BIRDS—FRINGILLIDAE—JUNCO CINEREUS. 465 
Above darker plumbeous, this continued around the head and neck, and extending along 
the sides, although a little paler than above. Lores darker..............6......0. caniceps. 
C.—Interscapular region without any red. 
Body throughout nearly uniform dusky plumbeous, the belly and crissum beneath 
abruptly white. Claws rather shorter.....csccorseccssesscesessenscercesererescsesess RYCMAMS. 
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8060 | Junco cinereus..... | M@XiCO..seee ees eeceeecens 3.26 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.23 | 0.58 | 0.30 | 0.45 | 0.45 | Skin....... 
1947 | Junco oregonus ....| Columbia river 2.76 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.21 56 | 0.27 | 0.44 | 0.50 | Skin. 
California 2.85 | 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.19 53 | 0.26 | 0.42 | 0.46 | Skin.. 
sleveees do. 2.78 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.18 | 0.52 | 0.26 | 0.43 | 0.46 | Skin.. 
Fort Thorn, 3.02 | 0.85 | 0.76 | 0.20 | 0.62 | 0.30 | 0.48 | 0.48 | Skin....... 
gecetaune| sees dOL 3.53 | 0.85 | 0.78 | 0.22 | 0.60 | 0.98 | 0.46 | 0.49 | Skin. ...... 
9281 | Junco caniceps .,..| San Francisco mountains. .. 3.03 | 0.79 | 0.70 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.23 | 0.40 | 0.40 | Skin. ..... 
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JUNCO CINEREUS, Cabanis. 
Fringilla cinerea, Sw. Syn. Birds Mex. in Phil. Mag. I, 1827, 435. 
Junco cinereus, Capanis, Mus. Hein. 1850, 134. 
“ Fringilla rufidorsis, Licur.’’ Bonaparte; probably a catalogue name. a 
Junco phaeonotus, Wac er, Isis, 1831, 526.—Bonap. Comptes Rendus, XXXVII, 518. 
Sp. Cu.—Bill black above, bright yellow below. Feet yellow. Above, including the outer edges of the primary and secondary 
quills, grayish ash or plumbeous. Entire interscapular region, scapulars, greater wing coverts, and outer webs of tertials 
reddish chestnut. Lores abruptly blackish. Under parts generally pale ashy white ; purest on the middle of the belly. Two 
outer tail feathers white, the basal portion dark brown ; the third with a white spot at the end. Length, 6.40; wing, 3.15 ; 
tail, 3.26. 
Hab.—Mexico. 
In this species the bill is quite elongated and rather slender. The outer tail feather is brown 
for the basal third, this color extending obliquely forward along the inner edge. The brown is 
more extended on the second feather, and it covers the entire outer web. The white of the 
third feather is confined to a stripe on the end. 
Although the Junco cinereus has not yet been found within the limits of the United States, it 
yet occurs on the table lands of Mexico. I describe it here, however, chiefly to serve as an 
illustration of the other closely allied species of the United States. The specimens before me 
are both Mexican; one, No. 8060, received from Mr. John Gould; the other, 9117 3, from Mr. 
Verreaux. 
June 16, 1858. 
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