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Bombycilla garrula pallidiceps Reichenow. 
Bombycilla garrula pallidiceps Re1cHENow, Ornith. Monatsber., XVI, 
No. 12, December, 1908, p. 191 (Shesly River, northern British Columbia). 
Chars. subsp.— Similar to Bombycilla garrula centralasie, but decidedly 
more grayish (less cinnamomeus) both above and below. 
Measurements.— Male:! Wing, 111-117 (average, 114.5) mm.;_ tail, 
63-70 (65.5); exposed culmen, 11.5-12.2 (11.9); tarsus, 20-21.5 (20.8); 
middle toe without claw, 16-19 (17.2). 
Type locality — Shesly River, northern British Columbia, Canada. 
Geographic distribution — Northern and central North America: Breeds 
north to northern Mackenzie and northern Alaska; west to western Alaska 
and western British Columbia; south to southern British Columbia and 
southern Alberta; and east to northeastern Manitoba. Winters east to 
Nova Scotia; and south, though irregularly, to Connecticut, Pennsylvania, 
Ohio, Indiana, southern Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, and southern Cali- 
fornia. Casual in Arizona. 
Remarks.— The North American representatives of this species 
constitute a well-marked and readily recognizable subspecies which 
differs from Bombycilla garrula garrula in its paler, very much more 
grayish (less vinaceous or cinnamomeus), coloration both above 
and below, and from Bombycilla garrula centralasie as above 
indicated. There is considerable individual variation in the color 
of the upper surface, and some specimens in this respect overlap 
the characters of Bombycilla garrula centralasie; but as a whole 
the large series which we have examined shows a good average 
difference. So far as we have been able to determine, there is no 
geographical variation among the birds from North America, since 
those from the easternmost part of the range of the species appear 
to be just the same as those from far western localities. This to a 
certain extent might be expected, since this waxwing, so far as we 
know, does not breed east of Hudson Bay. No comparison, how- 
ever, has been made of breeding birds from southern Alberta and 
southern British Columbia with those from more northern localities. 
1 Average of ten specimens from Oregon, Washington, and Montana. 
