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glraudi specific rank, even did there not exist internal evidence of 
its imperfect segregation. Some males are difficult to distinguish from 
j>ratlcoIa^ while the females are occasionall}^, except for size, just like 
the corresponding sex of ai'ctlcola. Furthermore, there occur speci- 
mens of glraudi which can be closely matched by birds from Quincy, 
California, intermediates between Jeucola'ina and. /nerrillL 
As above indicated, Otoco/us a. (/iraudi, though an excellent sub- 
species, exhibits considerable individual variation, being sometimes 
(|uito brownish above, particularly on the anterior portions. In some 
specimens all the yellow parts are of a deep shade, while in others 
the throat is ver}' pale and the superciliary stripe and auriculars 
almost white. There is frequentl}' no yellow on the breast below the 
black jugular patch, even in males. The thighs are usually deep bull', 
tinged or not with clear j^ellow. 
Eighty-two specimens have been examined, these representing the 
following localities, l^reeding records marked by an asterisk: 
Texas. — Point Isabel*; Brownsville*; Refugio; Galveston*; Padre 
Island; Corpus Christ!*; Nueces County; Rockport; Cameron County*; 
Matagorda Island; Port Lavaca; Indianola; Refugio Count}^ *. 
TaniauUjMs. — Bagdad . 
OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS MERRILLI Dwight. 
Otvcorys alpestris arenicolu Hensh.^w, Auk, I, July, 1884, p. 529 (part). 
Otocorisalpestrismerrilli'DwiGiiT, Auk, VII, April, 1890, p. 153. — Riijgway, Man. 
N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, p. 599. 
O/ta/'s. .subsp. — Similar to Otocoi'ls a. glraudi^ but considerabh' larger, 
the back more blackish, the nape darker, more rufescent. 
Mcasuretnents {15 males). — Wing, 98.5-1U6 (average, 102.9) mm.; 
tail, 64-72 (average, 69) mm.; exposed culmen, 10-12.5 (average, 11) 
mm.; tarsus, 20.5-22.5 (average, 21.6) mm.; middle toe, 11-12 (aver- 
age, 11.5) mm. 
Type loealitt/.^Fort Klamath, Oregon. 
Geograjjhical dlstrlhution. — In summer, northwestern United States, 
and southern British Columbia, from northeastern California and north- 
western Nevada, northward through Oregon and Washington east of 
the Cascade Mountains to British Columbia and extreme northern 
Idaho; in winter south to central California. 
D'scrqttlon. — AduJt male hi hreedlng pluin<ig<\ — Type, No. 19516, 
collection of William Brewster; Fort Klamath, Oregon, July 1, 1887; 
Dr. J. C. Merrill. — Above dull sepia, somewhat streaked with whitish; 
occiput, nape, bend of wing, sides of neck and breast together with 
upper tail-coverts pinkish cinnamon, rather paler on the last mentioned; 
two central tail-feathers light brown; the rest black, the outer ones 
edged externally with white. Fore part of crown, horns, nasal plumes, 
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