BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 301 



JUNCO PH^ONOTUS PALLIATUS Ridgway. 

 ARIZONA JTJNCO. 



Similar to ./. p. jyhwnotuH^ but paler, the gray of pileum and hind- 

 neck much lighter (between olive-gray and no. 6 gray), that of chest, 

 etc., very pale (not darker than no. 9 gray), white of abdomen purer 

 and more extended, and white of lateral rectrices much more exten- 

 sive (inner web of outermost rectrix usually almost wholly white, that 

 of the second usually with more than terminal half white). 



Adult //«/^..— Length (skins), 150.11-165.86 (156.72); wing, 76.20- 

 82.80 (79.25); tail, 69.09-76.15 (72.90); exposed culmen, 11.18-12.19 

 (11.68); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.62 (7.37); tarsus, 20.57-22.10 

 (21.08); middle toe, 13.72-15.24 (11.73).^ 



Adult female.— l^^wgXh (skins), 111.22-150.88 (115.03); wing, 73.91- 

 76.20 (74.93); tail, 62.48-71.63 (66.29); exposed culmen, 11.18-12.19 

 (11.68); depth of bill at base, 6.35-6.86 (6.60); tarsus, 20.57-21.34 

 (20.83); middle toe, 13.97-14.73 (14.48).' 



Breeding in high mountains of southern Arizona (Santa Rita Moun- 

 tains. Mount Graham, etc.) and southward into northwestern Mexico 

 (States of Chihuahua and Sonora). 



Jnnco ciyiercus (not Fringilla cinerea Swainson) Hexsraw, Am. Sportsman, Feb. 

 20, 1875, 328 (near Camp Grant, s. Arizona); Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's 

 Surv., 1873 (1874), 158 (Mount Graham and Santa Rita Mts., Arizona); 

 Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 271, pi. 10 (Mount Graham and Santa 

 Rita Mts., s. Arizona, breeding at 8,500 ft.; habits; descr. nest and eggs, 

 etc. — Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 73 (descr. eggs). — Allex, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 89.— Ridgw.w, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no 222.— 

 Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 195 (Chiricahua Mts. s. Arizona, 

 Mar.) ; Auk, ii, 1885, 198 (Santa Rita Mts., s. Arizona, breeding; descr. 

 young female). — Scott, Auk, ii, 1885, 174, in text (Santa Catalina Mts., s. 

 Arizona, Nov. 26-29).— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 653, part 

 (in synonymy). 



'[Junco canicepsi var. cinereus Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 

 (1874), 113, part. 



Junco Memalis cinereus Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 267. 



J.\_unco'] h.[iemnlis'] cinereus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 379. 



Junco cinereus palliatus Ridgway, Auk, ii, Oct., 1885, 364 (Mount Graham, s. 

 Arizona; U. S. Nat. Mus.). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 

 1886, no. 570.— Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 201 (Santa Catalina Mts. and Pinal 

 Mts., s. Arizona, v,-inter) . — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., v, 1893, 39 (Chu- 

 huichupa, n. e. Sonora, Jan.). 



J.[unco] cinereus palliatus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 424. 



Junco cinereus \_palliatus'] Scott, Auk, ii, 1885, 354 (Pima Co., s. Arizona, in high 

 pine forests; crit. ). 



Junco palliatus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 655. 



Junco phieonotus paUiatus Ridgway, Auk, xii, Oct., 1895, 391; Man. N. Am. Birds, 

 2d ed., 1896, 424. — American Ornithologists' L^nion, Check List, 2d ed., 

 1895, no. 570. 



^ Seven specimens. ^ Five specimens. 



