68. nrarco. 649 



e,f. J; g, h. $ Fort Simpson. B. E. Eoss, Esq. 



ad. sk. [P.]. 



», &, /. Ad. sk. 49th Parallel, April (G. Date- N.A. Boundary Com. 



sow). [P.]. 



m, n. cjad. sk. Illinois, April (H. K. Coale). E. B. Sliarpe, Esq. 



o. Ad. sk. Elinois. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



p. $ ad. sk. Chicago, Ilhnois, Oct. 29, 1877 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(H. K. Coale). 



q. 2 ad. sk. New York (Hurst). Sclater Coll. 



r. 3 ad. sk. Pembroke, New Hampshire, E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Oct. 28, 1882. [P.]. 



s. 2 ad. sk. Across Eastern Branch, Mary- Salvin-Godraan Coll. 



land, April 13, 1860 (E. 



Coues; Sm. no. 29036). 



t. S ad. sk. Maryland, Feb. 28, 1861 (E. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coues ; Sm. no. 29033). 



u, v . <3 $ ad. sk. District of Columbia (C. Drex- U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



ler; Sm. nos. 28446, 28458). 



w. Ad. sk. District of Columbia {C.Drex- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ler; Sm. no. 28460). 



.r. Ad. sk. District of Columbia, Jan. 13, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1871 (R. Ridgicag). 



Subsp. a. Junco carolinensis. 



J unco hiemalis carolinensis, Brewst. Auk, iii. p. 108(1886); Bat- 

 chelder, t. c. p. 311. 



Adult male. Middle of breast behind and of the belly, under tail- 

 coverts, and outer three tail-feathers white, the third feather with 

 a narrow inner edging of slate-colour ; remainder of plumage deep 

 bluish or ashy plumbeous, the crown and back concolor, the throat 

 a shade lighter ; no blackish anywhere except on the wings and tail, 

 the feathers of which are nearly, if not quite, black, with greyish 

 plumbeous outer edging : bill (in the dried specimens) dark horn- 

 colour. Wing 3-20, tail 2-70, bill 0-51. (Brewster, I. c.) 



Adult female. Smaller than the male, and generally lighter 

 coloured, with a tinge of brownish above. "Wing 2-98, tail 2 - 67. 

 (Brewster, I. c.) 



Hah. Mountains of Western North Carolina. 



2. Junco aikeni. 



Junco hiemalis, var. aikeni, Ridgw. in Aiken, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. 

 xv. p. 201 (1872); id. Amer. Nat. vii. p. 613 (1873); Baird, 

 Bretcer, §■ Ridgw. Hist. N. Amer. B. i. p. 584, pi. 26. fig. 6 (1874) ; 

 Hensh. Rep. Zool. Expl, 100th Merid. p. 266 (1875). 



Junco hiemalis aikeni, Coues, Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 55 (1882) ; 

 id. Keg N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 378 (1884). 



Junco aikeni, Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. pp. 179, 217 (1881) ; 

 Drew, Auk, ii. p. 16 (1885) ; Cooke, t. c. p. 32; A. O. U. Check- 

 list N Amer. B. p. 274 (1886). 



Adult female. Similar to the same sex of J. hiemalis, but larger, 

 paler ashy grey, and distinguished by the white ends to the median 

 and greater coverts, the inner secondaries also externally white. 

 Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-4, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-8. 



