68. jtjnco. 653 



6. Junco bairdi. 



Junco bairdi, Ridgivay, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 155 (1883, ex 

 BeUing, MSS.) ; Belding, t. c. p. 348; A. 0. U. Check-list N. 

 Amer. B. p. 276 (1886). 



Adult. Head and neck ash-grey, gradually lightening into very 

 pale ashy on the throat ; the occiput and nape somewhat tinged 

 with brown ; lores blackish, in distinct contrast ; back, scapulars, 

 upper (or inner) greater wing-coverts, and tertials dull light rufous 

 brown, somewhat tinged with olive : rump aud upper tail-coverts 

 greyish olive, or light greyish brown, as are also the lesser, middle, 

 and lower (outer) greater wing-coverts ; primaries more grey, 

 edged with paler, the outermost white on the margin ; inner webs 

 of tertials dusky ; tail dusky greyish olive-brown, the exterior 

 feather chiefly white, the nest with nearly the terminal half white 

 next the shaft, the third with or without a small terminal white 

 spot ; jugulum very pale buffy greyish, in rather abrupt, though 

 not pronounced, contrast with the white of the abdomen ; entire 

 sides and flanks deep cinnamon-buff ; crissum dull white ; maxilla 

 dark brown (not black) ; mandible " bright yellow ;" iris " colour of 

 ripe oranges " or " bright yellow ;" legs and feet pale brown in the 

 dried skin. Wing 275-2-8, tail 2-70-2-80, culmen 0-40-0-41, 

 depth of bill through base 0-25, tarsus 0*80, middle toe 0-51-0-55. 

 {Ridgway.) 



Hub. Lower California. 



7. Junco cinereus. 



Pringilla cinerea, Stvains. Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 435 (1827) ; 

 Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 372 (1849). 



Junco phseonotus, Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 526. 



Junco cinereus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 486 (1850) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. 

 p. 134 note (1850) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 306, 1858, p. 304, 1859, 

 p. 365; Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 465 (1858); Scl. Cat. Amer. B. 

 p. 115 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 174 ; Duges, La Nat. i. p. 140 

 (1868) ; Sumichr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 551 (1869) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 93, no. 7368 (1870) ; Scl. 8f Salt: Nomencl. Av. 

 Neotr. p. 32 (1873); Hensh. Pep. Zoo!. Expl. \OOth Merid. p. 271, 

 pi. x. (1875) ; Ridgio. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 180 (1881) ; 

 Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 232(1882); Scott, Auk, ii. p. 174 

 (1885) ; Brewster, t. c. p. 198 ; Ridgiv. t. c. p. 363 (1885) ; Salvin 

 # God-man, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 373 (1886). 



Adult male. General colour above bright chestnut or bay on the 

 interscapulary region, upper back, and scapulars ; lower back, 

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

 ashy grey, or grey with blackish bases ; greater coverts the same as 

 the median coverts, the inner ones bright bay externally, ashy on 

 the inner web ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, 

 externally edged with ashy grey, more hoary on the margins of the 

 primaries, the inner secondaries externally bright chestnut ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, edged with ashy, the penultimate feather with a 



