BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 299 



xexas, winter). — Meakxs, Auk, vii, 1890, 259 (breeding on northern Mogol- 

 lon MtH. and San Francisco Mts., Arizona) . — Merriam, X.Am. Fauna, no. 3, 

 1890, 40 (Grand Cailon of the Colorado), 96 (San Francisco Mts., Arizona, 

 breeding in pine and spruce belts ) . 



Junco hiemalis dorsalis Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no 266. 



J.[unco'] h.l_iemalis'] dorsalis Coues, Key X. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 379. 



Junco phseonotus dorsalis Ridcjway, Auk, xii, Oct., 1895, 391. — American Orni- 

 thologists' Union, Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. o70o. — Cooke, Birds Colo- 

 rado, 1897, 106 (Fort Lewis, s. w. Colorado, sirring, 1887). — Mitchell, Auk, 

 XV, 1898, 310 (San Miguel Co., Xew Mexico; breeding at 8,000 ft.). 



J.[nitco'] plixonotus dorsalis Ridciway, Man. X. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 423. 



" Hybrid between caniceps and cinereus" Baikd, Brewer, and Eidciway, Hist. 

 X. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 579, footnote. 



JUNCO PH.^ONOTUS PH^ONOTUS Wagler. 

 MEXICAN JTTNCO, 



Similar to -/! cauicej)s, l)ut bill smaller, wingf^ and tail shorter, max- 

 illa black, mandil)le j^ellow, iris yellow, greater wing-coverts, tertials, 

 and scapulars cinnamon-rufous, like back, and under parts more exten- 

 sively gTayish. 



Adults hi suiiDiier {sexes alike). — Head and neck, superiorly and lat- 

 erally, plain deep gray (intermediate between slate-gray and mouse 

 gray); malar region, chin, throat, chest, and sides decidedl}^ paler 

 gray (olive-gray to light drab-gray), the flanks tinged, more or less, 

 with olive; abdomen, anal region, and under tail-coverts white, but the 

 white shading gradually into the gray anteriorly and laterall}-; lores 

 and anterior portion of chin blackish; back and scapulars cinnamon- 

 rufous, sometimes tinged or mixed with olive; rump olive or hair 

 brown, passing into a more grayish hue on upper tail-coverts; smaller 

 wing-coverts mouse gra}-; outer webs of greater coverts and tertials 

 cinnamon-rufous or russet; secondaries, primaries, and eight middle 

 rectrices dusky edged with gray, these edgings narrower, more sharply 

 defined, and much lighter gra}' on primaries; outermost rectrix mostly 

 white, the inner web, however, with more than basal half dusky; 

 second with less than terminal half of inner web white; third usually 

 without any white; maxilhi black, mandible yellowish; iris bright 

 yellow; tarsi pale yellowish brown, toes darker. 



Ad /(Its Hi uunter. — Similar to summer adults, l>ut plumage softer 

 and colors rather deeper. 



Young uijji'st winter. — Similar to adults, but paler below, the throat 

 almost white, the pale gray of chest and sides faintly tinged with pale 

 bufly olive, the rump more olivaceous, and the rusty color of back less 

 sharph^ defined against the gray of the hindneck. 



Young. — Much like adults, but pileum, hmdneck, back, throat, 

 chest, sides, and flanks streaked with blackish, the gray of head and 

 neck duller, more olivaceous, that of the under parts much paler or 



