•13G BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



pileum >slio-htly diirkcr and lirownei'; tail l)hu'kish l)rown; uikUt pails 

 as in P. (\ erlssalis^ hut throat-patoli sliulitly paler and more viiuiccous. 



Adidt male.— Length (skins), 220.o6-280.UO (225.00); wing-, <)2.00- 

 105.00 (99.00); tail, 103.00-115.00 (111.00); exposed euhnen, 1-1.00- 

 15.50(14.83); depth of bill at base, 9.00-10. DO (9.75); tarsus, 28.00- 

 29.00 (28.T5); middle toe, 19.50-21.00 (20.12).^ 



Adult female.— IjQwgih (skin), 223.00; wing-, !»().0O; tail, ItXJ.oO; 

 exposed culmen, Lo.oO; depth of hill at l)ase. 10.00; tarsus, 28.00; 

 middle toe, 20.00.- 



Extreme northern portion of Sacramento Valley, California (l^attle 

 Creek, Tehama and Shasta countit's). 



(?) Pipilo fHscuft crif^xdlis Mekkiam, >yortli Am. Fauna, no. Ki, ISilit, ll'd ^ncar 



Gazelle and Edgwood, Siskiyou Co.). 

 I'Ipllu fuseus carobv McGregor, Bull. Coop. Orn. Club, i, Jan., 1899, 11 (Battle 



Creek, n. California; coll. R. C. McGregor). — Allen, Auk, xvi, 1899, 343 



(repul)lication of detrcription). 



[I am extremely dotibtful whether this supposed form can ))c main- 

 tained; l)ut since the American Ornithologists' Union Connnittee have 

 passed it favorably J have concluded to accept this decision, without, 

 however, strongly indorsing- it. The alleged characters are exceed- 

 ingl}' slight and b}' no means comparal)le to those which distinguish 

 most recog'nized subspecies, for example, the southern form of the 

 saiiie species {I\ e. sc^uoda). Furthermore, the ascribed range is 

 very unsatisfactory, specimens from a localit}* which should represent 

 an extreme northern form (Baird, Shasta County) being quite the same, 

 so far as I am able to discern, as true 1\ crissidlx. 



These observations are ])ascd on the describer's type and coty})es, 

 with some of the other material examined l)y him at the time. The 

 former are all fall (October and November) birds, in very freshly 

 assumed plumage, ai\d this will, in my judgment, account, to a large 

 degree at least, for the darker coloration.] 



PIPILO CRISSALIS SENICULA (Anthony). 

 ANTHONY S TOWHEE. 



Similar to P. e. erlsxtaUs but smaller and mtich darker and graver; 

 back, etc., dark hair brown; pileinn warm sepia l>rown; chest, etc., 

 light hair brown or brownish gray. 



Adult male.—Liiwgth (skins), 204.47-221.74 (210.0(5); wing, 88.39- 

 100.84 (94.23); tail, 100.33-112.27 (104.90); exposed euhnen, 14.22- 

 15.75 (14.99); tarsus, 24.38-27.94 (20.42); middle toe, 17.53-19.81 

 (18.54).^' 



Ad id t female.— Li}ng{\\ (skins), 200.41-200.25 (202.09); wing, 85.85- 

 tio.42 (87.88); tail, 99.82-102. LL (100.84); exposed culmen, 14.48-15.24 

 (14. 7;-^); tarsus, 25.40-27.43 (20.42); middle toe, 17.53-18.54 (18.03).* 



' Four specimens. •' Nine specimens. 



■-'One specimen. ■'Five spec'mens. 



