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U. S P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS-ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
CHARACTERS OF SPECIES. 
C. auratus. 
C. mexicanus. 
Black ..............____ 
Red__ 
b Shafts . 
Gamboge yellow___ 
Orange red___ 
Bluish ash_ 
With red rrftRfifint. 
Without crescent___ 
^ - - " “ - - - 
Purplish brown_ 
NUMBER AND LOCALITY OF SPECIMENS. 
C. auratus. 
O. mexicanus. 
5224. White Earth river, Nebraska. 5225. Fort Pierre. 88G3. Loup fork..._ 
6a. b. c. d. e .. 
a. b. c. d. e _ 
5603. Little Blue river, Nebraska_ 
a .....__ 
6158. Milk river, Nebraska___....___ 
a*, c. d.. _... 
4638. Fort Pierre, female, ashy throat ...._......_....... 
5212. Yellowstone____________....„• 
a 56. c _ 
5213. Yellowstone.___________......................_ 
5211. Fort Union_...._ _ _ 
a. b. c. 2 dm _ 
8258. Fort Laramie__ 
a. b. e _ 
5601. Fort Laramie___ 
C .. 
a. b. c. d. e _ 
The slighest possible trace of black on the cheeks. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex and 
age. 
4638 
9 
4639 
8 
4641 
9 
5214 
8 
5225 
8 
5222 
o 8 
5223 
o 8 
5220 
O 
5215 
O 
5216 
o 8 
5217 
9 
5218 
8 
5219 
9 
5217 
9 
5224 
8 
6158 
8 
5603 
8 
8863 
9 
8869 
O 
Locality. 
Yellow predominating on shafts. 
Fifty miles west of Fort Pierre, Nebraska. 
.do...do. 
.do.do. 
Fort Pierre... 
Near Fort Pierre... 
Squaw Butte creek, Nebraska. 
do.do. 
do.do. 
Powd r river, Nebraska. 
Fort Union. 
Yellowstone river. 
.do... 
.do. 
.do. 
White Earth river. 
Milk river, Nebraska. 
Little Blue, Nebraska. 
Loup fork,Nebraska. 
Fifty miles above mouth of Platte 
Orange predominating on shafts. 
8258 
5601 
46-10 
5211 
5212 
5213 
8 
s 
o 
8 
Fort Laramie. 
Republican fork. 
Fifty miles west of Fort Pierre 
Fort Union, Nebraska.. 
Yellowstone.. 
.do. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
April 10,1855 
April 18, 1855 
May 30, 1856 
13.12 
19.50 
6.50 
12.50 
19.50 
6.25 
July 4, 1856 
Aug. 1,1856 
July 23, 1856 
Aug. 19, 1856 
13.00 
20.50 
6.00 
Aug. 23, 1856 
Aug. 19, 1856 
12.25 
20.12 
6.25 
Sept. 6, 1856 
Aug. 31, 1853 
12.00 
20.50 
7.00 
July 7, 1856 
July 27, 1857 
July 2,1857 
Sept. 1,1857 
Oct. 1, 1856 
73 
W. s. Wood. 
12.00 
20.50 
6.50 
11.10 
17.75 
5.50 
366 
W. S. Wood. 
April 10,1855 
J.ly 19,1856 
July 28,1856 
July 25, 1856 
12.50 
20.00 
6.37 
12.37 
20.12 
6.37 
13.00 
2.08 
6.37 
