BULLETIN 
OF THE 
NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 
vol. vii. October, 1882. No. 4. 
ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS LATELY MADE 
BY MR. F. STEPHENS IN ARIZONA. 
BY WILLIAM BREWSTER. 
( Continued from 147 . ) 
60. Carpodacus frontalis ( Say ) Gray. House Finch. 
571, $ ad., Camp Lowell, June 22. 
6 1. Loxia curvirostra mexicana (Stric&l.) Baird. Mex- 
ican Crossbill. — Chiricahua Mountains; most numerous on 
the eastern side. Young just able to fly were taken March 7. 
All of the following specimens are referable to true mexicana . 
16, $ ad., Chiricahua Mountains, March 6. Length, 7.10; extent, 
11.90; wing, 4; tail, 2.73; eulmen, .87. 
17, $ ad., same locality and date. Length, 7.10; extent, 11.80; wing, 
3.88; tail, 2.75; eulmen, .85. “Iris dark brown. The jaw' muscles were 
extraordinarily developed on the side toward which the lower mandible 
crossed.” r 
24, $ ad., Chiricahua Mountains, March 7. Length, 6.80; extent, 
11.40; wing, 3.70; tail, 2.52; eulmen, .81. 
25, $ juv., first plumage, same locality and date. This bird had been 
out of the nest but a few days and the tips of the mandibles had not begun 
to cross. 
1 16, $ juv,, first plumage, Chiricahua Mountains, March 26. Length, 
6.90; extent, 12; wing, 4; tail, 2.75; eulmen, .65. Wings and tail fully 
grown ; mandibles decidedly crossed. 
