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hmnature male. — Lesser wing-coverts partly ]>lack, the red portions 

 often of an orange-tawn}' or ochraceous-rufous hue. 



Adult female. — Nearl}' or quite uniform dark sooty brown, the chin 

 and throat streaked (usually broadh^) with whitish, butf, or pinkish, 

 the superciliary region narrowly streaked with the same, producing a 

 more or less distinct stripe. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 208.3-233.7 (218.9); wing, 124.5-144.3 

 (136.9); tail, 85.9-101.6 (93.2); culmen, from base, 20.3-22.9 (21.3); 

 depth of bill at base, 11.1-13.7 (12.7); tarsus, 30-34.3 (32.5); middle 

 toe, 19.8-22.9 (21.1).^ 



Advlt female.— \,^\\g\h{^\im%), 167.6-191.5 (176); wing, 104.1-116.3 

 (108.5); tail, 64.8-80(71.6); culmen, from base, 17.3-19.3(18.3); depth 

 of bill at base, 10.2-10.7 (10.4); tarsus, 26.4-29.2 (27.9); middle toe, 

 18.5-21.6 (19.3).^ 



Southwestern portion of Mexican plateau, in States of Durango 

 (Carceria; Ciudad Durango), Zacatecas (Monte Escobedo), Jalisco 

 (Lagos; Lake Chapala; La Barca; Tonila), Guanajuato, Michoacan 

 (Patzcuaro), and Mexico (valley of Mexico?). 



Ps\arocolms\ guberiiator W agler, Isis, iv, 1832,281 (Mexico). 



Agelaius guhernator Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837, 110 (Mexico). — 

 (?) Gambel, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1847, 204, part (w. Mexico).— Cassin, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 11, part (nionogr. ) — American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 499, part. — Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1890, 218 (Lake Patzcuaro, Miclioacau). 



i^.) Agelseus guhernator ^cijXTEk, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 175 (valley of Mexico). 



Agelxns guhernator Sclater, Ibis, 1884 10, part (Mexico); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xi, 1886, 341, part. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 

 454, part (valley of Mexico). 



A^gelseus'] j)\_}ueniccus'\ gabeniator Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 404, 

 part. 



Agelaius guhernator guhernator 'RiBGW AY, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 

 154 (geog. range). 



[Agelaius'] guhernator Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 430 (Mexico). 



[Agelxus'] guhernator Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 37, part. 



Algelaius] guhernator Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 370, part. 



Agelaius phceniceus, var. guhernator Baird, Brewer, and Ridgwav, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 163, part. 



AGELAIUS GUBERNATOR CALIFORNICUS Nelson. 

 CALIFORNIAN BICOLORED BLACKBIRD. 



Similar to A. g. guhernator^ but wing decidedly shorter, bill longer 

 and more slender, tarsus shorter, and middle toe longer; adult female 

 more or less streaked above, at least on pileum and back. 



^<Zi/Zr//w/^.— Length (skins), 198.1-218.4 (212.1); wing, 118.4-129.3 

 (125.2); tail, 81.3-96 (91.9); culmen, from base, 19.8-23.1 (21.8); depth 

 of bill at base, 10.7-12.2 (11.4); tarsus, 28.2-31 (30); middle toe, 

 20.8-22.4 (21.8).' 



^ Seventeen specimens. ^ Seven specimens. ^ Ten specimens. 



