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ZOOLOGY. 
Sp. Cii. — Above pinkish brown, the feathers of the back streaked with dusky. A broad band across the crown, extending 
backwards along the lateral tufts ; a crescentic patch from the bill below the eye and along the side of the head ; a jugular 
crescent, and the tail feathers, black ; the innermost of the latter like the back. A frontal band extending backwards over the 
^ye, and under parts, with outer edge of wings and tail white. Chin and throat yellow. 
Length of Pennsylvania specimens, 7.75 ; wing, 4.50 ; tail, 3.25 ; bill above, .52. 
Y AR. chrysolaema, amaWer and lighter colored. Length 6.50 to 7.25; extent 11.50 to 12.25; iris brown, bill black, bluish 
below, feet black. 
Hah. — Everywhere on the prairies and desert plains of North America. Atlantic States in winter. 
The shore or " horned " hirk is abundant on the prairies of the interior, but I have only seen 
one on the coast border. They seem to be permanent residents in ordinary seasons, and are 
more gregarious and common in winter. I once met Avith one on a gravelly plain near Olympia, 
scratching out a hollow under a tussock of grass, for its nest, as late as the 1st of July. — C. 
A very abundant summer resident on the gravelly prairies near Fort Steilacoom. It is a 
tame, unsuspicious bird, allowing man's approach to within a few feet of it. It is essentially a 
ground bird, rarely alighting on bushes or shrubs. — S. 
Family FRINGILLID AE .— The Finches 
Sub-Family COCCOTHRAUSTINAE. Wood Finches. 
HESPERIPHONA VESPERTINA, Bonap. 
Evening Grosbeak. 
Frmgilla vesperiina, Cooper, Annals New York Lyceum, N .H. I, ii, 1825, 220. (Sault St. Marie.)— Aud. Orn. 
Biog. IV, 1838,515: V, 235; pi. 373,424. 
Fringilla (C'occothraustes) vespertina, BoN. Syn. 1828, 113. — In. Zool. Jour. IV, 1828, 2. — In. Am. Orn. II ; pi. xv. 
Coccoihraustes vespertina, Sw. F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 269. — Aud. Syn. 134. — In. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 217; pi. 207. 
Ilesperiphona vesperiina, Bon. Comptes Eeudus, XXXI, Sept. 1850, 424. — Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 505. — Baird, Gen. Rep. 
Birds, p. 409. 
Coccoihraustes honapariii, Lesson, Illust. de Zool. 1834 ; pi. xxxiv. 
Sp. Ch. — Bill yellowish green, dusky at the base. Anterior half of the body dark yellowish olive, shading into yellow to 
the rump above, and the under tail coverts below. Outer scapulars, a broad frontal band continued on each side over the eye, 
axillaries, and middle of under wing coverts, yellow. Feathers along the extreme base of the bill, the crown, tibiae, wings, 
upper tail coverts, and tail, black; inner greater wing coverts and tertiaries white. Length, 7.50; extent, 13; wing, 4.30; 
tail, 2.75. Iris brown, legs pale brown. Female a little smaller. 
^afi. — Pacific coast to Kocky mountains ; northern America east to Lake Superior. 
The evening grosbeak is a common resident in the forests, but as it frequents the summits of 
the tallest trees, its habits are difficult to observe. In Januarj^, 1854, during a snow storm, a 
flock descended to some low bushes at Vancouver, and began to eat the seeds. I obtained four 
of them. Since then I have only seen this bird flying high, among the poplars chiefly, on the 
seeds of which they feed, uttering their loud, shrill call-note. I have heard, in early morning, 
a few loud, clear whisted notes, which I supposed to be made by this bird. — C. 
CARPODACUS CALIFORNICUS, Baird. 
Western Purple Fiucli. 
Baird, Gen. Rep. Birds, p. 413. 
Third quill longest ; first shorter than the fourth. Purple of head and rump much darker than in C.pmpureus; the head, 
with a broad supra-orbital lateral band, lighter purple. Body crimson, palest on the rump and breast, darkest across the 
