69. spizelia. 669 



Mab. South-western United States, New Mexico, Arizona, ranging 

 into Mexico. 



Camp Grant, Arizona, March 1, Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



1867 (Dr. E. Palmer ; Sin. no. 



49744). 

 Apache, Arizona, Aug. 6, 1873 R. B. Skarpe, Esq. 



(H. W. H.; Sm. no. 66934). [P.]. 



Camp Tkorne, Yellowstone River, Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



July 18, 1873 (Sm. no. 65190). 

 El Paso County, Colorado, May 29, H. K.Coale, Esq. [P.]. 



1872 (C. E.Aiken). 

 Fort Garland, Colorado, June 23, Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



1873 (jy. W. Hoishaiv ; Sm. no. 

 72300). 



Aqua Caliente, California, March R. B. Skarpe, Esq. 



26, 1884 (F. Stephens). [P.]. 



Cohuilla Valley, California, April G. Frean Morcom, 



16, 1886 (F. Stephens). Esq. [P.]. 



Ciudad Durango, Mexico, Oct. 24 Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



(A. Forrer). 



8. Spizelia atrigularis. 



Spinites atrigularis, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 133 (1850). 



Struthus atrimeutalis, Couch, Proc. Philad. Acad. vii. p. 67 (1854). 



Spizelia atroguhris, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 476 (1858) ; id. Me.v. 

 Bound. Surv. ii. Birds, p. 16, pi. 17. fig. 1 (1858) ; Duges, La Nat. 

 i. p. 140 (1868); Cooper, B. Calif, p. 210 (1870) ; Cones, Key N. 

 Amer. B. p. 144 (1872) ; Scl. $ Salv. Nomencl. Ai\ Neotr. p. 32 

 (1873) ; Baird, Breiver, ty Ridgw. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 15 

 (1874) ; Lawr. Ball. U.S. Nat. Mas. ii. p. 21 (1876) ; Cuues, Check- 

 list N. Amer. B. p. 57 (1882) ; Ridyw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. iii. 

 pp. 179,232 (1881); Beldiny, op. cit. vi. n. 348 (1883); Coues, 

 Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 381 (1884) ; A. O. U. Check-list N. 

 Amer. B. p. 274 (1886) ; Salvin fy Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Aves, i. p. 380 (1886). 



Spizelia evura, Coues, Ibis, 1865, pp. 118, 164 ; Ridgw. Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. 3fus. iii. p. 235 (1881). 



Zonotrichia atrigularis, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 95, no. 7401 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above reddish brown, the mantle and 

 upper back streaked with blackish brown ; lower back and rump 

 ashy grey, slightly washed with brown ; scapulars more decidedly 

 rufous than the back; lesser wing- coverts ashy grey; median and 

 greater coverts blackish, edged with pale rufous, fulvescent towards 

 the ends ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish brown, 

 edged with ashy, inclining to hoary grey on the primaries, the 

 secondaries margined with pale rufous ; upper tail-coverts ashy like 

 the rump ; tail-feathers dusky brown, margined with ashy brown, 

 inclining to whitish on the edges and tips of the outer feathers ; 

 crown of head aud hind neck dark ashy grey, slightly overshaded 

 with brown, the grey shade extending on to the upper mantle ; base 



