652 FRINGILLID-E. 



Junco oregonus, var. annectens, Hensh. Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler 's 

 Ecped. p. 115 (1874) ; id. Rep. Zool. Kcpl, \QOth Merid. p. 268, 

 pi. viii. (1875). 



Junco cinereus, var. caniceps (pt.), Coues, B. N.-West, p. 143 (1874). 



Juuco hiemalis annectens, Coues, Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 6 

 (1882) ; id. Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. 379 (1884). 

 Adult. General colour above pale earthy brown, more ashy on 

 the scapulars ; lower back and rump paler slaty grey ; lesser wing- 

 coverts slaty grey ; median and greater coverts dusky, with slaty- 

 grey edges, paler on the latter series, the innermost of which are 

 externally brown ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts blackish ; 

 quills blackish, edged with ashy, browner on the inner secondaries ; 

 the primaries margined with hoary grey ; upper tail-coverts slaty 

 grey ; tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with ashy, the two outer 

 ones almost entirely white ; crown of head and hind neck light 

 slaty grey ; lores and feathers rouud the eye blackish ; sides of face, 

 ear-coverts, cheeks, throat, and fore neck light slaty grey ; breast 

 and abdomen white ; sides of body and flanks pinkish brown ; thighs 

 ashy ; under tail-coverts white, with dusky centres ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries slaty grey, the latter edged with whitish ; 

 quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge. Total length 5-8 

 inches, culmen (M5, wing 3-1, tail 2 - 65, tarsus 075. 



Hab. Rocky -Mountain region, from Arizona and New Mexico [in 

 winter], north to Idaho and Montana (A. 0. U. Chech-list, I. c). 

 «.Ad.sk. [N.America.] Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Junco insularis. 



Junco insularis, Ridr/w. Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. ii. p. 188 (1876) ; id. 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 217 (1881) ; A. O. U. Check-l. N. 

 Amer. B. p. 276 (1886). 



Adult female. General colour above uniform chocolate-brown ; 

 rump and upper tail- coverts more ashy grey; lesser and median 

 coverts dull slaty grey, the latter with faint paler tips ; greater 

 coverts dusky brown, edged with ashy brown, slightly paler at the 

 ends ; bastard-wiug, primary-coverts, and quills dusky brown, 

 margined with ashy, browner on the secondaries ; tail-feathers 

 dusky brown and edged with ashy, the two outer ones for the most 

 part white, with an oblique basal mark of blackish on the inner 

 web, the outer web fringed with blackish near the end, these 

 characters more pronounced on the penultimate feather, the third 

 with an irregular patch near the end of the inner web ; crown of 

 head dark slaty grey, washed with brown ; lores and feathers 

 round the eye blackish ; ear-coverts and sides of face dark slaty 

 grey ; cheeks, throat, and fore neck lighter slaty grey ; centre of 

 breast and abdomen ashy whitish ; sides of body and flanks dull 

 pinkish brown ; thighs dark ashy grey ; under tail-coverts white, the 

 long ones with dusky centres ; under wiug-coverts and axillaries 

 dull ashy grey ; quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge. 

 Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-5, tail 2-15, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. Island of Guadelupe, Lower California. 

 a. 2 a d. sk. Guadelupe Islaud {E. Palmer ; Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sm. no. 70021). 





