BIKDS OF NOKTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 293 



Junco hyemaUs . . . var. annectens Ridgu'ay, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Nov., 1873, 182 



(Colorado). 

 J.\^imco'] hyemalis annectens Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vi, Oct., 1874, 174 



(Rocky Mts). 

 Junco hiemalis annectens Coves, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 264. 

 /. [uncol h. [iemalis] annectens Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 379. 

 Junco oregonus (not FringiUa oregana Townsend) Merriam, Bull. U. S. Geol. 



Surv. Terr, for 1872 (1873), 681 (Teton Canon, Idaho, July 24; Lower Geyser 



Basin and Snake River, Idaho, Aug., Sept.). 

 [Junco cmereus var. caniceps'] b. caniceps (not Struthus caniceps Woodhouse) Goues, 



Birds N. W., 1874, 143, part. 

 "Hybrid between oregonus and caniceps" Baird, Brewer and Ridgwav, Hist. 



N.Am. Birds, i, 1874, 579, footnote (part). 

 Junco meamsi Ridgway, Auk, xiv, Jan., 1897, 94 (Fort Bridger, Wyoming; 



U.S. Nat. Mus.). — American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xiv, 



Jan., 1897, 128 (no. 568).— Cooke, Birds Colorado, 1897, 105 (winter resid., 



e. to Fort Lvon). 



JUNCO TOWNSENDI Anthony. 

 TOWNSEND'S JUNCO. 



Adults in siLmmer {sexes alike). — Similar to J. montanus, but back 

 and scapulars light grayish, hair brown, or drab-gra}-, instead of broc- 

 coli brown, and with more white on tail, the third rcctrix being, 

 usually, chiefly (sometimes almost entireh^) white. (Similar also to ./. 

 meamsi., but wing and tail shorter, bill longer, gray of head, neck, and 

 chest darker, and back much gra3"er.) 



Adult male.— Li^^^ih (skins), 132.08-144.53 (140.46); wing, 75.44- 

 81.79 (78.49); tail, 63.75-68.58 (66.80); exposed culmen, 10.67-11.43 

 (11.18); depth of bill at base, 6.60-6.86 (6.73); tarsus, 20.07-21.34 

 (20.57); middle toe, 13.46-14.73 (14.22).^ 



Adidt female.— \^<&w^t\i (skins), 133.60-144.27(138.94); wing, 72.14- 

 81.03 (75.18); tail, 63.50-65.79 (64.52); exposed culmen, 10.67-11.94 

 (10.92); depth of bill at base, 6.35-6.86 (6.60); tarsus, 20.07-20.83; 

 (20.57); middle toe, 12.70-13.97 (13.46).^ 



Northern Lower California (San Pedro Martir Mountains). 



Junco townsendi Anthony, Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., 2d ser., ii, Oct. 11, 1889, 76 (San 

 Pedro Martir Mts., n. Lower California; coll. A. W. Anthony); Zoe, iv, 1893, 

 241 (San Pedro Martir Mts., in pine region; descr. nest and eggs). — Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, vii, 1890, 63; Check List, 2d 

 ed., 1895, no. 571. 1.— Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 603. 



JUNCO INSULARIS Ridgway. 

 GUADALUPE JUNCO. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Similar to J. tovmsendi., but with much shorter 

 wing and tail; decidedly larger and proportionately longer bill, and 



^ Six specimens. ^ Five specimens. 



