74. petjcea. 713 



I' S^nS*' *''■ ?"¥■ P - 218 (1870 > ' Coue8 > ** N - A ^er. B. 

 p. 140 (1872) ; Baird, Brewer, c\ Bidgio. Hist. N. Amer. B ii 



fi&ftaSAS (18 ? ); B T ? ldl ^P'-oc UA Nat ki ,\ 

 p. 41« (1878); 22«fyw. P,w. C/.S. Aai. Jf«s. iii. p . 180 (1881V 

 Caues ChecMtstN. Amer. B. p. 55 (1882); id. Key N. Amer B 

 ™ f;. ?-J<4 (1884) ; Everm. Auk, iii. p. 182 (1886) : A. U 

 Uheck-list N. Amer. B. p. 278 (1886). 



Adult male. General colour above chestnut-brown, varied with 

 ashy, the feathers being ashy on the edges, rufous in the centre • 

 lower back and rump more uniform ashy brown; lesser winff- 

 coverts brown, washed with ashy ; median coverts brown, with 

 blackish centres and ashy margins ; greater coverts dark brown, 

 externally ashy, the innermost washed with chestnut; bastard- 

 wing dark brown, with ashy or whity-brown margins ; primary- 

 coverts and quills dark brown, edged with ashv, whity brown on 

 the primaries, the secondaries externally rufous, the innermost 

 margined with ashy towards the ends ; upper tail-coverts reddish 

 brown, margined with ashy; tail-feathers brown, crossed with 

 indistinct dusky brown bars under certain lights, the feathers 

 clearer rufous on the edges; crown of head uniform chestnut or 

 bay, with a few ashy tips on the feathers of the centre of the 

 crown and nape ; lores whitish, as weU as a tolerably broad 

 eyebrow, which becomes ashy above the ear-coverts • feathers 

 round eye whitish ; base of forehead black, extending in a narrow 

 line above the eyebrow; ear-coverts dark ochreous brown, with 

 paler shaft-streaks, and having a chestnut line along the upper 

 margin; cheeks ochreous white, followed by a distinct malar line 

 ot black ; throat pale ochreous buff, the chin whiter ; lower throat 

 and fore neck ashy, with an ochreous tinge ; centre of breast and 

 abdomen ashy whitish ; sides of body and flanks ochreous brown 

 more or less ashy ; thighs like the flanks ; under tail-coverts clear 

 ochreous buff; under wing-coverts and axillaries ashy brown 

 margined with ochreous ; quills below dusky brown, rufous alon- 

 the inner edge. Total length 5-4 inches, culmen 0-5, win- 2-4 

 tail 2-45, tarsus 0'75. ° " ' 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 5-5 inches 

 culmen 0*5, wing 2-3, tail 23, tarsus 0-85. 

 Hub. California. 



a. 6 ad. sk. Nicasio, California, July 11, R. B. Sharpe, Esq 



1879. rp -j r 4 ' 



b, c. J $ ad. sk. Nicasio, March 29, 1881. Hon. G. B. Sennett 



[P. 1 . 

 d. Ad. sk. [North America.] Salvm-Godman Coll. 



Subsp. a. Peucaea homochlamys. 

 Peucasa ruficeps, var. boucardi (nee Sol.), Hensh. Ben. Orn Spec 



W S£££L£ cpeA p - 117 ( 1874 >' ** Me P- Ev P L imh Merid. 

 p. J.b\) (liS/o). 



Peucaea ruficeps boucardi (nee Scl), Bidgw. Proc. U.S Wat Mus 



in. p. 180 (1881); Cows, Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 55 (1882); 



