370 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Arizona; south to Maziitlan 498(7. A. phceniceus 



longirostris Salvad.' Sonoran Red-wing. 



p. Smaller, with larger bill, and upper parts darker. Male : 



Length about 8.00-8.50, wing 4.50, tail 3.40-3.70 (3.55), 



culmen 1.00-1.05 (1.03). depth of bill at base .40-.42 



(.41), tarsus 1.10-1.20 (1.15). Female: Ground-color 



above mixed grayish brown and rusty (the latter 



chicflj' on back and scapulars), the top of head 



streaked with black and divided bj- a very distinct 



lighter median stripe ; back and scapulars broadly 



streaked with black and bufT3- whitish ; length about 



6.50-7.00, wing 3.C0-3.S0 (3.67), tail 2.70-2.90 (2.81), 



culmen .75-.85 (.79), depth of bill at base .38-.40 (.39), 



tarsus .95-1.05 (.99). Hab. Bahamas and southern 



Florida (Miami, Key West, etc.)... 4986. A. phceniceus 



bryanti Ridgw. Bahaman Red-wing.' 



fP. Adult males with the middle wing-coverts more or less extensively 



black terminally, the basal portion buff or ochraeeous (but 



usuall}^ concealed by lesser coverts) ; adult females with dusky 



largely prevailing on lower parts (often noarlj- uniform dusk}-), 



and with superciliary stripe not sharply defined (often very 



indistinct). 



Male: Length about 9.00-10.00. wing 4.90-5.65 (5.17), tail 

 3.50-4.05^ (3.83), culmen .81-1.02 (.89), depth of bill at 

 base .40-.49 (.46), tarsus 1.20-1.30 (1.23). Female: Above 

 nearly uniform brownish duskj', the top of head, back, 

 and scapulars more or less distinctlj- streaked with paler, 

 and the wing-feathers with narrow paler (sometimes 

 whitish) edgings ; lower parts brownish dusky, more or 

 less distinctly streaked (never conspicuously) with dull 

 brownish gra}% the chin and throat jiale buffy or pinkish, 

 the latter marked with triangular S]iots of dusky, in lon- 

 gitudinal series ; length about 7.50-8.50, wing 4.05-4.35 

 (4.21), tail 2.90-3.25 (3.04). culmen .75-.78 (.76), depth of 

 bill at base .38, tarsus 1.05-1.10 (1.07). Eggs .95 X CS. 

 Hab. Valleys of California and western Oregon, and south 

 into Mexico. 



499. A. gubernator (Waol.). Bicolored Blackbird. 

 C*. Adult female entirely uniform deep black, including lesser wing-coverts. 

 (Adult male exaetlj- like that of A. phwniceus in color.) 



> Agelaiiu longirottrit Salvad., Atti del Roale Acoad. Scionz. Torino, ix. April 26, 1874, 632 (western 

 Mexico). 



'New sub-ipecics. The adult male is not appreciably dilTcrent in plumage from either the common A. 

 phaniccui or the Cuban A. n»«imi7i>, but differs in proportions from both. The National Museum possesses, 

 besides Bahaman specimen,-', an adult male and a female from Miami, Florida (C. J. Maysard, collector), and 

 an adult female from Key West (" Albatross" collection). 



