362 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



StiiriieUa mar/iKi (not Almuhi magna Limnseus) Butchkk, Pioc Ac. Xat. Sd. Phila., 

 18()8, 150 (Laredo, Texas, Dec). — Sennett, IJull. V. S. (Teol. and (ieog. 

 Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 24 (Brownsville, Texas).— Mekrill, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., i, 1878, 1:^3 (Fort Brown, Texas, winter). — (?) Ogilby, Sci. Proc. Roy. 

 Dubl. Soc-.,iii, 1882 (45) (Navarro Co., Texas, Oct. to Feb.).— Neiiklixo, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 166 (Harris Co., s. e. Texas, resident).— 

 Hancock, Bull. Rid^w. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 18 (Corpus Christi, Texas).— 

 Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892, 108 (Corpus Christi, Texas).— Sixg- 

 LEV, Rep. (tcoI. Surv. Tex., 1894, 371 (Cor])us (::hristi, Rio Grande City, and 

 Hidal<ro, Texas).— Bendire, LifeHist. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 458, part( Texas).— 

 Cakkoi.l, Auk, xvii, 1900, .345 (Refugio Co., Texas, breeding). 



S[turn('ll(i] iiiexlnnid (not of Sclater) Brewer, ibis, 1878, 487 (Fort Brown, 

 Texas). 



Sturnella mexicuna Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C'luh. iii, 1878, 152 (Fort Brown, 

 Texas) . 



Sturnella magna var. mexicana [Ridgway and] Merrill, Proc. U.S. Nat. ^lus., i, 

 1878, 134, excl. syn. (Fort Brown, Texas, summer resident). 



IStumella magna.} Var. mexicana Ogilby, Sci. Proc. Roy. DuV>l. Soc, iii, 1882 

 (45) (Navarro Co., Texas, summer resident; habits). 



Sturnella magna me rieana Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, Apr., 1880, 90; Bull. 

 AuL ]VIus. N. H., V, 1893, 37 (San Diego, n. w. Chihuahua; San Pedro, 

 Cachuta, and Nacory, n. e. Sonora). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 

 1880, 183, 218, 232; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 263a.— Brewster, Auk,ii, 

 1885, 198 (Crittendfcn, Arizona, July).— American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check List, 1886, no. 501a.— Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 461, 

 part, pi. 6, fig. 22 (Fort Brown, etc., s. Texas; Matamoras, Tamaulipas). — 

 Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 167 (Rio Grande and Eagle Pass, Texas). 



Sllnnu'lla] jit^agnal maricana Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 406, part. 



S[tiir)iella] niagna mexicana Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 372, part. 



StnrneUa magua hooped Stone, Proc Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Mar., 1897, 149 

 (Brownsville, Texas; coll. J. Hoopes^). — A.merican Ornithologists' Union, 

 Auk, xvi, 1899, 113 (Check List, no. 501«). 



STURNELLA MAGNA MEXICANA (Sclater). 

 MEXICAN MEADOWLARK. 



Similar to S. m. hoopesl^ but averag'ing- .smaller, especially tail and 

 bill; brown markings of upper parts more decidedly brown, the paler 

 markings decidedly l)utiy, especially the median crown-stripe; black 

 markings of back and rump more solidly black, those of the former 

 more confluent; black postocular stripe broader; black jugular cres- 

 cent averaging narrower; yellow of imder parts (while equally deep) 

 decidedly duller, inclining to saflron yellow. 



.4fM?5 m^^e.— Length (skins), 210.3-2^3.6 (221); wing, 110.2-121.4: 

 (116.1); tail, 6-1-72.4: (69.6); culmen, from base, 29.5-33.5 (31); tarsus, 

 38.1-43.4: (40.9); middle toe, 25.7-31.5 (29.7).- 



xl^M^/^wttZ^.— Length (skin), 186.7; wing, 97.3-99.1 (98); tail (one 



^Type now in collection of Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 

 ^ Eleven specimens. 



