occasionally met with at Cape St. Lucas, 

 Southern Arizona, and southward. 



Cassin's Bullfinch. (Pyrr/iu/a cassinii.) 



Fig- 5- 



Anew and rare species; but one specimen known, and it was 

 obtained by Mr. Dall, near Nulato, Alaska, January 10, 1867. It 

 was the first he ever met with, nor had any of the Russian resi- 

 dents met with it. 



Cooper's Tanager. (Pyranga cestiva, var. cooperi.) 



Fig. 6. 



A geographical variety of the typical bird, represented on Plate 

 LXXII, fig. 7, page 109, met with in the Colorado and Upper Rio 

 Grande region. 



Scott's Oriole. {Icterus parisorum.) 



Fig. 7. 



This Oriole is an inhabitant at Cape St. Lucas and southward. 

 It is said to have secluded habits, and that its song consists of three 

 or four notes, both rich and melodious. 



Berlandier's Wren. (Thryothorus ludovicianus, var. berlandieri.) 



Fig. 8. 



A Valley of the Rio Grande variety of the typical species, rep- 

 resented on Plate LII, fig. 8, page 78. 



Kennicott's Sylvia ; Alaska Willow Warbler. (Phyllopneuste borealis?) 



Fig. 9. 

 A rare bird, that is occasionally met with in Alaska. 



Golden, or Yellow-cheeked Warbler. (Dendroica chrysopareia.) 



Fig. 10. 



Arizona and New Mexico are supposed to be the habitat of this 

 rare species, which was originally described by Mr. Salvin, from 

 a single specimen obtained in Guatemala. 



Kirtland's Warbler. (Dendroica kirtlandii.) 

 Fig. 11. 



This bird is one of the rarest of our North American species. 

 The first specimen was obtained by the well-known naturalist of 

 Cleveland, Ohio, Professor Jared P. Kirtland, in May, 1851. It 

 was shot by him in the forests near the city. July 9, i860, another 

 specimen was obtained near the same city, and which is in the col- 

 lection of one of its residents, R. K. Winslow, Esq. Dr. Samuel 

 Cabot, Jr., obtained a specimen at sea, between the Islands of 

 Cuba and Abaco. 



Lucy's Warbler. (Helminthophaga lucice^ 

 Fig. 12. 



A rare and recently-discovered species, which was first obtained 

 by Dr. Cooper, near Fort Mehan. Dr. Coues met with three of 

 these birds at Fort Whipple, and he says that it shows a decided 

 preference for thickets and copses, rather than for high, open 

 woods, and is, also, an exceedingly shy and retiring species. 



Grace's Warbler ; Arizona Warbler. (Dendroica gracice?) 

 Fig. 13. 



This warbler was first discovered by Dr. Coues, among the pine 

 woods covering the summit of Whipple's Pass, of the Rocky 

 Mountains, July 2, 1864. He found it occup} r ing, almost exclu- 

 sively, the tallest trees of the pine woods, and noticed that it was 

 active, industrious, and noisy, and that it was possessed of very 

 marked fly-catching habits. Its true song consists of two or three 

 loud, sweet whistles, followed by several continuous notes, resem- 

 bling chir-r-r, in a wiry but clear tone. 



Green Finch ; Texas Sparrow. (Embernagra rufivirgata.) 

 Fig. 14. 

 The Valley of the Rio Grand is the habitat of this bird. 



White-eyed Chewink, or Towhee— Florida Chewink. 



{Pipilo erytliropthalmus, var. alleni.) 



Fig. 15- 



A Florida variety of the typical species, represented on Plate 

 LVI, fig. 8, page 83. It was obtained in that State, by Mr. May- 

 nard, in the spring of 1869. 



Maynard's Sparrow; Ipswich Sparrow. (Passerculus princeps.) 



Fig. 16. 



A specimen of this rare bird was obtained, by Mr. Maynard, in 

 the vicinity of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1868. He found it 

 among the sand-hills near the sea-shore. He has since taken 

 more specimens of the same species of the same bird at the same 

 place. When alarmed, its note consists of a sharp chirp. 



Florida Grakle. (Quiscalus purpureus, var. aglaeus.) 



Fig. 17. 



This variety of the typical bird, represented on Plate LII, ng. 

 5, page 77, is confined, so far as known, to the peninsula of 



Florida. 



