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2.98-3.10 (3.04), tail 2.80-2.86 (2.78), culmcn .50-.51 (.50), tar- 

 sus .89. llab. llii^her portions of Houthorn AUcgLanios. 



567e. J. hyemalis carolinensis Urewst. Carolina Junco. 

 6'. Back rusty brown or rufous, ciocidcdly diftcrent from color of chest. 



c'. Greater wing-coverts and tertials with outer webs chiefly or entirely 

 gi-ay, like rest of wing, 

 d'. Bill light flesli-color or purplish white, and iris dark brown, 

 or clarct-color, as in J. hyemalis ; head, neck, chest, sides, 

 and upper parts except back, ash-gray, the belly rather ab- 

 ruptly white, and the back rusty or rufous ; length about G.OO- 

 6.50. Male: Wing 3.18-3.42 (3.28), tail 2.93-3.27 (2.99), culmen 

 .50-.52 (.51), tarsus .80-.87 (.82). Female: Wing 2.95-3.26 (3.08), 

 tail 2.85-3.07 (2.9G), culmen .50-.52 (.51), tarsus .77-85 (.81). 

 Eijgs .80 X -59, white, dull pinkish white, or greenish white, 

 speckled (usually very minutelj-), chiefly on larger end, with 

 reddish brown. Hab. Rocky Mountain district, breeding from 

 Fort Bridger southward. 

 (63.) 569. J. caniceps (Woodh.). Gray-headed Jnnco. 



d'. Bill with upper mandible blackish, lower yellowish; iris brown; 

 plumage as in J. caniceps, but paler beneath, the much paler 

 ash of chest and sides fading gradually into white of belly ; 

 length about 6.25-6.60. Male : Wing 3.05-3.40 (3.25), tail 2.97- 

 3.22 (3.11), culmen .49-.53 (.51), tarsus .77-.82 (.80). Female: 

 Wing 3.10-3.20 (3.13), tail 2.93-3.10 (3.01), culmen .49-.52 (.50), 

 tarsus .77-81 (.79). Eggs .77 X -60, plain greenish white, some- 

 times with very minute reddish brown sprinkling or " dusting" 

 in ring round larger end. Hah. Southern Eocky Mountains 

 (New Mexico and eastern Arizona). 



570(7. J. phaeonotus dorsalis (Henry). Red-backed Junco. 

 c'. Greater wing-coverts and tertials with outer webs chiefly rusty or rufou.s. 

 (Up2)er mandible blackish, lower yellowish, as in J. cinereus dorsalis ; 

 iris yellow.) 

 (P. Outer tail-feather with more than half of the inner web white ; 

 rump gray (rarely tinged with olive) ; back bright rusty or 

 rufous, 

 e". Eump and top of head slatc-graj', the former sometimes tinged 

 with olive; lower parts entirely dull whitish, shaded, 

 more or less, with pale grayish anteriorly ; wing 2.77-3.20 

 (3.00), tail 2.75-3.12 (2.94), culmen .51-.53 (.52), tarsus .83- 

 .90 (.87). JLib. Uighlands of Mexico. 



J. phseonotus Waol. Mexican Junco.' 



e'. Rump and top of head clear ash-gray, the former without 



olive tingo; lower parts usually decidedly ashy anteriorly 



> Junco phctonolut Waol., Isis, 1S31, 526. 



