N0.1153 liEVISION OF THE GENUS THRYOMANES—OBEJiJJOL.'SE/l. 437 



THRYOMANES BEWICKII DRYMCECUS, new subspecies. 

 JhryolUoruH keiciekii Hpilurus A. <)u U. (Jheck-List, 1886, j). 327 (in part). 



Chars, suhnp. — Tliry. b. charienturo affinis, sed supni valrte rufescen- 

 tior et ])aiilo dilntior. 



Measurements {1.5 .specimens). — Wing, 47 to 54.5 (average, ;"> 1.4) nun.; 

 tail, 45 to 53 (average, 49.<S) mm.; exposed culrnen, 13 to 14.5 (average, 

 13.7) mm.; bill from nostril, !> to 10.5 (aviintge, 0,8) mm.; tarsus, 17.5 to 

 19 (average, 1<S.4) mm.; middle toe with claw, 14.5 to 1(5.5 (average, 

 15.5) mm. 



Ti/pe loraUfy. — Baird, California. 



Geof/rapliic disirihution. — Sacramento and San .loacinin valleys, Cali- 

 fornia, including west slope of Sierra Nevada, west to the coast about San 

 Simeon ; casually to Arizona. Kesidont in suitable localities tlirougliout 

 its breeding range. 



7>/>e.— iMalc, adult; No. OlfilO, U.S.N.M.; liaird, California, June 6, 

 188.3; (J. U. Town send. 



Deseription. — Above uniCorm dull rnfescent hair brown, the rump 

 with more or less conc<^al('d white spots, the tail-coverts slightly grayer 

 than the back, obsoletely barred with darker brown. Wings (uscous; 

 innermost secondaries and outer webs of remainder bioadly barred 

 with tlu^ color of the ui)per surfa(;e and somewhat witii ])la('kish; wing- 

 coverts like the back; primaries edged basally with bully. Middle 

 rectrices hair brown, barred with black; exterior webs of succeeding 

 pair and basal iK)rtion of exterior webs of remainder, exc(^pting outer- 

 most ])air, like the middle feathers; outer pairs ti|>ped with dull giay, 

 external webs of outermost pair indented terminally on exterior web 

 with white; tips of the other feathers hair brown; rest of tail black. 

 Superciliary stripe white; lores and cheeks white, somewhat mingled 

 with brown; jmstocular streak like the crown; sides of neck i)ale 

 brownish gray; lower parts grayish white, adventitiously washed with 

 brownish, lightest on the throat, th(; tianks and sides tinged with 

 smoke gray, this deepest on the former; under tail-coverts tinged 

 slightly with ochraceous, and barred with bla(;k; lining of wing 

 grayish white. 



YoniKj in first ptumaye. — No. 91642, TT.S.N.M. ; Baird, California, 

 .June 0, 1883; C. II.Townsend. Above rnfescent broccoli brown, more 

 ie<ldish on ruinj), the feathers of which have concealed whitish spots; 

 tail coverts faintly barred with dark brown, lodgings to wing quills 

 and their coverts brown like the upper pai-ts, with obsolete darker bars. 

 Middle paii- of tail feathers like the back, regularly barred with black; 

 exterior webs of all but outermost pair of feathers the same; three outer 

 pairs tii)ped with gray and barred on terminal jmrtion of exterior webs 

 with dull white; remainder of tail clove brown. Superciliary stripe 

 white, lores and cheeks brownish white, mixed with darker; postocular 



