PIPILO. 435 



ish fulvous; under tail-covcrts pale buif; length 6.00-6.75, wing 2.60- 

 2.75, tail 2.50-2.70, tav.^us .90-.95. iVfs< in low bushes, composed of dried 

 twigs, straws, etc., the top partially or completely domed. Eggs 2-4, 

 .89 X -64, plain pure white. Hab. Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas, 



and southward 586. A. rufivirgata Lawr. Texas Sparrow. 



b\ Bill stouter, its deptli at haso .28-.33, length of upper mandililo from nostril 

 to tip .35-40 ; flanks deep drab or raw umber-brown ; lower tail-coverts 

 deep fulvous-buff; wing 2.55-2.75, tail 2.30-2.70, tarsus .85-.90. Hab. 

 Southern Mexico. 



A. rufivirgata crassirostris Baird. Cordova Sparrow.' 

 rt'. Upper mandible dark brown or brownish black ; legs and feet deep brown ; 

 crown-stripes sharply defined, black anteriorly, mixed chestnut and black 

 posteriorly, the broad median stripe clear ash-gray throughout. 



Bill slender, and posterior lower parts pale, as in E. rufivirgata ; depth of 

 bill at base .26-.28, length from nostril .35-.40, wing 2.50-2.68, tail 2.60- 

 2.80, tarsus .85-95. Hab. Yucatan (ilcrida). 



A. rufivirgata verticalis RiDOW. Striped-crowned Sparrow.^ 



Gents PIPILO Yieillot. (Page 384, pi. CXI., figs. 1, 3.) 



Species. 



{Nest on ground, in bushy places, in bushes, brambles, vines, or small trees. 

 Eggs 3-5, more or less spotted.) 



«'. Throat and chest black or brownish, in abrupt contrast with white of breast 

 and belly ; sides and flanks rufous or rusty. Eggs white, pinkish white, or 

 dilute cinnamon or vinaceous, thickly speckled or sprinkled with reddish 

 brown. 

 6'. Wings and tail black or brownish, like chest, etc. 



c'. Wing-coverts and scapulars without white markings. {Adult male: 

 Ilead, neck, chest, and upper parts uniform black ; basal portion 

 of quills, and edge of outer web near middle, white, the two 

 sometimes confluent ; a largo white patch at tip of inner webs 

 of three or four outer tail-feathers. Adult female: Similar to 

 male, but black everywhere replaced by umber-brown. Young: 

 Wings and tail much as in adult ; head, neck, back, and chest dull 

 fulvous, streaked with blackish.) 

 d}. Larger, with larger white markings on quills and tail-feathers ; 

 iris of adult male bright carmine-red; length 7.50-8.75, wing 

 3.30-3.75 (3.50). tail 3.55-4.10 (3.84), white space on outer tail- 

 feather 1.30-1.00 long. Eggs .94 X -71. ffab. Eastern United 



' E^-brrnnjra rtifirirgata, fi. cra$nro»trit RiDGW., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. i. Dec. 17, 1S78, 248, 249 (ejc " E. 

 r\iji:!rtjat<\ var. cratfinottria Baird, MS."), 



' E.nhernn.jra rnjivirgnta, y. verticalii KiDOW., Proc. V. S. N'at. Mup. i. Dec. 17, l?:"", ;iS, 249. 



