748 FRINGILLID.ffi. 



Subsp. a. Pipilo arcticus. 



Pyrgita (Pipilo) arctica, Swains, fy Rich. Faun. Bor.-Amer., Birch, 



p. 26, pis. 51, 52 (1831). 

 Pipilo arcticus, Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. <$r N. Amer. p. 35 (1838) ; 



Audub. Syn. p. 123 (1839) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 3G0 (1844) ; Bp. 



Comp. i. p. 487 Q850) ; Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 514 (1858) ; Scl. 



Cat. Amer. B. p". 119 (1862) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 492 ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 92, no. 7359 (1870). 

 Pipilo subarcticus, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 515 (1858). 

 Pipilo erythroplitkahnus, var. arcticus, Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 



iii. p. 178 (1872). 

 Pipilo rnaculatus, var. arcticus, Coues,Key N. Amer. B. p. 152(1872); 



id.B. N.-West, p. 175 (1874) ; Baird, Brewer, # Ridyw. Hist. N. 



Amer. B. ii. p. 119, pi. 31. figs. 5, 6 (1874). 

 Pipilo rnaculatus arcticus, Coues, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 599 



(1878) ; Ridyw. Proe. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 181 (1881) ; Coues, 



Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 16 (1882); id. Key N. Amer. B. 2nd 



ed. p. 396 (1884) ; Beckh. Auk, ii. p. 142 (1885) ; Ayersb. t. c. 



p. 282 ; Seton, Auk, iii p. 324 (1886) ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. 



B. p. 283 (1886) ; Ridyw. Man. N. Amer. B. 437 (1887). 



Adult male. Scarcely differs from P. rnaculatus. The contrast of 

 the grey of the lower back and rump with the black of the upper 

 parts not quite so pronounced. Total length 7" 6 inches, culmen 

 0-55, wing 3-4, tail 3-65, tarsus l'l. 



Hah. Plains of the Platte, Upper Missouri, Yellowstone, and 

 Saskatchewan Rivers west to the eastern slope of the Rocky 

 Mountains : south in winter to Katisas, Colorado and Texas 

 (A. 0. U. Check-list, I. c). 



a. <S ad. sk. TTexas.l R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Texas, Nov. 10, 1863 (H. E. Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



Dresser), 

 o. S ad. sk. Texas, Nov. 10, 1863 {H. E. Sclater Coll. 



Dresser). 



d. 2 ad. sk. Kendall Co., Texas, Jan. 19, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1880 {N. C. Brown). [P.]. 



e. £ ad. sk. Yellowstone River, Sept. 24 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



(G. H. Nook; Sin. no. 

 29458). 

 /. 9 ad. sk. Nebraska (Dr. Hayden) ; Sm. Sclater Coll. 



no. 4844). 



Subsp. /3. Pipilo megalonyx. 



Pipilo megalonyx, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 515, pi. 73 (1858) ; id. 



Mex. Bound. Surv. ii. Birds, p. 17 (1858) ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. 



p. 119 (1862) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 92, no. 7356 (1870) ; 



Cooper, B. Calif, p. 242 (1870) ; Scl. $ Salv. Nomencl, Ao. Neotr. 



p. 33 (1873) ;' Salvin § Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 409 (1886). 

 Pipilo rnaculatus, var. megalonyx, Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 152 



(1872); Baird, Breioer, # Ridyw. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 113, 



pi. 31. fig. 9 (1874) ; Coues, B. N.-West, p. 174 (1874); Beldiny, 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 419 (1879). 



