ORDER PASSERES. 285 



591. Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus (BAIRD). 



Cauon Towhee. 



Pipilo mesoleucus BAIRD, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. June, 1854, 119. 

 Pipilo fuscus var. mesoleucus RIDGVV. Bull. Essex Inst. V. Nov. 1873. 

 183. 



[B 397, C 206, R 240, C 306.] 



HAB. Southern border of the United States, from the valley of the 

 Upper Rio Grande west to the valley of the Gila, south into Western 

 Mexico. 



591 a. Pipilo fuscus albigula (BAIRD). 



Saint Lucas Towhee. 



Pipilo albigiila BAIRD, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. Nov. 1859, 3 5- 

 Pipilo fuscus var. albigula COUES, Key, 1872, 152. 



[B , C 206 a, R 240 a, C 307.] 

 HAB. Lower California. 



591 . Pipilo fuscus crissalis (Vic.). 



Calif ornian Towhee. 



Fringilla crissalis VIG. Zool. Bios. 1839, 19. 

 Pipilo fuscus var. crissalis COUES, Key. 1872, 153. 



[B 396, C 206 , R 240 , C 308.] 

 HAB. California. 



592. Pipilo aberti BAIRD. 



Abert's Towhee. 



Pipilo aberti BAIRD, STANSBURY'S Rep. Exped. Utah, 1852, 325. 

 [B 395, C 207, R 241, C 309.] 



HAB. New Mexico and Arizona, north into Southern Colorado and 

 Utah. 



GENUS CARDINALIS BONAPARTE. 



Cardinalis BONAP. P. Z. S. 1837, ill. Type, C. virginianus BoNAP. 

 = Loxia cardinalis LINN. 



