68. jxtnco. 655 



Juuco hieinalis caniceps, Coues, Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 56 (1882) ; 



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

 Junco cinereus caniceps, Scott, Auk, ii. p. 174 (1885). 



Adult male. Very similar to J. cinereus, but easily distinguished 

 by the brighter bay of the mantle, the greater extent of white on 

 the breast and abdomen, by the absence of chestnut on the scapulars 

 and wing-coverts, all of which are grey, and by the greater amount 

 of white ou the tail, the two outer feathers of which are almost 

 entirely white. Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 045, wing 3'2, 

 tail 2-6, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. Rocky-Mountain region from the Black Hills to the 

 Wahsatch and Uinta mountains, south to New Mexico and 

 Arizona (A. 0. U. Check-list, I. c). 



a. cS ad. sk. Cantonment Burgwin, New R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Mexico (IF. W. Anderson). [?•]• 



b. Ad. sk. South Park, Aug. 1867 (Prof. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Powell; Sm.no. 51631). 



c. Ad. sk. Rocky Mountains, Aug. 20, 1874 U. S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



(Dr. E. Coues ; Sm. no. 

 72993). 



9. Junco palliatus. 



Junco cinereus palliatus, Ridgw. Auk, ii. p. 364 (1885) ; A. O. U. 

 Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 275 (1886). 



Adult. Outer web of tertials and some of the wing-coverts rufous ; 

 upper parts of head and neck, with rump, clear ash-grey ; lores 

 greyish black (Ridgway). 



Hah. Mountains of Central and Southern Arizona (Ridgway). 



10. Junco dorsalis. 



Junco dorsalis, Henri/, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1858, p. 117 ; Baird, B. N. 



ylw2e>-.p.467,pl. 28. fig. 11 (1858) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 93, no. 



7371 (1870) ; Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 179 (1881). 

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

 Junco hieinalis dorsalis, Hensh. Rep. Orn. Sjjec. Wheeler's Exped. 



p. 115 (1874) ; Coues, Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 56 (1882) ; id. Key 



N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 379 (1884). 

 Junco cinereus, var. dorsalis, Hensh. Rep. Zool. JExpl. 100th Merid. 



p. 270, pi. ix. (1875). 

 Junco cinereus dorsalis, Ridgway, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 355 



(1885) ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 275 (1886) ; Ridgw. 



Auk, iii. p. 364 (1886). 



Adult. General colour above dark ashy grey, the mantle and 

 centre of the back chestnut ; scapulars, lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts dark ashy grey, somewhat shaded with brown ; lesser 

 wing-coverts dark ashy grey ; median and greater coverts brown, 

 edged with ashy ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dusky 

 brown, margined with ashy, horny whitish on the primaries ; tail- 



