BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 285 



Hi8t. X. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 584, part (not pi. 26, tig. 3, = ,/. o. thurheri-) - 

 RiDGWAY, Norn. N. Am. BirdH, 1881, no. 218, part; Orn. 40th Parallel 1877 

 473, part (West Humboldt Mts., Nevada, 1 .spec. Oct. 3).— Be^n Proc V 

 S.Nat.Mus.,v, 1882, 152 (Sitka, breeding ).-Shakpe, Cat. Birds Brit Mu^ 

 xii, 1888, 650, part. ' * ' " 



hmco oregorms Finsch, Juurn. far Orn., 1883, 273 (Chileoot and Portage V.av 



Alaska, Apr. ). 

 [JuHco] oregorms Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 141, part. 

 \_Junco hgemalis'] var. oregonm Ridgway, Am. Xat., vii, Oct., 1873, 613 jjart 

 Junco hyemalw oregonns Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., 'vii, Jan., 1875, 'l9'( West 

 Humboldt Mts., Nevada).— Amerkax Ornithologists' UxIon, Check List 

 1886, no. miu, part.— Turner, Contr. Nat. Hist. Alaska, 1886, 174 part 

 (Unalaska, 1 spec. Apr. 8).— Nelson, Rep. Nat. Hist. CoW. Alaska 'l887 

 192, part (Sitka). -Fannin, Check List Birds Brit. Columbia, 1891 37 part 

 (resident w. .'-ide of Cascades).— Rhoa us, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.,'l893 50 

 part (British Columbia; crit. ).— Grxnnell, Pub. ii, Pasadena Ac. Sci. 1898' 

 38 (Pasadena, California, 1 spec. Nov. 24, 1896); Auk, xv, 1898, 128 (Sitka)! 

 .T.\_umo'] hgemalis oregonm Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 424 part 

 Junco hiemalis oregonus Coues, Check List, 1882, no. 378, part.— r'hoxds Pn,e 



Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 63, part (British Columbia). 

 J.[unco] h.[kmalis] oregonus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 378, part 

 "Fringilla atrata Brandt, Icon. Rosso-Asiat. , pi. 2, fig. 8" (Alaska). ' 

 ^ FringiUd {Zonotrichia) atrata Kittlitz. Denkw. Reise, i, 1858, 199 (Sitka). 



JUNCO OREGANUS SHUFELDTI iCoale). 

 SHTJFEIDTS JtJNCO, 



Similar to J. <>. ,.r^ga>>ns but color of back much less rufescent, in 

 adult males ranging from brow.Jsh mouse g-ray to sepia, in adult 

 females from sepia to deep drab or broccoli brown, and black of head, 

 neck, and chest averagino- less intense, more slatv. 



Adult maZt-.— Length (skins), UO. 97-157. 48 (i-iO.lO); wing, 76.45- 

 j 81.79 (79.76); tail, 66.55-72.14 (69.34); exposed culmen, 10.67-11.68 

 (10.92); depth of bill at base. 6.60-6.86 (6.86); tarsus, 20.07-21.59 

 ,(20.83); middle toe, 13.46-14.48 (13.97).^ 



I A(kilt female. —l^engtYi (skins), 137.16-150.37 (146.30); wing. 71.63- 

 178.23(74.93); tail, 58.42-68.83 (64.77); exposed culmen. 10.41-10.92 

 I (10.67); depth of bill at base, 6.35-6.86 (6.60); tarsus, 20.07-21.34 

 1(20.57); middle toe, 12.70-14.48 (13.97).' 



Breeding from the interior of northern British Columbia (Stuarfs 

 Lake, etc.) east to Kocky Mountains in Alberta, south to Vancouver 

 Island, Washington, and northern Oregon,^ probably to northwestern 

 Montana and western Idaho;* south in winter over entire Rocky 

 Mountain plateau of the United States, to Arizona, New Mexico, and 



I 'Ten specimens. 



j ■''Six specimens. 



•*The only breeding specimens from Oregon are from the Maury Mountains and 

 Ftu ^" County, in the extreme northeastern corner of the State. 



I There are two specimens in breeding plumage (decidedly worn) from Fort Bridger 



IjWyommg, taken April 12 and 14. " * 



