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Pipilo maculatus oregonus, Ridgw. Proe. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 181 



(1881) ; Coues, Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 60 (1882) ; id. Key N. 



Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 396 (1884) ; Anthony, .4mA, iii. p. 169 (1886) ; 



A. O. U. Check-list N.-Amer. B. p. 284 (1886) ; Ridgw. Man. 



N. Amer. B. p. 437 (1887). 

 Adult male. General colour above black, the lower back and 

 rump included ; tbe scapulars black, with longitudinal white marks 

 near the end of the outer web ; lesser wing-coverts black : median 

 and greater coverts black, with a white spot at the end ; bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, with a small white edging 

 to some of the primaries, and a slight indication of a white spot at 

 the end of the secondaries ; upper tail-coverts black ; tail-feathers 

 black, the three outer ones with a spot of white at the end of the 

 inner web, increasing in size towards the outermost ; crown of 

 head, sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, and throat black, as also the 

 sides of the neck ; fore neck, breast, and abdomen white ; sides of 

 body and flanks deep orange-chestnut ; thighs black ; under tail- 

 coverts orange-chestnut : under wing-coverts and axillaries white 

 washed with rufous, and having black bases ; quills below blackish, 

 ashy along the inner edge. Total length 6*9 inches, culmen 0'6, 

 wing 3"35, tail 3-5, tarsus 1*05, 



The mantle in this species is generally entirely black, but in the 

 specimen described some of the feathers adjacent to the scapulars 

 are also marked with white. 



Hab. Pacific coast-region from Washington Territory, south to 

 San Francisco, California {A. 0. U. Gheck-l. I. c). 



a. c? ad. sk. N.W. Boundary Survey (Dr. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



B. Kennerley ; Sm. no. 15986). 



b. T 2 1 ad. sk. Straits of San Juan de Fuca. Capt. Kellett & Lieut. 



Wood [P.]. 



c. c? ad. sk. Vancouver Island. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.], 



d. S ad. sk. Vancouver Island. Dp-. Lyall [P.]. 



e,f, g. Ad. sk. British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [C] 



h, i. $ $ ad. sk. British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



Subsp. I. Pipilo consobrinus. 



Pipilo maculatus consobrinus, Ridgw. Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. ii. 



p. 189 (1878) ; id. Proe. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. pp. 181, 217, 228 (1881). 

 Pipilo consobrinus, Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. p. 60(1877); 



A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 284 (1886) ; Ridgw. Man. p. 437 



(1887). 



Similar to P. oregonus, but smaller, &c. (cf. Mr. Ridg way's 

 characters in the " Key " p. 742). 



Hab. Guadelupe Island, Lower California. 



Subsp. e . Pipilo submaculatus. 



Pipilo submaculatus, Ridgw. Auk, iii. p. 332 (1886) ; id. Man. p. 438 

 (1887). 

 For Mr. E'dgway's definition of this race, see the " Key " (antea, 

 p. 743). 



Hab. Southern Mexico. 



