. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 92 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS in the Check-List (1910) as a geographic race of Junco hyemalis, and our specimen then became /. h. montanus, under which cognomen let us hope it may be allowed to rest in peace. — Since the above was written I have looked up the original specimen, and have found it in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, assigned to a tray filled with Junco shufeldti, and labelled by Mr. Brewster as Junco hyemalis connectens. On referring the matter to Mr. Outram Bangs of the Museum staff,
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 92 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS in the Check-List (1910) as a geographic race of Junco hyemalis, and our specimen then became /. h. montanus, under which cognomen let us hope it may be allowed to rest in peace. — Since the above was written I have looked up the original specimen, and have found it in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, assigned to a tray filled with Junco shufeldti, and labelled by Mr. Brewster as Junco hyemalis connectens. On referring the matter to Mr. Outram Bangs of the Museum staff, he assigns the bird now to Junco oreganus couesi. Thus if the American Ornithologists' Union recognizes couesi, this specimen recorded above as Junco montanus will become Coues' Western Junco like the "Oregon Junco" mentioned previously. In any case it will go to the collections of the Boston Society of Natural History, perhaps to be exhibited side by side with the other Massachusetts specimens now on exhibition there. The haunts and habits of this race appear to be similar to those of the Slate-colored Junco. Both this specimen and the "Oregon Junco" previously described were found feeding with groups of the typical Slate-colored Junco. Mr. Brewster's specimen was selected by chance from a large flock of Juncos, with no idea before the bird was in his hands, that it would prove to be the representative of a western race. The specimen collected by Professor Morse, on the other hand, visited a feeding station and was distinguished in the field before it was taken "in the cause of ; However, anyone who hopes to identify one of these races in the field should first read what is written above about our New England specimens. He who will read the descriptions of all the various races of juncos, examine the specimens on which they are based, and review the changes and counter-changes that experts have made among the various forms, will be like
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