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[SturneUa )nagii(i.} c. Subsp. mcxicana Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1S86, 360, 



in list of specimens, part (localities in Costa Rica, A^eragua, and Chiriqui) 

 Sturnella ludoviciana mexicaiui ScL,\TER, Ibis, Jan., 1884, 26, part. 

 Stumlella'] ? Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 552, part (hot 



region. Vera Cruz). 

 Sturnella magna inexspectata Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, sig. 37, Aug. 6, 



1888, 587 (Segovia River, Honduras; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 

 Sliurnella'] magna inexpedata Sto^^e, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1897, 152. 

 Sturnella magna inexpeciata BAi^Gs, Auk., xviii, 1901, 370 (David, Chiriqui). 

 Sturnella magna (not Alauda magna Linna?us) Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi 



1886, 358, part. — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 437 (Volcan de Miravalles, Costa 



Rica). 



STURNELLA NEGLECTA Audubon. 

 WESTERN MEADOWLARK. 



Similar to S. magna Tioopesi^ but different in proportions, the wing 

 averaging longer, the tail, tarsi, and toes shorter; coloration much 

 grayer and more "broken" above, the broad lateral crown stripes 

 never uniform black, butalwa3's (except in excessively worn plumage) 

 more or less conspicuously streaked with pale grayish brown; malar 

 region always largely yellow, usually including both anterior and 

 extreme posterior portions; blackish streaks on sides and flanks varied 

 with spots of pale grayish ])rown, the ground color of these parts 

 paler buffy (often white, scarcely if at all tinged with buff); black 

 jugular crescent averaging decidedly narrower. 



Adult ma^<?.— Length (skins), 211.1-257.3(232.7); wing, 118.4-129 

 (125); tail, 68.3-82.6 (75.7); culmen, from base, 29.7-36.6 (33.3); tarsus, 

 36.6-41.7 (38.9); middle toe, 25.4-28.5 (26.9).^ 



Adult female.— \j^v^gi\^ (skins), 196.6-228.6 (211.3); wing, 104.6- 

 116.6 (110.7); tail, 60.7-72.1 (65.8); culmen, from base, 27.7-32.5 (30.5); 

 tarsus, 33.5-37.6 (36.3); middle toe, 22.9-26.7 (25.1).' 



^ Twenty -three specimens. 

 ^ Fourteen specimer 

 Specimens from eas 



'^ Fourteen specimens. 



tand west of Rocky Mountains average, respectively, as follows: 



Locality. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Eight adult males from east of Rocky Mountains (Minne- 

 sota to Texas) 



Seven adult males from Great Basin and Arizona 



Si.x adult males from west of Sierra Nevada and Cascades. . 



One adult male from Vancouver Island 



One adult male from Cape St. Lucas 



FEMALES. 



Three adult females from east of Rocky Mountains 



Six adult females from Great Basin and Arizona 



Four adult females from California 



One adult female from Cape St. Lucas 



26.9 

 26.7 



26.9 

 27.7 

 27.4 



25. 9 

 25.1 

 24.6 

 22.9 



I am not able to discern any variation of coloration according to locality, speci- 

 mens from extreme parts of the range of the species being, apparently, quite identical 

 in this respect. 



