428 i'i{(>c/':/<:i>/\(;s of tiii<: n.itiox u. yisKiM. vol.xxi. 



cImm'Us jiiiiyisli wliilo, soiiu'wliiii mixed with brown; ])(>st(«'iil;ir strciik 

 like tiic crown; sides of neck brownisli .uray; lower snrraei^ dnll wliite, 

 nearly elear white on ehin imd throat, wasliod with gray on sides and 

 Hanks; crissum lieavily barred with black; lininji: of winff jjrayish 

 white. 



Yonnp in Jirst pli(maf/<'. — Male; No. 128935, U.S.N.M.; Santa Cruz 

 IMver, westof Patoj^one Monntains, Ari/.oua, May 30, 181)3; Krank X. 

 Ilolzner. lJi)])er parts browidsh gray, this color extending over the 

 npper surface of the closed tail, the latter barred with black; runij) 

 with concealed white spots; wings transversely marked externally with 

 dull brown; rest of tail black, centrally tip|)ed with slate color, the 

 two ext»'nial pairs of featliers ti])ped with giay and baricd distally 

 on outer webs with white. 8nperciliaiT stripe white; ioi'cs and cheeks 

 grayish white, mixed willi brownisli; sides of neck brownish gray, 

 mottled with brown and grayish whitt^ lower i)arts grayish white, 

 jiii^nhim, breast, and sides thickly si)eckled with gray; Hanks and 

 ( rissum washed with brownish, the latter barred with black. 



The dilference existing between vrvmophUuti and erj/ptiis consists in 

 the rather paler, much more grayish tint of the upi)er i)arts, and no 

 difhculty will be exi)erienced in identifying the great nnijority of si)eci- 

 mens. Some internu^diates, however, are to be distinguished only by 

 the slightly paler or more grayish color of the wings. This subspecies 

 is more closely allied to hairdi than to any of the other Mexican forms, 

 although the ranges ot'lxdrdi and ercmophUus are separated by the 

 interi)osition of a race larger and darker than eiMier. 



As in cri/jtlKs, there exists a considerable amount of individual dilfer- 

 ence, even at the same season, this consisting principally in the darker 

 or more rufescent color of the upper surface. Two breeding specimens 

 from Paisano, Texas, are i)erfectly tyjtical of tlu^ i)resent race, though 

 rather darker thrtn most Arizona, examples. S[)ecimens from San 

 Diego, ( 'hihuahua, Mexico, White Mountains, and the region of Death 

 Valley, California, are identical with those from Arizona and New 

 Mexico. A winter bird from the N'alpaiaiso IMountains, Zacatecas, 

 Mexico, (lilVers only in being slightly darker. 



\onng birds of errmophiliis range in color above from a light rufes- 

 cent gray, hardly distinguishabl(^ from the shade of young cri/ptus, to 

 a very dark, dull brownish gray; averaging, however, very much darker 

 than th(^ Texan form. Many of the specimens are fully as deepl.\' col- 

 ored as the ,\()ung of charienturus, though averaging rather less 

 rufescent. 



A single adult bird from (Jrand .Junction, Colorado, is apparently 

 the seventh record for that State and the only one for the western 

 portion.' Although no otlu^r Colorado specimens have been examined, 



'For those other records see Cooke, Birds of (^doriido, Bulletin 'M, Colorado 

 llxperiiiK^iit Stiition, 18!I7, i>. 120; Further Notes on the Birds of Colorado, liulletiu 

 41, Colorado ilxix'rinuMit Station, 18i)S, ]>. Itl'l. 



