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of the body, bhiish-ash. Chin and upjier part of throat, abrnptly defined white, tlie former 

 margined by dusky, above whii-li is a sliort white maxillary stripe. Under tail coverts 

 and sides of body behind brownish-yellow. Tail feathers generally and exterior of wings 



bright olive-gi'cen, the edge and under surface of the latter bright yellow ; edge of first 

 primary white. Length, 7.50 ; extent, 9.75 ; wing, 3.75 ; tail, 3. Go. Iris and feet brown ; 

 bill lilaek, bluish below. 



Hah. Valley of the Rio (irande and Gila. Rocky ^lotmtains, north to South Pass, 

 south to Mexico ; Sierra Nevada to lat. 40" ; south to San Diego in winter. 



As the other species of Pipilo seem suited by color to inhabit tlie dark 

 thickets and dry leaves, this one is clad in a gay livery well adapted for 

 concealment in its summer resorts, and aLso among the growing vegetation 

 of the lower country during the rainy season. 



.T foimd a few of them in winter in the Colorado Valley, and rather more 

 at San Diego, Ijut they left both places in ]\Iarcli. They were generally 



very silent and shy, hiding very closely in the bushes, and feeding on the 

 ground altogether. I heard only one note, which was a kind of crowing 

 resembling that of the California quail. 



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