. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 112 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. Auriparus flaviceps, Laird. TELLOW-HEAOSD BU8H-nTM0V8E; YEBDHT. ^ffithalns flaricfps, Si', OlVersigt af Vet. Ak. Foih. VII, v, 1850, 129. Psaltrm Jltivicc/m, ScL. P. Z. S. XXIV, March, 1856, 37. Pmltrijxirus flaviaps, ScL. fatal. Am. liinls, 1861, 13, no. 7l>. Puroidesffuviccps, Haird, liinls N. Am. 1858, 400, i»l. liii, fig. 2. AKrqmruH fliivkeps, Baiud, Review, 1864, 85.—Cooper,
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 112 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. Auriparus flaviceps, Laird. TELLOW-HEAOSD BU8H-nTM0V8E; YEBDHT. ^ffithalns flaricfps, Si', OlVersigt af Vet. Ak. Foih. VII, v, 1850, 129. Psaltrm Jltivicc/m, ScL. P. Z. S. XXIV, March, 1856, 37. Pmltrijxirus flaviaps, ScL. fatal. Am. liinls, 1861, 13, no. 7l>. Puroidesffuviccps, Haird, liinls N. Am. 1858, 400, i»l. liii, fig. 2. AKrqmruH fliivkeps, Baiud, Review, 1864, 85.—Cooper, Birds Cal. I, 51. Couirostrum omatum, Lawrence, Aun. N. Y. Lye. May, 1851, 113, pi. v, fig. 1 (Texas). Sp. Char. Above rinereous; head, all round, yellow; les.«!er wing-coverts chestnut; beneath brownish-white. Length, inches; wing, ; tail, IIab. Valleys of the Rio Grande and Colorado; Ca|>e St. Lucas. Habits. This new and interesting little species was first added to our fauna by ^Ir. Lawrence in 1851, only a year after its first description as a bird of Mexico. Notwithstanding the abundance in which it has been in certain localities, less has been developed in regard to its habits and specific characteristics than we seem to have had a right to anticipate. It was found in Western Texas, in Mexico, in the lower valleys of New Mexico and Arizona, and is very abundant at Cape St. Lucas. Of the eigliteen species of birds found by Mr. John Xantus breed- ing in the last-named locality, this one w^as regarded as the most abundant. In a letter from that gentleman, written in August, 1859, he mentioned that he had collected over one hundred eggs of this species, during that season, in the immediate vicinity of Cape St. Lucas. Dr. Heermann, in his report on the birds observed in Lieutenant William- son's explorations, states that he first discovered this species in Southern California, at the terminus of the Mohave River. Owing to their extreme wildness, he was
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