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APPENDIX. 



COUES KEY, 1884, 



Cotuniiculus henslowi. 



lecontii. 

 Amiuodraiuus maritiinus. 



maritiiuus nigresceus. 



caudaciitus. 



caudaciitus nelsoui. 



242. Melospiza liucolni. 



243. palustiis. 



244. fasciata. 



245. fasciata fallax. 



236. 

 237. 

 238. 

 239. 

 240. 

 241. 



UNION LIST, 1886. 



547. Amuiodramus heiislowii. 



548. lecoiiteii. 



550. niaiitimus. 



551. nigresceus. 



549. caudacutus. 

 549a. , caudacutus uelsoni. 



583. Melospiza lincolni. 



584. georgiaua. 



581. fasciata. 

 581a. fasciata fallax. 

 5816. fasciata inoutaiia. 



•2\b bis. ^f/(/; Melospiza fasciata montana. Mountain Song-Spaurow. Resem- 

 bling M. f. fallax, and scarcely distinguishable. Upper parts umber-brown with gray- 

 margins of the feathers, giving a strong grayish cast to the plumage; the back streaked with 

 blackish-brown, and the streaks of the under parts also of this color. This is the form 

 occurring in the Great Basin at large. The Auk, July, 1884, p. 224. 



581c. Melosuiza fasciata heermanni. 



581(/. fasciata samuelis. 



581e. fasciata guttata. 



581/. fasciata rufina. 



582. cinerea. 



575. Peuccea ?estivalis. 

 575a. aestivalis bachmanii. 



576. arizonai. 



577. mexicana. 



253 i«. Add: Peucaea mexicana. Mexican Summer finch. Upper parts gray suf- 

 fused with bay, streaked on most of the back with bold black bay-edged stripes ; crown similar, 

 i-ather darker, in smaller pattern of the markings and without lighter median line. Bend of 

 wing yellow, coverts blackish, with broad grayish-bay edgings ; flight-feathers dusky, several 

 inner secondaries blackish, with firm light edgings. Tail-feathers dusky, witli obsolete 

 scarcely discernible cross-waves, the middle pair with paler edges their whole length, the 

 lateral ones fading toward their ends. Under parts pale grayish-brown, blanching on the 

 throat and abdomen, unstieaked excepting for a slight pair of black maxillary stripes. Bill 

 dark corn-color; feet light brown. Length 6.30; wing 2.65; tail 2.80; tarsus 0. SO. (Described 

 from Mexican specimens.) Mexico to the Valley of the Lower Eio Grande in Texas; a late 

 addition to our Fauna. 



578. Peucsea cassini. 

 580. ruficeps. 

 580a. ruficeps boucardi. 

 5806. ruficeps eremoeca. 



579. carpalis. 



573. Amphispiza bilineata. 



574. belli. 



254. Peucaea cassini. 



255. ruficeps. 



256. ruficeps boucardi. 

 000. [See Key, p. 375. ; 



257. Peuc?ea carpalis. 



258. Amphispiza bilineata. 

 2.39. belli. 

 260 belli nevadeusis 

 201. Junco hiemalis.^ 



262. hiemalis aikeni. 



574a. belli uevi 



567. Junco hyemalis. 

 566.' aikeni. 



msis. 



1 The snow-bird which breeds on the mountains of North Carolina has been named as a variety, J. h. caro- 

 liiiensis, but the characters adduced do not seem satisfactory. The Aiik, Jan. 1886, p. 108. 



