744 FRINGIILID^!. 



d". With no yellowish-white markings on 



the scapulars virescens, p. 752. 



b. With no Mack on the head ; no white on 

 outer tail-feathers. 

 c\ With a more or less distinct collar of 

 black spots on the fore neck ; breast 

 white or ashy. 

 e". General to Lie of throat rufescent, in- 

 cluding- the chin. 

 e'". Crown of head more distinctly ru- 

 fous than the back. 

 c l . Larger; tail 3*95 inches; lower 

 flanks and abdomen washed with 

 tawny, so that the rufous under 

 tail-coverts are not in strong 



contrast mesoleucus, p. 754. 



d\ Smaller ; tail 3 - inches ; abdo- 

 men white, flanks ashy, so that 

 the rufous under tail-coverts are 



in strong contrast albigula, p. 755. 



f". Crown of head only slightly more 

 rufous than the back. 

 e 1 . Throat fawn-buff, centre of breast 



ashy crismlis, p. 753. 



fK Throat ochreous buff, centre of 



breast white fuscus, p. 752. 



f. Throat white, with a band of tawny 

 rufous separating the chin from the 



lower throat rutilns, p. 755. 



d'. With no collar of black spots on the 

 throat, which is rufescent with black 

 streaks ; centre of throat isabelline ; lores 

 and chin blackish aberti, p. 756. 



1. Pipilo erythrophthalrnus. 



The Towhe-bird, Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, i. p. 34, pi. 34 (1831). 



Le Pincon de la Caroline, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 109 (1760). 



Fringilla erythrophthalma, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 318 (1766) ; Audub. 



B. Amer. pi. 29; id. Orn. Bioqr. i. p. 150 (1831), v. p. 511 



(1839) ; Nutt. Man. p. 515 (1832). 

 Pincon noir aux yeivx rouges, Montb. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 141 



(1778). 

 Towhee Bunting, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 199 (1783); Penn. 



Arctic Zool. ii. p. 359 (1785). 

 Emberiza erythrophthalma, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 874 (1788) ; Wils. 



Amer. Orn. iii. p. 90, pi. 53. fig. 5 (1812). 

 Pipilo ater, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 292 (1819). 

 Pipilo erythrophthalma, Vieill. Gal. Oi«. i. p. 109, pi. 80 (1S25) ; 



Jard. ed. Wils. Amer. Orn. ii. p. 293 (1832) ; Bp. Comp. List 



B.Eur.. § N Amer. p. 35 (1838); Audub. Syn. p. 124 (1839); 



id. B. Amer. 8vo, iii. p. 167, pi. 195 (1841) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. 



p. 360 (1844) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 487 (1850) ; Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. 



p. 139 (1850) ; Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 512 (1858) ; Scl. Cat. Amer. 



B. p. 119 (1862); Blakist. Ibis, 1863, p. 80; Baird, Ibis, 1867, 



p. 270 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 92, no. 7354 (1870) ; Allen, Bull. 



