418 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



CouES, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 305.— Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 vii, 1882, 39, part (Kendall Co., Texas; crit.).— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, vii, 1882, 197 (Chiricahua INIts., Arizona; crit.); viii, 1883, 191, part 

 (Colorado Springs, Colorado; crit.). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check List, 1886, no. 588«.— Townsend, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 

 220 (n. California).— Chapman-, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 1890, 148 (Ash- 

 croft, int. British Columbia). — Fannin, Check List Birds Brit. Columbia, 

 1891, 37 (east of Cascade Mts.).— Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 

 52, 64 (interior of British Columbia, up to 4,000 ft.).— Allen, Bull. Am. 

 Mus. N. H., V, 1893, 39 (Los Pinitos, n. e. Sonora, Oct.).— Cooke, Birds 

 Colorado, 1897, 108 (summer resid. up to 9,000 ft.). — Merrill, Auk, xv, 

 1898, 17 (Fort Sherman, n. w. Idaho, summer). 



'P.^ipilo] m.^acnlntuii'] mer/nlo)ii/.r Couks, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed.. 1884, 397, 

 part. 



P.\_ipilo'] maculatus megalony.r Henshaw, Orn. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 1S79, 300 

 (e. slope Sierra Nevada; crit.; habits). — Ridc4way, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 

 437, part. 



IPipilo macidatug.] Subsj). fJ. Pijtilo tiirtjdlouii.v Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xii, 1888, 748. 



PipUo maculatus arcticux iiu'gnloin/.r [I] Drew, Auk, ii, Jan.. 1S,S5, Ifi (vertical 

 range in Colorado). 



Pipilo erythrophlhulmuK yar. megaloni/j- Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoul., iii, 1872, 

 178 (Colorado; Utah).— RiociWAV, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Nov., 1873, 172 (Salt 

 Lake City, Utah, breeding), 183 (Colorado); vii, 1875, 37 (Nevada). 



Pipilo eri/throphthalmus . . . var. megalonyx Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Nov., 

 1873, 192 (crit.).— (?) Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 

 (1874), 63 (Denver, Colorado). 



Pipilo erythrophthabnus megalonyx Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vi, Oct., 1874, 174 

 (Rocky Mts.)i vii, Jan., 1875, 30 (Salt Lake City, Utah), 33 (Parleys Park, 

 Utah). 



PIPILO MACULATUS CLEMENT^^ (Grinnell). 

 SAN CLEMENTE TOWHEE. 



Similar to P. m. megalonyx \n\i bill and feet larg-er (at least rela- 

 tively) and coloration grayer; adult male with the black of a duller or 

 grayer cast, and adult female with coloration much lighter (broccoli 

 brown or grayish hair ])rown, instead of sepia or clove brown). 



Adult m«/f.— Length (skins), 188.98-205.74 (197.61); wing, 79.76- 

 90.42 (85.34); tail, 88.39-103.12 (94.74); exposed culmen, 13.97-15.24 

 (14.73); depth of bill at base (5 specimens), 9.65-10.41 (10.16); tarsus, 

 26.92-30.23 (28.45); middle toe, 17.78-20.32 (19.30); hind claw, 10.41- 

 15.75 (12.95); white on lateral tail-feather, 22.35-25.40 (24.38).' 



Adult fermde.^ljmgih (skins), 178.31-210.82 (193.55); wing, 77.72- 

 82.30 (80.26); tail, 87.63-95.50 (91.19); exposed culmen, 13.72-14.73 

 (14.22); depth of bill at base (3 specimens), 9.40-10.16 (9.91); tarsus, 



^ Fifteen specimens. 



