714 



FPxINGILLIILE. 



Belding, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 348 (1883) ; Cows, Key N. 

 Amer. B. p. 375 (1884) ; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 278 

 (1886) ; Scott, Auk, iii. p. 83 (1886). 



Adult male. Similar to P. ruficeps, but paler, with the crown of 

 a lighter rufous, the mantle and back uniform without any dark 

 centres to the feathers, and the quill-lining pale ashy rufous, not 

 so chestnut as in P. ruficeps. Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 0'5, 

 wing 2-55, tail 2*75, tarsus 075. 



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

 culmen 0-5, wing 2-4, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-8. 



Rah. Southern New Mexico and Arizona. 



a. 2 ad. sk. 



b. c? ad. sk. 



c. c? ad. sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. 



e. <$ ad. ; /. 



juv. sk. 

 g. S a d. sk. 



h. $ ad. sk. 



Santa Rita Mountains, Ari- 

 zona, June 13, 1884 {F. 



Stephens). 

 Santa Rita Mountains, June 



29, 1884 (E. W. Nelson; 



Sm. no. 98899). 

 Santa Rita Mountains, July 



1884 (E. W. Nelson; Sm. 



no. 99338). 

 Santa Rita Mountains, June 22, 



1884 (E. TV. Nelson; Sm. 



no. 98892). 

 Santa Rita Mountains, July 1, 



1884 (F. Stephens). 

 Sierras de Santa Catalina, 



Arizona, March 27, 1885 



(TV. E.JD. Scott). 

 Catalina Mill, July 28, 1884 



(W. E. D. Scott). 



H. K. Coale, Esq. 



[P.]. 



H. K. Coale, Esq. 



[P.]. 



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

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



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.J- 

 Hon. G. R. Sennett 

 [P.]. 



Hon. G. B. Sennett 



[P.]. 



Subsp. )3. Peucaea boucardi. 



Ainmodroruus sp., Scl P. Z. S. 1857, p. 214. 



Peuctea boucardi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 380 ; id. §• Salv. Nomencl. 



Av. Neotr. p. 32 (1873) ; Salvin fy Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., 



Aves, i. p. 391 (1886). 

 Zonotrichia boucardi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 1, pi. i. 

 Ammodromus boucardi, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 96, no. 7430 (1870). 

 Peucaea ruficeps, var. boucardi, Baird, Brewer, Sr Ridfjw. Hist. 



N. Amer. B. ii. p. 38 (1874) ; Zawr. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, 



p. 21 (1876). 

 Peucaea ruficeps eremaeca, Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii. p. 26 



(1882) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 375 (1884) ; A. O. U. 



Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 279 (1886). 



Adult (type of species). Similar to P. ruficeps, of which it is a 

 large, pale, greyer-coloured race, with the ear-coverts conspicuously 

 more ashy. Total length 6 - 5 inches, culmen - 55, wing 2*65, tail 

 2-95, tarsus 0-85. 



Hab. Mexico, extending into Texas and Arizona. 



a. Ad. sk. La Puebla, Mexico (.4. Bou- Sclater Coll. (Type 



card). of species.) 



b. <$ ad. sk. La Puebla, Jan. 1866 (A. Salvin-G odman Coll. 



Boucard). 



