BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



521 



V. H. Nat. ?klus., V, 1S88, 534 (C"ai)e St. Lucas).— Am kku an Okmtholo(;ists' 

 Tnion, Check Li^t,1886, no. 714.— Tovvnsknd (C. II.), Pro.;. V. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xiii, 1890, 136 (Cape St. Luca.s).— Antik.ny. 'Am; iv, ISO.-J, 245 (San T.-lmo 

 Valley, Lower California). 



ICanipylorhynchus'] affinis Coues, Key N. Am. Birdy, 1872, 85. 



C[awp>/lorhmrhit'^'] "(/'"'« Bairi), Troc. Ac. Nat. Sc-i. Phila., 1859, :;04, footnote 

 (d"iagno^^i!s).— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d e<l., 1884, 275.— Ridgway, Man. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1887, 547. 



Jleleodytea ajlinis American Ornithologists' Union^Commhtee, Auk, xi, .Tan., 

 1894, 48.— Anthony, Auk, xi, July, 1894, 210. 



Il\_eleodytes] affirm Ridg\vay, Man. N. Am. liirds, 2d ed., 1896, 547. 



Ilekodiites hmnneicapillus affinis AyrnonY , Auk, xii, July, 1895, 280, in text (crit.) .— 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 7136; Auk, 

 xiv, 1897, 131.— Mearns, Auk, xix, 1902, 142, 144 (diagnosis; range).— 

 Brewsi-er, Btdl. Mus. Comp. Zool., xli, 1902, 197 (variations of plumage; 

 habits ) . 



Campijlorhiiiichux hnmnekapillus (not Ficolaptes hrunneicapiUus Lafresnaye) 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 197 (La Paz, Lower California). 



HELEODYTES BRUNNEICAPILLUS OBSCURUS Nelson. 

 MEXICAN CACTtrS WREN. 



Similar to //. h. hrannelccqnUu.^ l)ut whitisii nmrkino-.s of upper 

 parts less conspicuous, nuich more rare linear, the general color 

 dulbn- and more o-ravish. 



Adult ;;/,aZ(^— Length (skin.s), lT:i-19S (18(1.2); wing. 82-SH) (85.1); 

 tail, 71.5-82 (76.4); exposed culmen, 19.5-2.5 (22.7); tarsus, 26-28 

 (27.2); middle toe, 17..5-20.5 (18.6)." 



Adult feiuah'.— -Length (skins), 169-188 (180.7); wing, 77-8-1 (80.3); 

 tail, 71.5-77 (74.1); exposed culmen, 20-24(22.2); tarsus, 25-27(26.1); 

 middle toe, 16.5-18.5 (17.8).'' 



Central portion of Mexican plateau, in States of Durango (Durango), 

 Zacatecas (Valparaiso; San Juan Capistrano), Jalisco (La Barca; Gua- 

 dalajara; Zacoalco; Huejuquilla), Guanajuato (Tupataro), Mexico (Val- 



" Nineteen specimens. 



'^Twelve specimens. 



Specimens from different localities average, respectively, as follows: 



Locality. 



MALKS. 



Tun adult males from Zacatecas, Hidalgo, and .Inlisco .... 



Two adult males from Guanajuato 



Four adult males from San Luis Potosi 



Three adult males from southern Tamaulipas 



KEMALES. 



Seven adult females from Zacatecas, Hidalgo, and Jalisco 



T^-o adult females from San Luis Potosi 



Three adult females from southern Tamaulipas 



Wing. Tail 



85.9 



S'2. 7 



%b 



83.8 



80.9 

 8L7 



74.9 

 74 

 72. 3 



K.\- 



posed 



culmen, 



•12. 5 

 •11 



23. 2 

 23. 5 



22. 1 



22 



22.7 



Tarsus. 



27.4 

 2(i. 2 



26. 8 



25.9 

 26.5 

 26.3 



Middle 

 toe. 



IS. 4 

 IS. 2 

 IS. 5 

 19.7 



17.7 

 17.7 

 18 



