C. FItONTALIS. 
Catalogue No., 
Mu8. R. E. 
Sex and age. 
Locality. 
Date. 
fcc 
Tail. 
Length of hill, j 
Depth of hill. 
Breadth of bill. 
i 
Tarsus. 
I 
Middle toe. 
.51 
(S' ad. 
? ad. 
Utah . 
dune 7,- 
3.10 
2. 80 
0. 30 
0. 30 
0. 25 
0. 65 
0. 50 
34(3 
Cape St. Lucas. 
Dec. 3,- 
2. 85 
2. 50 
0. 35 
0. 30 
0.27 
0. 70 
0. 50 
Collector's notes. 
Iris brown. Legs purplish dusky. Bill of the newly-fledged birds 
greenish-yellow below. This bird is very numerous during winter in the 
warm canons of the central and southern i)ortions of the island. They 
feed extensively upon soft buds and tender vegetation generally, as well 
as upon seeds, and are destructive to the grain, which they husk out of 
its envelope in the same manner as Canarybirds do. During winter, 
they avoid the vicinity of dwelling-houses, but in summer can scarcely 
be kept out. During warm afternoons, they often congregate about the 
springs to bathe. This is the principal songster of the island; the 
notes are fine, and quite equal to those of the Canary. Newl 3 '-fledged 
young were taken May 5. A completed nest, though without eggs, was 
found April 21; it was in the crevice of a rock, shaded and hidden by 
shrubbery. The parents deserted it in consequence of my visit. 
5. JUNCO INSULARIS, nobis. 
Sp. oh.— Adult: —Head, neck, jnguliirn, and up])er parts gray, the 
tint of a light ash hue on the gular region, dark slate on the pileum, 
overlaid with a wash of hair-brown on the back and wings, and becom¬ 
ing almost black on the lores. I-ower parts white medially; the entire 
sides light cinnamon. Three lateral tail-feathers with white i)atches, 
on the outer occupying most of the feather; on the third reduced to an 
elongated spot on the inner web. Male, wing, 2.70-2.85; tail, 2.50- 
2,60; bill, 0.35-0.38; depth, 0.25-0.27; tarsus. 0.80-0.85; middle toe, 
0.55-0.60. Female, wing, 2.50-2.65; tail, 2.30-2.45; bill, 0.35-0.38; 
depth, 0.25; tarsus, 0.80-0.85; middle toe, 0.55-0.60. Young : —Above, 
brownish-gray, browner on the back, the feathers indistinctly streaked 
centrally with dusky; wing-coverts indistinctly tipped with })ale fulvous- 
gray; jugulnm and sides light grayish-fulvous, marked with cuneate 
streaks of dusky ; throat pale ashy, more indistinctly streaked; abdo¬ 
men dull white, without streaks; bill wholly blackish. 
Remarks .—This very curious s])ecies resembles most closely in colors 
the J. annectens of the Rocky Mountains, the similarity befng very 
great. The form and relative proportions, however, are so different 
that we have no hesitation in pronouncing it a very distinct species. 
The colors of the lower j^arts are exactly as in J. annectens, except that 
the lower tail-coverts, instead of being entirely white for the exposed 
portion, are dusky, merely bordered with dirty white. The wings and 
back are the same color as in annectens, but the nape and top of the head 
are considerably darker, being dusky slate instead of clear plumbeous. 
The comparative characters of the two species may be expressed as 
follows:— 
J. INSUL4.KIS.— Wing, 2.55-2.85; tail, 2.30-2.60; bill, 0.35-0.38; its 
