

81. pipilo. 755 



cheeks and throat dull white, spotted with hlack, more largely 

 on the fore neck ; centre of breast whitish, the sides ashy ; sides of 

 the body and thighs pale ashy, washed with fulvous ; under tail- 

 coverts pale tawny buff; axillaries and under wing-coverts dull 

 whitish, with dusky bases ; quills dusky below, edged with dull 

 white along the inner web. Total length 8 inches, culmen 065, 

 wing 3-65, tail 3-95, tarsus T05. 



Hah. Southern border of the United States, from the Valley of 

 the Upper Rio Grande, west to the Valley of the Gila, south into 

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



a. $ ad. sk. Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



June 29, 1884 (E. W. Nelson ; Sm. 

 no. 98953). 



b. <S ad. sk. Arizona, Aug. 7, 1874 ( Dr. Bothrock ; U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



Sm. no. 69688). 



c. Ad. sk. New Mexico (Kennicott). Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. [California.] Purchased. 



6. Pipilo albigula. 



Pipilo albigula, Baird, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 305 (1858) ; 



Cooper, B. Calif, p. 248 (1870) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 92, 



no. 7362 (1874). 

 Pipilo fuscus, var. albigula, Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 152 (1872) ; 



Baird, Brewer, # Ridgiv. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 127, pi. 31. 



fig. 11 (1874). 

 Pipilo fuscus albigula, Ilidgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. pp. 181, 



218, 228 (1881); Coues, Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 61 (1882); 



Belding, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 540 (1883) ; Coues, Key N. 



Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 397 (1884) ; A. O. U. Check-list N Amer. B. 



p. 285 (1886) ; Ridgw. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 440 (1887). 



Adult male. Similar to P. mesoleucus, but smaller, with the 

 abdomen white and the flanks ashy brown, causing the tawny 

 rufous under tail-coverts to appear in strong contrast. Total 

 length 7*3 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 3 - 55, tail 3-6, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 

 7 inches, culmen % 65, wing 3 - 6, tail 3*75, tarsus 0'95. 



Hab. Lower California. 



a. Ad. sk. Lower California (J. Xantus). Sclater Coll. 



b. $ ad. sk. Cape S. Lucas, Lower California Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. Xantus; Sm. no. 26500). 



c. 3 ad. sk. La Paz, Lower California, Dec. 5 Salvin-Godman Coll 



(A. Forrer). 



d. 2 ad. sk. La Paz, Lower California. March 28 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(A. Forrer). 



7. Pipilo rutilus. 



Tanagra rutila, Licht. Preis Ferz. Mex., Yog. p. 2 (1830) ; Cab. J.f. O. 



1863, p. 57. 

 Pipilo albicollis, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1858. p. 304, 1859, p. 330; id, 



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