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and abdouien more 5>troiigly tinged with olivaceous; adult female more 

 buffy than that of JI. v. vesj^ci'tina^ e.specialh' on under parts. 



Adult male.— IjQwgih (skins), 170.18-185.42 (177.04); wing, 105.92- 

 116.59 (109.73); tail, 63.50-73.15 (66.04); culmen. 19.56-22.61 (20.57); 

 depth of l)ill at base, 15.49-17.27 (16.00); width of mandible at base, 

 12.45-15.24(13.97); tarsus. 20.32-22.86(21.34); middle toe, 17.53-19.81 

 (18.03).^ 



AJalt fi'iiialc. — Length (skins), 165.10-185.42(174.75); wing, 104.14- 

 111.76 (107.70); tail. 6o.96-70.61 (65.02); eulmen. 19.0.5-21.08(20.07); 

 depth of bill at base, 14.99-16.51 (15.75); width of mandible at base, 

 12.95-14.73 (13.72); tarsus, 20.07-22.35 (21.34); middle toe, 16.51-18.29 

 (18.03).- 



Western United States and Northern Mexico; east to and including 

 Rocky Mountains; north to British Columbia. 



FrhnjiUa rexpertina (not of W. Cooper, 18l'5) Towxsend, Journ. Ac. Xat. Sci. Phila., 

 viii, 1839, 154 (Columbia R.). 



Coccothraiistes vespertina Htss-ry , Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc-i. Phila., 1859, 312 (New Mex- 

 ico). — Anthosy, Auk, iii, 1886, 168 (Washington Co., Oregon). ^American 

 Ornitholocusts' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 514, part. — Scott, Auk, iv, 



1887, 196 (Sta. Catalina Mts., s. Arizona, Nov.).— Townsend, Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. ]Mus., X, 1887, 215 (Ft. Crook and Yreka, n. California). — Swinburne, 

 Auk, V, 1888, 113 (White ^Nlts., Arizona, breeding; descr. next and eggs). — • 

 Merrill, Auk, v, 1888, 357, (Ft. Klamath, e. Oregon; habits; color of bill, 

 etc.). — Shufeldt, Auk, vi, 1889, 73 (Ft. Wingate, New Mexico; habits, etc.); 

 vii, 1890, 93 (habits incaptivitj'). — ]Mearns, Auk, vii, 1890, 49 (n. e. Arizona). 



Coccothrcmstes vespertinus Gambel, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., i, 1847, 49 (near 

 Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. ).— Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 123 (n. Mexico) .— 

 Salvin and Godjian, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 426, part (in synonymy, 

 etc.) . 



\_Coccothrmisfes'] vespertinus Sclater and Salvin, Noni. Av. Neotr., 1873, 34, part. 



Cl^occotliruustes} resjjertinus Ridgway, ]\Ian. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 387, part, 

 601. 



('.[^occotliraastesl vespertiiia FaDG^vw, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 387, part. 



Hesperiplioua resjiertina Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 409, chiefly ( Co- 

 lumbia R.; Ft. Vancouver, Washington; Ft.Thorn, New Mexico) ; Cat. N.Am. 

 Birds, 1859, no. 303, part.— Henry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1859, 107 (New 

 Mexico) . — Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1859, 196 

 (Ft. Vancouver, Washington). — Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 136, part; Birds 

 N. W., 1874, 104, part. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 65, part (synonymy, 

 biography) . — Cooper, Am. Nat., iii, 1869,75 (Montana) ; Orn. Cal., 1870, 174.— 

 Aiken, Proc. Bost. Soc. N.H., xv, 1872,199 (Wyoming) . — Henshaw, Rep. Orn. 

 Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 (1874), 109 (s. of Apache, Arizona, Sept. 11) ; Zool. 

 Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 239 (do.); List Birds Arizona, 187.5, 158.— (?) 

 Snow, Birds Kansas, 3ded., 1875, 6 (Ellis, w. Kansas, Nov.) . — Stephens, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 93 (New Mexico).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 iv, 1879, 237 (s. New Mexico, Jan., May). — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 

 1879,412 (Soda Springs, California, Sept.). — Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 

 1881, no. 165, part.— Drew, Auk, ii, 1885,15 (Colorado, 5,000-8,000 ft.).— 

 Scott, Auk., ii, 1885, 349 (s. Arizona). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 



1888, 32, part (Brit. Columbia; Oregon). 



^Sixteen specimens. -Thirteen specimens. 



