BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 339 



Adult male.— ^hength (skins), 212.1-24:1.3 (223.1); wing, 123.5-132.3 

 (126); tail, 88.5-105.1 (98); culmen, from base, 19.8-26.5 (23.3); depth 

 of bill at base, 12.T-15 (13.5); tarsus, 29-31.5 (29.8); middle toe, 

 20.1-23.5 (22.1).^ 



Adult female.— Ijength (skins), 172.7-195 (186.2); wing, 101.6-109.2 

 (105..5); tail, 71.1-83.1 (78.1); culmen, from base, 17-21.2 (19.1); depth 

 of bill at base, 10.9-12.7 (11.8); tarsus, 21.6-28.2 (26.5); middle toe, 

 18.3-20.6 (19.1).' 



Breeding range, Mackenzie River, Athabasca, and other interior 

 districts of British America. During migrations, the Great Plains, 

 from eastern base of Rocky Mountains to Manitoba (Red River Set- 

 tlement), Minnesota (Fort Snelling, May 11), Nebraska (Omaha, 

 March 9), Iowa (Burlington, October), Indian Territory (Beaver Creek, 

 November), western Illinois (Henderson County, Morgan County, 

 March), northern Kentucky (Mason County, December), and south- 

 ward through more southern Rock}' Mountains to Arizona (Fort Verde, 

 December, February; Big Chino Valley, March), and western Texas 

 (El Paso, February). 



Agelaius jjhoeniceus (not Oriolus phceniceus Linnaeus) Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 526, i^art (Red River Settlement, Manitoba-'); Cat. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1859, no. 401, part. 



AgeLms tricolor (not Iclerus tricolor Audubon) Blakiston, Ibis, 1863, 81 (Mac- 

 kenzie R., British America). 



Ageheus gabernator (not Psarocolius guhernalor Wagler) Blakiston, Ibis, 1863, 81 

 (Mackenzie R. ). 



Agidaius 2Jh<:enkTusf orlis RiDGW AY, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901,153 

 (Omaha, Nebraska; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. ), 154 (geogr. range). 



AGELAIUS PHCENICEUS NEUTRALIS Ridgway. 

 SAN DIEGO RED-WING. 



Similar to A. p. sonoriensls., but smaller, the adult female darker, 

 with streaks less strongly contrasted above, those on lower parts rather 

 broader and grayer, the upper parts with little if any rusty, even in 

 winter plumage. 



Admit male.— IjQngth (skins), 199.4-228.6 (213.1); wing, 116.8-127 

 (122.9); tail, 85.1-97.8 (90.7); culmen, from base, 21.6-21.9 (23.1); 

 depth of l)ill at base, 10.9-13.2 (12.2); tarsus, 28.7-31 (30.2); middle 

 toe, 20.6-23.1 (21.6).* 



Adult female.— hangih (skins), 167.6-193 (181.9); wing, 96.5-101.1 

 (101.3); tail, 67.1-78.2 (72.1); culmen, from base, 18.5-21.1 (19.6); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.4-11.1 (10.9); tarsus, 25.4-27.9 (26.9); middle 

 toe, 16.8-20.6 (19.1).' 



^ Twenty-three specimens. 



^ Seventeen specimens. 



^ See next to last paragraph on p. 527 of work cited. 



*Thirty-two specnnens. 



* Twenty-seven specimens. 



