436 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



States, west to Minnesota, eastern Dakota, Kansas, and Texas^ 

 south to Gulf coast. 



587. P. erythrophthalmus (Linn.). Towhee. 



d?. Smaller, with smaller white markings on quills and tail-feathers ; 



iris of adult male usually yellowish or whitish ; length 7.00- 



8.25, wing 2.95-3.20 (3.10), tail 3.55-3.90 (3.71) ; white space on 



outer tail-feather only .66-.75 long. Eggs 1.01 X -69 (?). Hab. 



Florida 587«. P. erythrophthalmus alleni Coues. 



White-eyed Towhee. 

 &. . Wing-coverts tipped with white, and scapulars more or less streaked 

 with the same. 

 d}. Back more or less streaked with white (these streaks sometimes 

 concealed or even obliterated in middle of back, but always 

 distinct along sides of back, next to scapulars). 

 e\ Streaks on back very conspicuous, and other white markings 

 greatly developed, the white on wing-coverts forming two 

 broad, continuous bars across wing, the white edgings to 

 quills and tertials always distinct, and white terminal 

 space on outer tail-feather more than 1.00 long; adult 

 females with general color of head, neck, chest, and upper 

 parts grayish brown or olive-brown. 

 p. Adult male with rump, upper tail-coverts, remiges, and 

 edges of tail-feathers olive brownish (sometimes in- 

 clining to smoky grayish), the back and scapulars 

 mixed with the same color. 



Wing 3.25-3.75, tail 3.95-4.20, exposed culmen .52- 

 .55, tarsus 1.10-1.12, middle toe .75-.80 ; white 

 space on outer tail-feather 1.30-1.50, involving 

 both webs. Hab. Southern and central Mexico 

 and highlands of Guatemala. 



P. maculatus Swains. Mexican Towhee.* 

 p. Adult males with rump, upper tail-coverts, etc., black, or 

 but slightly intermixed with graj'ish (rump sometimes 

 uniform olive-grayish). 

 g^. Lighter colored, with white markings more exten- 

 sive, and rufous of sides, etc., paler, more ochra- 

 ceous ; white edgings to primaries sometimes de- 

 veloped into a more or less conspicuous patch at 

 base ; white on outer tail-feather occupying more 

 than the exposed half (1.30-1.75 long). Adult 

 female with head, neck, chest, rump, etc., broc- 

 coli-brown. Young : Similar to corresponding 

 stage of P. erythrophthalmus, but less tawn}^, and 



1 Pipilo maculatus Swains., Phil. Mag. n. s. i. 1827, 434. 



