PIPILO. . 439 



Adult male : Similar to same sex of P. macronijx, but with shorter 

 tail, rufous of sides, etc., paler and more ochraceous, and differ- 

 ino- in coloration of the head, as above ; wing 3.60, tail 3.90, cul- 

 men .62, tarsus 1.15. Hub. Southern Mexico (Puebla). 



P. complexus Ridgw. Complex Towhee.^ 

 Throat and chest neither black nor brown, abruptly contrasted with color of 

 breast, which is never white ; sides and flanks not rufous or rusty. 

 bK Wino-s.and tail olive-green ; edge of wing, under wing-coverts,, and axillars 

 bright yellow ; chest and sides plain ash-gray. 



Adult (sexes alike) : Crown and occiput uniform rufous ; forehead and 

 sides of head deep ash-gray, the former with a broad white streak 

 along each side ; a white malar streak, bordered below by a dusky 

 line along each side of throat, passing posteriorly into ash of chest; 

 chin and throat, abruptly, white. Young: Above olive-grayish, 

 streaked with dusky; lower parts dingy whitish, the chest, etc. 

 streaked with dusky. Length 7.00-7.85, wing 3.00-3.30, tail 3.50- 

 3.90. Eggs .84 X -65, whitish, speckled or sprinkled with reddish 

 brown (averaging rather paler, with finer speckling, than egg of P. 

 erythro2)hthal7nus, etc.). Hab. Eocky Mountain district, north to 

 eastern Oregon, Idaho, Montana, etc., west to Sierra Nevada, south 



into Mexico 590. P. chlorurus (Towns.). Green-tailed Towhee. 



b\ Wings and tail grayish brown ; edge of wing white or pale cinnamon-buffy, 

 under wing-coverts and axillars pale cinnamon or brownish gray. Eggs 

 white, greenish white, bluish white, or pale greenish blue, speckled or 

 spotted, chiefly round larger end, with dark brown and black, often with 

 short " pen-lines" of the latter color. 

 c\ Lores and chin whitish or buffy ; lower throat or chest, or both, flecked 

 with dusky. 

 d^. Throat white, crossed, at about the middle, by a band of ochra- 

 ceous or buff", this occupying the posterior half, or more, of 

 malar region. 



Above uniform grayish brown, the middle wing-coverts tipped, 

 more or less distinctly, with white ; chest, breast, and belly 

 white, the first flecked with grayish, and along posterior 

 border of white throat-patch spotted with dusky, some- 

 times forming a nearly continuous dusky line; sides of 

 breast and sides gray or brownish gray, flanksand under 

 tail-coverts ochraceous ; length about 7.00, wing 3.25-3.30, 

 tail 3.60-3.70. Sab. Southern Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, 



etc.). 



P. rutilus Light. Sclater's Towhee.^ 



d'^. Throat (also chin and malar region) buffy, ochraceous, or tawny. 



e^ Paler, with throat, etc., buffy, sides ashy, middle of belly dis- 



1 Pipilo complexus Ridgtv., Auk, iii. July, 1886, 332. 



^Pipilo rutilus LiCHT., Preis-Verz. 1830, No. 71. {P. albicollis Scl., P. Z. S. 1858, 304.) 



