856 PROCEEblNGS OF THE NATIONAL MVSEVM. vot.xxtv. 
CJiors. snhsj^. — Reseml)lino- Otocoris a. oaxacse., but larger and 
decidedly paler, less rufescent above. 
Measurements {15 male><).—Wmg, 103.5-110.5 (average, 106.4) mm.; 
tail, 67-75 (average, 71. 1-) mm.; exposed culmen, 10-13 (average, 11.2) 
mm.; tarsus, 20-23 (average, 21.8) mm.; middle toe, 10.5-12.5 
(average, 11.6) nun. 
TyjM locality. — Santa Fe, New Mexico. 
GeogTa])h.ical dhtrilmtion. — In summer, central New Mexico, west 
to central Arizona; in winter, south to northern Sonora and Chihuahua, 
Mexico, and southeast to Texas. 
Description. — Adult male in hreeding ^9?i«??fl'_<7^^ — No. 68800, 
U.S.N.M.; Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 19, 1874; J. T. Rothrock. 
Occiput, cervix, bend of wing and upper tail-coverts deep vinaceous 
cinnamon; back fuscous, streaked with buffy and vinaceous, and ante- 
riorly passing gradually into the color of the cervix; wings and two 
middle tail-feathers fuscous, margined with buffy and vinaceous; rest 
of tail brownish black, edged externall}' with whitish on two outer 
pairs of feathers; crown, horns, cheeks and jugulum black; forehead, 
superciliary stripe, auriculars, chin and throat pale yellow, remainder 
of lower surface dull white, the sides and flanks shaded Avith pinkish 
cinnamon. 
Adult female in hreeding plumage.— ^o. 68801, U.S.N.M.; Santa Fe, 
New Mexico, June 19, 1874; J. T. Rothrock. Head and back sepia, 
streaked with buff; cervix cinnamon with narrow streaks of sepia; 
otherwise similar to the summer male, excepting that the sides of body, 
bend of wing and upper tail-coverts are less vinaceous, the l)lack of 
head is replaced by brownish, and the yellow is paler. 
Adult male in 'ininter plumage.— ^o. 127591 U.S.N.M.; Lochiel, 
Pima County, Arizona, November 25, 1892; Frank X. Holzner. Very 
similar to the summer male, but more uniform above, the colors paler 
and more blended, owing to the broad tips of the feathers; yellow of 
head and throat rather deeper; black areas more or less obscured b}^ 
light tips; breast sparingly and obscurely spotted with dusk}". 
Adidt female in winter p)lu mage. — No. 151866, U.S.N.M.; Chihua- 
hua, Chihuahua, November 7, 1888; M. A))bott Frazar. Ver}" much 
like the breeding dress, but paler and more uniform above, the jugular 
crescent much obscured ])y grayish, the breast shaded with Inifl" and 
obsoletely. streaked with brownish. 
Young in first plumage. — Type of species, No. 14883, Academy of 
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 1850; 
Col. Geo. A. McCall.i 
' The type is 80 badly faded and otherwise so much damaged that the original 
description is here given instead of one taken directly from the specimen. Notwith- 
standing its condition, the type agrees well with a young bird from San Francisco 
Mountain, though somewhat darker above and with a longer bill. 
