628 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Adult //i^/Zt'.— Length (skin.s), 178. 31-21 1.5<S (197.87); wing, Sl.SS- 

 90.98 (87.88); tail, 88.65-98.55 (93.98); oulnien, 15.24-15.75 (15.49); 

 tarsus, 22.86-25.40 (24.13); middle toe, 16.26-17.53 (16.76).' 



■Adult female.— LiQu^th (skins), 177.80-181.36(179.83); wing, 82.04- 

 86.61 (84.07); tail, 90.42-93.47 (91.95); exposed culmen, 14.99-15.24 

 (15.11); tarsus, 22.3.5-24.64 (23.37); middle toe, 15.49-17.02 (16.26).' 



C&pe St. Lucas district of Lower California. 



Ptirrhuloxia slnuata (not i'ardhialis Hiuuatus Bonaparte) Baird, Proc. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1859, 301, 304 (Capo St. Lucas).— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 236, 

 part (Cape St. Lucas).— Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 202, part; 2(1 ed., 1882, 

 no. 298, part. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridguay, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 

 95, part (Cape St. Lucas). — Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 243, 

 part; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 541 (La Paz, Lower California; crit. ). — 

 Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 541 (La Paz, Lower California). — 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1884, 343, part (Lower Cal- 

 ifornia). — Sharps, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 158, part (in synonymy). 



IPyrrhuloxia'] slnuata Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 151, part. 



F.[ijrrhuloxia^ slnuata Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 393, part. — 

 Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 444, part. 



Pyrrhuloxia slnuata peninsula'. Ridgway, Auk, iv, Oct., 1887, 347 (San Jos6, 

 Lower California; U. S. Nat. Mus.); Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 606.— 

 American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Suppl. to Check List, 1889, 

 14; Check List, abrid<red ed., 1889, and 2d ed., 1895, no. bMb. 



PYRRHULOXIA SINUATA TEXANA Ridgway. 

 TEXAN PYRRHULOXIA. 



Similar to J\ x. .sinuatd but coloration decidedly darker, and bill 

 larger and stouter; adult male with forehead darker red, the lores, 

 orbital region, and malar region (sometimes the chin also) decidedly 

 dusky, sometimes nearly black; upper parts darker and less brownish 

 gray; adult female much gra3^er as well as darker above than that of 

 P. s. si)iu((ta., and with anterior and lateral luider parts, especially the 

 chest, strongly sufi'used with grayish. 



Adidt viale.—ljdn^ih (skins) i91. 52-205.74 (197.36): wing, 88.39- 

 98.55 (93.73); tail, 93.47-106.93 (99.57); culmen, 15.24-17.02 (16.00); 

 depth of bill at base, 15.24; tarsus, 23.88-25.91 (24.89); middle toe, 

 15.49-18.54 (17.02).' 



Adidt female.— l^on^^ih (skins), 180.34-205.74 (192.28); wing, 86.11- 

 96.27 (90.42); tail, 83.82-108.20 (95.76); culmen, 15.24-16.51 (15.75); 

 tarsus, 23.11-25.40 (24.38); middle toe, 16.00-17.53 (16.76).' 



Northeastern Mexico, in States of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coa- 

 huila (La Ventura), San Luis Potosi, and Puebla, and southern Texas 

 (north to Nueces, Bee, Bexar, Kendall, and Tom Green counties). 



Cardinalis slnuatus (not of Bonaparte) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., v, 1852, 116 

 (Rio Grande, Texas). — Baird, inStansbury's Rep. Gt. Salt Lake, 1852, 331 



^ Three specimens. ^ Eleven specimens. * Eight specimens. 



