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c. Middle wing-coverts narrowly tipped with white; throat white, witli an 

 ochraceous band across middle. (Southwestern Mexico.) 



Pipilo rutilus, male and female (p. 428) 

 cc. MidiUe wing-coverts not tipped with white; throat not white. 



d. Throat buff or cream-buff; abdomen distinctly Avhite; under tail-coverts 

 tawny, ochraceous, or clay color. 

 ('. Crown similar to back in color, or only slightly tinged with rusty. 

 /. Smaller (wing of adult male averaging 92.71). 



(J. Darker (back, etc., dark hair brown or grayish sepia brown) ; flanks, 

 hair brown. (Pacific slope of Sierra Madre, in States of Mexico, 

 Michoacan, Jalisco, and Territory of Tepic. ) 



Pipilo fuscus fuscus, naale and female (p. 430) 

 <jij. Paler (back, etc., light brownish gray, flanks light huffy gray. 

 (Coast slope of southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa. ) 



Pipilo fuscus intermedius, male and female (p. 432) 



ff. Larger (wing of male ad. averaging 95.25). (Intermediate in color 



between P./. /»scHS and P. f. intermedius.) (Central plateau of 



Mexico.) Pipilo fuscus potosinus, male and female (p. 431) 



ee. Crown decidedlj- (usually conspicuously) rufescent. 

 /'. Throat uniform huffy; lower abdomen, hinder flanks, etc., tawny 

 ochraceous, like under tail-coverts; back, etc., paler, grayer. 

 (Northwestern Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, etc.) 



Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus, male and female (p. 432) 

 jf. Throat becoming more or less paler (usually distinctly whitish) pos- 

 teriorly; abdomen entirely white and flanks wholly grayish; back, 

 etc., darker, browner. (Southern Lower California.) 



Pipilo albigula, male and female (p. 433) 

 dd. Throat light cinnamon-rufous or deep oehraceous-buff ; abdomen not dis- 

 tinctly white; under tail-coverts deep tawny or cinnamon-rufous. 

 (. Larger (wing averaging 98.81 or more in male, 95.76 or more in female) ; 

 under parts browner. 

 /'. Paler and browner above, with pileum distinctly rufescent; smaller 

 (wing averaging 98.81, tail 109.98, in adult male). (Central valleys 



of California.) Pipilo crissalis crissalis, male and female (p. 434) 



Jj. Darker and grayer al)ove, with })ik'um not distinctly rufescent; larger 

 (wing averaging 99.00, tail 111.00 in adult male). (Northwestern 



California. ) Pipilo crissalis carolae, male and female (p. 435) 



ee. Smaller (wing averaging 94.23 in male, 87.88 in female); under parts 

 grayer. (Southern California, from San Diego and San Bernardino 

 counties to lat. 29° on west side of Lower California. ) 



Pipilo crissalis senicula, male and female (p. 436) 



PIPILO TORQUATUS TORQUATUS Du Bus. 

 COLLARED TOWHEE. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Forehead black, usually divided by a median 

 line of white; rest of pileum einnamon-rufous, margined late rail}" with 

 a narrow line of black; a broad superciliary stripe, malar region, chin, 

 throat, and median under parts, white; sides of head (loral, orbital, 

 suborbital, and auricular regions), and broad, sharply defined band 

 across chest, black; upper parts (exccDt as described) uniform olive- 



