BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 433 



Pipilu ine.^oh'iiras Baird, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, June, 1854, IJi) ((_'op[)er 

 mines, Arizona); Rep. Pacific R. K. 8urv., ix, 1858, 518; ed. 1860 ("Birds 

 N. Am."), atlas, pi. 29; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 397; Rep. U. 8. and Mex. 

 Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, IS, part (Copper mines and Nogales, Ari- 

 zona). — ScLATER, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 120, jmrt (n. Mexico; New Mex- 

 ico).— Kennerly, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., iv, pt. vi, 1856, 11, 12 (Bill 

 Williams R., Arizona); x, pt. vi, 1859, 30, pi. 29 (do.). — Heermann, Rep. 

 Paciiic R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, 1859, 15 (Tucson, Arizona). — Cooper, Orn. 

 CaL, 1870, 247 (Arizona, etc. ).— Aiken, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 1872, 

 202 (Cailon City, Colorado, 1 pair Ajn-. 16) . — Baird, Brewer, and Riixiway, 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, pi. 31, fig. 10; iii, 1874, 516 (descr. nest and 

 eggs). 



"Fipilo'^ mcsoleucu.'< CouEfi, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866,90 (New Mexico and 

 Arizona; crit.). 



PlpUo fusca . . . var. inemh-ura 'Rl\^G\\■ \\ , Bull. P]ssex Inst., v, Nov., 1873, 183, 

 192 (Colorado). 



Pipilo fuscus, var. rncsoleucus Bairu, Brewer, and Ridgwav, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 

 ii, 1874, 125. 



Pipilo ftisriis . . . var. niesoleuctts Hensiiaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 

 1873 (1874), 120 (Camp Grant, etc., Arizona); Zool. Exp. W. 100th 

 Merid., 1875, 304 ( Santa Fe, New Mexico; San Carlos, etc., Arizona; habits). 



Pipilo Jmcuii, y. meiioleucu» Ridgwav, Field and Forest, iii. May, 1877, 198 (Col- 

 orado) . 



Pipilo fuscus mesoleucuK RmciWAV, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii. Mar. 27, 1880, 4; 

 Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 240.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 306.— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 197 (Santa Rita Mts., etc., 

 Arizona; descr. nest and eggs). — Batchelder, Auk, ii, 1885,237 (Las Vegas, 

 New Mexico; habits). — American Ornithologists' L^nion, Check List, 1886, 

 no. 591. — Henshaw, Ai'ik, iii, 1886, 74 (upper Pecos R., New Mexico). — 

 Beckham, Auk, iv, 1887, 123 (near Pueblo, Colorado). — -Bendire, Auk, vii, 

 1890, 22 (range; habits; descr. nest and eggs) . — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 

 V, 1893, 39 (Granados and Nacory, n. e. Sonora, Nov. ; San Diego and Nueven- 

 che plain, n. w. Chihuahua, Oct., Feb.). — Lowe, Auk, xi, 1894, 269 (Wet 

 Mts., S.W.Colorado, 10,000ft.).— Nehrling, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 

 180.— CooKE, Birds Col., 1897, 108 (Arkansas Valley and Pueblo Co., Colorado, 

 summer resident). 



I', [ipilo'] f. [uscH.s] mt'sok'acas Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 397. 



J'.[ij)ilo'] fuscus iiiesoleuciis 'RinGWAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 440. 



\_Pipilo fuscus.'\ Subsp. fi. Pipilo mesolencas Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 

 1888, 754. 



\^Pipilo'] fuscus (not Pipilo fusca Swainson) Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 93, no. 

 7364, part.— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 152. 



Pipilo fuscus Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 206. — Stephens, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C^lub, 

 iii, 1878, 93 (New Mexico). 



PIPILO ALBIGULA Baird. 

 SAINT LUCAS TOWHEE. 



Similar to P. fuscus niesolcucus but decidedly smaller (except bill 

 and feet), upper parts decidedly darker and browner, lower third 

 (approximately) of giilar area whitish, in more or less marked con- 



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