70. PO(ECETES. 



673 



Pooecetes gramineus confinis, Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p 17 

 (1878) ; Beldimj, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mm. i. p. 415 (1879) ; Bidgw. 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 217 (1881) ; Coues, Check-list N. Amer. 

 B. p. 52 (1882) ; Belding, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mm. vi. p. 350 (1883) ; 

 Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 365 (1884) ; Brew, Auk, ii. 

 p. 16 (1885) ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 264 (1886) ; 

 Seton, Auk, iii. p. 323 (1886). 



Adult. Similar to P. gramineus, but altogether greyer, the upper 

 surface being ashy brown, and not so heavily streaked as in the 

 last-named bird ; under surface of body also less distinctly streaked 

 than in P. gramineus, and the sides of the body more ashy. Total 

 length 5-8 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 3-2, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult male. Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 3-1 

 tail 2-25, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 045, wing 3-1 

 tail 2-3, tarsus 0-8. 



The autumn plumage is slightly more rufescent than the summer 

 plumage, and at that season of the year there is more resemblance 

 to the true P. gramineus, but whether an actual gradation takes 

 place between the two forms I am unable to say. Dr. Coues calls 

 P. confinis a " paler, greyer form from the dry western regions." 



Bab. Western United States, from the Plains to the Pacific, 

 south into Mexico {A. 0. U. Check-list, I. c). 



a, b. Ad. sk. 49th Parallel, June 1874 (G. 



Dawson). 



c. Ad. sk. Milk River, lat. 49°, July 24, 



1874 (E. Cuues; Sm. no. 

 67546). 



d. J ad. sk. Turtle Mountain, July 20, U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



1873 (B. Coues ; Sin. no. 

 65818). 



e. f. Ad. sk. British Columbia. 

 g. Ad. sk. California (Schulte). 

 h. Ad. sk. Laramie Peak, Wyoming, 



July 9, 1864 (B. B. Hitz ; 



Sm. no. 95164). 

 i. $ ad. sk. Eio Blanco, Colorado, Sept. 



9, 1874 ( C. E. Aitken ; Sm. 



no. 69631). 

 k. J ad. sk. Denver, Colorado, May 7, U.S. Nat. Mus. fP 1 



1873 (H. W. Hemhaw; 



Sm. no. 71296). 

 I $ ad. sk. Arizona, Sept. 1874 (H. TV. 



Hemhaw ; Sm. no. 69626). 

 m. 3 ad. sk. Camp Grant, Arizona, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll 



22, 1873 (Maquet ; Sm. no. 



66857). 

 n. (3 ad. sk. Tucson, Arizona, April 9, 



1884 (F. Stephens). 

 o. 5 ad. sk. Oaxaca, Mexico (A. Boucard). 



p. 3 ad. sk. Oaxaca, Nov. 1866 {A. Bou- 



card). 



q. Ad. sk. Jalapa (Be Oca). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



r. Ad. sk. Jalapa (Hoge). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



vox. xii. 2 x 



N. A . Boundary Com- 

 mission [P.]. 

 Salvin-GodmanColl. 



J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



Sclater Coll. 



Pi. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H. K. Coale, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



