1886.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 145 



though it is difficult to decide on account of the defective condition of 

 that member, which has the point broken and is otherwise injured. — 

 E. R.] 



73. Junco cinereus (Swains.). 



FringiUa cinerea, Swains., Phil. Mag., 1827, I, p. 435. 

 Junco cinereus, Caban., Mus. Hein., p. 134. 



Vulg. — Zorzal de lomo cafe. 



Hab. — State of Puebla. Teziutlan, No. 121 $ . November. 



[A single specimen ( $ ad.) from Teziutlan, November, 1884, differs 

 from examples from Orizaba and Mirador, in the State of Vera Cruz, 

 in darker coloration, especially of the head, the entire auricular and sub- 

 orbital regions being nearly as dark as the lores, in appreciable contrast 

 with the gray of the neck. Wing, 2.90; tail, 2.65.— R. R.] 



74. Ammodraraus sandv7ichensis alaudiiius (Bonap.). 



Passerculus alaudinus, Bonap., Compt. Rend., XXXVII, p. 918; Not. Orn., 



p. 18. 

 Ammodramus sayidwichensis alaudinus, liidgw., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 

 p. 354. 



Vulg. — Zorzal chiquito de cya amarilla. 



ffab. — State of Puebla. Puebla, No. 34 S , 34a 9 , December. 



75. Aimophila rufescens Swainsou. 



AimopMla rufescens Swaiuson, Two Cent., 1837, p. 315. 

 Vulg. — Triquero grande. 



Hab. — State of Vera Cruz. Jalapa, No. 366 $ , August ; No. 357 $ , 

 September. 



76. Aimophila melanotis Lawr. 



Zonotrichia melanotis, Lawr., Aau. Lye. N. Y., VIII, May, 1867, p. 473. 

 Hla'mojjhilal melanotis, Lawr., Proc. Ac. Phil., Dec, 18G8, p. 430. 



VuJg. — Cerquero de tierra caliente. 



^a6.— State of Puebla. Chietla, No. 60 S , 60a 9 , December 

 [Two specimens, male and female, from Chietla, Puebla (December, 

 1884), agree well with the type in all the characters which distinguish 

 the species from II. ruficauda. The middle of the jugulum is even 

 whiter ihau in the type, especially in the male, which has only the sides 

 of the breast faintly ashy. The black stripes of the head are deep black 

 throughout, except that there is a small grayish white spot at the end 

 of the auriculars. The sexes are exactly alike in coloration. The meas- 

 urements are as follows : 



* 31827, Plains of Colima, June, 1863; J. Xantus. 



Proc. N. M. '86 10 September 17, 1886. 



