776 BIRDS OF CllNTHAL MEXICO .lOUY. 



Fiuiiily rAlMD/E. 

 10. Psaltriparus melaiiotis iulus, siibsp. nov. 



SUBSP. CHAR. — Differing- from true P. mclanotis in hjiving tlie back 

 li air brown instead of "yellowish broMni" (bistre); paler under parts, 

 the ventral rejj^ion bein*;- only very slightly tiuged witli bufty ; bill larger 

 and heavier but other dimensions apparently the same. 



Habitat. — Western Mexico (type No. 126630 U. S. National Museum, 

 S ad.. Hacienda El Molino, Jalisco, June lo, 1892; P. L. Jouy). 



An example from Guanajuato, collected by Prof. A. Duges, agrees 

 fairly well with the type except that being a very young bird it is 

 darker above and has bufit' edgings to the wings and tail. The flanks 

 are also tinged with viuaceous. 



This form is apparently interiAediate between P. melanotis and P. 

 IJoydi but is easily distinguished from the latter by its distinctly gray 

 head and light, hair-brown, back. The dimensions of the bill are about 

 the same. 



11. Parus -wollweberi (Bouap.). 



Adult and young of this bird were taken at an elevation of 6,000 

 feet in the mountains, 32 miles south of Nogales in Sonora, June 1<S. 

 They were in small flocks with full-grown young which they were 

 tending very solicitously. 



Bill lavender at the base, tip dusky, edges paleyeUow; gape yellow; 

 tarsi and toes lead color. 



Family SITTIDJE. 

 12. Sitta carolineusis aculeata (Cass.). 

 Taken 32 miles south of Nogales in Sonora, June 10, in the i^ines. 



Family CEETHIID^. 

 13. Certhia familiaris mexicana (Glog.). 

 Seen in the pines 32 miles south of Nogales, Sonora, June 19. 



Family TROGLODYTID.E. 



14. Heleodytes brunneicapillus (Lair.). 



Common everywhere in the arid jilain region wherever tlie cactus 

 is abundant. Taken at Ahualulco, near San Luis Potosi, in October, 

 and found abundantly in suitable places in Jalisco. Its loud purring 

 notes proclaiming its i)resence unmistakably wherever found. In habits 

 this great wren acts more like one of the Harporhynvhi, than one of its 

 relatives. It builds its nest in the cactus ( Oj)untia), like Marporhynchus 



