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Key to the Species and Subspecies of Cinclocerthia 272 



55. Cinclocerthia ruficauda ruficauda ( Gould ) 273 



56. . Cinclocerthia ruficauda tenebrosa Ridgway 274 



57. Cinclocerthia ruficauda tremula ( Lafresnaye) 274 



58. Cinclocerthia ruficauda pavida Ridgway 275 



59. Cinclocerthia macrorhyncha Sclater 276 



60. Cinclocerthia gutturalis (Lafresnaye) 277 



Genus 13. Calyptophilus Cory 278 



61. Calyptophilus frugivorus (Cory) 279 



Family Sturnid^ 279 



Genus 1. Sturnus Linnssus 280 



1. Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus 280 



Family Ploceid.e 283 



Key to the "Subfamilies" of Ploceida^ 284 



Key to the American (introduced) Genera of Ploceidse 284 



Genus 1. Spermestes Swainson 284 



1. Spermestes cucullata (Swainson ) 285 



Genus 2. Estrilda Swainson 286 



2. Estrilda melpoda ( Vieillot) 287 



Family Alaudid.e 289 



Key to the American Genera of Alaudidfe 290 



Genus 1. Alauda Linnaeus 291 



1. Alauda arvensis arvensis Linnaeus 292 



Genus 2. Otocoris Bonaparte 295 



Key to the Subspecies of Otocoris alpestris 298 



2. Otocoris alpestris alpestris (Linnaeus) 303 



3. Otocoris alpestris hoyti Bishop 306 



4. Otocoris alpestris arcticola Oberholser 307 



5. Otocoris alpestris enthymia Oberholser 308 



6. Otocoris alpestris leucolaema (Coues) 309 



7. Otocoris alpestris praticoJa Henshaw 311 



8. Otocoris alpestris diaphora Oberholser 313 



9. Otocoris alpestris giraudi Henshaw 314 



10. Otocoris alpestris merrilli Dwight 315 



11. Otocoris alpestris strigata Henshaw 316 



12. Otocoris alpestris insularis Townsend 317 



13. Otocoris alpestris chrysolamia ( Wagler) 319 



14. Otocoris alpestris actia Oberholser 320 



15. Otocoris alpestris anunophila Oberholser 321 



16. Otocoris alpestris rubea Henshaw 322 



17. Otocoris alpestris oaxacae Nelson 323 



18. Otocoris alpestris occidentalis (McCall) 324 



19. Otocoris alpestris adusta Dwight 325 



20. Otocoris alpestris aphrasta Oberholser 326 



21. Otocoris alpestris pallida Dwight 326 



22. Otocoris alpestris leucansiptila Oberholser 327 



23. Otocoris alpestris enertera Oberholser 890 



Superfamily Mesomyodi 328 



Key to the Families of Mesomyodi 330 



Family Oxyruncid.e 332 



Genus 1. Oxyruncus Temminck 333 



Key to the Subspecies of Oxyruncus cristatus 333 



1. Oxyruncus cristatus f rater (Sclater and Salvin) 334 



