240 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATEi^ NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



AIMOPHILA ACUMINATA' Salvin and Godman. 

 COLIMA GROtTND SPARROW. 



Similar to A. ruiicaada lawrencll, but decidedly smaller; gray of 

 chest and sides of breast replaced by white or but faintly indicated; 

 tail less rufescent; head-stripes, usually, more uniformly and intensely 

 black, and buff of posterior underparts paler. 



Adidt male.—L^wgth (skins), 147.32-167.64 (160.27); wing, 63.50- 

 70.61 (66.80); tail, 74.93-83.82 (78.49); exposed culmen, 12.70-14.99 

 (13.46); depth of bill at base (one specimen), 8.89; tarsus, 21.59-24.89 

 (23.11); middle toe, 15.49-17.78 (16.51).' 



Adult female.—ljcxigth. (skins), 149.86-163.83 (160.02); wing, 63.75- 

 67.31 (64.77); tail, 74.93-79.25 (77.22); exposed culmen, 13.21-14.48 

 (13.97); tarsus, 22.86-24.13 (23.11); middle toe, 15.49-17.27 (16.26).^ 



Southwestern Mexico, in States of Guerrero (Acapulco; Tierra Col- 

 orado; Tlapa), Colima, Jalisco (Ameca; Etzatlan; San Sebastian), from 

 near the Pacific coast to well within the interior plateau region in States 

 of Morelos (Cuernavaca; Yautepec). Puebla (Chietla), and Durango 

 (Huasamota). 



Zonotrichki melanotic (nut Geoi>pizopsls )iieIanotis Bonaparte) Lawrexce, Ann. Lye. 



N. Y., viii, May, 1867, 473 (Plains of Colima, s. w. Mexico; U. S. Xat. Mus.); 



Proc. Ac. Xat. Sci. Phila., 1868 (1869), 430 (crit. ). 

 H.lasiitophila] uielunotiH hAWUKVCE, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868 (1869), 430, in 



text. 

 [Hx7nophiia'\ melcutotix Sclatek and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 33. 

 HxmophUa melanoth Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loiul., 1883, 422 (Acapulco, (Tuer- 



rero ) . 

 Aimophlla mdanods Lawrence, ;\[ein. Bost. Soc. N. H.,ii, 1874, 277 (Plains of 



Colima).— RiDowAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 145 (Chietla, Puebla; 



crit.). 

 Hxmophlla acnmbmtn Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, sig. 50, 

 Aug., 1886, 397 (ex Aimophila acuminata Lichtenstein, Nom. Av. Mus. Berol., 

 1854, 43, =uoHJt'H nudum!; Yautepec, Morelos, s. Mexico; coll. P. L. Sclater. — ^ 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 723. 



AIMOPHILA SUMICHRASTI Lawrence. 

 STJMICHRAST'S SPARROW. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Lesser w^ing-coverts cinnamon-rufous; uppei 

 tail-coverts and tail cinnamon; pileum with two broad lateral stripes 

 of chestnut-brown, streaked with black, and a narrow median stripe of 

 grayish; back and scapulars light brown or grayish brown, broadh^ 

 streaked with black; broad superciliary stripe (becoming white ante- 

 riorly), auricular region, sides of neck, and sides of chest light gray, 



' Possibly a subspecies of A. mjicauda. V 



^ Fourteen specimens. '^' 



■^ Five specimens. */' 



