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U. S. P. E. R. EXP, AND SURVEYS-ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex & 
age. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
1953 
s 
Southern States_ 
S. F. Baird. 
Jos. Leconte_ 
2409 
s 
Savannah, Ga.._ 
1845. 
2413 
O 
_do_ 
1845.. 
W. L. Jones_ 
3080 
O 
Liberty county, Ga. 
1846. 
5. 40 
8. 00 
2 80 
3077 
_ _<lo 
1846. 
5. 30 
8. 50 
2 80 
3081 
_do_, _ -_ 
1846. 
_do-_ 
Jos. Leconte_ 
5. 62 
8. 30 
2 70 
3075 
_..do_ 
1846. 
W. L Jones_ 
5. 50 
8. 75 
2. 75 
3324 
1846. 
_do__ 
Jos. Leconte_ 
5. 60 
8. 50 
2, 30 
3083 
O 
.._do__ 
1846. 
5. 25 
8. 37 
2. 75 
3085 
o 
_do_ 
1846. 
5. 50 
8. 60 
2. 80 
4310 
O 
Calcasieu, La_ 
Spring of 1854 
G. Wurdemann.. 
6271 
$ 
San Antonio, Tex. . 
Lt. J. G. Parke.. 
Dr. Heermann ... 
6272 
J 
Col. Graham_ 
J. H. Clark. 
5. 25 
9 00 
3. 00 
6273 
O 
10 
.do__ 
5. 50 
8.25 
2.25 
6277 
San Antonio, Tex.. 
July—, 1853 
Lt. Whipple_ 
14 
Dr. Kennedy ... 
6278 
o 
17 
_do_ 
6279 
Texas . ....._ 
Capt. Pope_ 
6280 
5034 
$ 
River Pecos....... 
May 25, 1855 
_---do_ 
94 
6. 25 
9. 00 
2. 50 
6274 
O 
San Pedro, Tex.... 
Col. Graham-_ 
20 
J. H. Clark... 
2. 50 
6. 00 
8. 50 
6275 
O 
6276 
3 
San Elizario, Tex.. 
May_ 
Mai. Emory. - - - - 
_...do__ 
5. 87 
8. 50 
2.12 
6270 
9 
Monterey, Mex_ 
May —, 1853 
Lt. Couch_ 
204 
4. 75 
8.00 
2. 50 
CYANOSPIZA AMOENA, Baird. 
Lazuli Finch, 
Embcriza amoena, Say, Long’s Exped. II, 1823, 47. 
Fringilla ( Spiza ) amoena, Bonap. Am. Orn. I, 1825, 61 ; pi. vi, f. 5. 
Fringilla amoena, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 64, 230 ; pis. 398 and 424. 
Spiza amoena, Bonap. List, 1838.— Aud. Syn. 1839, 109.— Ib. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 100 ; pi. 171. 
Sp. Ch. — Male. Upper parts generally, with the head and neck all round, greenish blue ; the interscapular region darker. 
Upper part of breast pale brownish chestnut, separated from the blue of the throat by a faint white crescent; rest of under 
parts white. A white patch on the middle wing coverts, and an obscurely indicated whito band across the ends of the greater 
coverts. Loral region black. Length, about 5.50; wing, 3.90; tail, 2.60. 
Female. Brown above ; whitish beneath, with a trace of a buff pectoral band. 
Hab .—High Central Plains to the Pacific. 
This species is about the size of C. cyanea ; the bill exactly similar. The females of the two 
species are scarcely distinguishable, except by the faint traces of one or two white bands on the 
wings in amoena. Sometimes both the throat and upper part of the breast are tinged with 
pale brownish buff. 
