iSyo.J liKi'.ws'ii'.K Totuuui solitut ius ci,iitamoinous-^ l{ ,\,Q A77 



Meleagris g: mexicana is related t<> the southern or Florida 

 form and is similar to ii in the coloration <>f the primary and 

 secondary quills, hut is widely separated from both forms i .1/. 

 gallopavo and Af. g. osceola) in the lighter coloration of the tips 

 of the tail-feathers and the c<>l<>r of the tips of the tail-coverts, 



which in this form IS hull'v whitish. 



A NKW SUBSPECIES OF THE SOLITARY SAND- 

 PIPER. 



BY WILLIAM BREWSTER. 



Totanus solitarius cinnamomeus, suhsp. nov. Cinnamon 

 Solitary Sandpiper. 



SUBSPECIFIC CHARACTERS (youtlg in nu/initii plumage')'. Similar to /'. 



solitarius, but larger, the wing6 grader, the light spots on the back, 

 scapulars* and wing coverts brownish cinnamon instead of white 01 buffv 

 whitish ; the sides of the head with more whitish, especially on the lores. 

 No well-defined loral stripe. 



Male /uiK , autumnal plumage ( No. [7,735, San Jos,- del 1 !abo, Aug. 30, 

 1SS7). Above grayish brown, the hack, scapulars, and wing-coverts 

 tinged with olive and coarsely spotted with brownish cinnamon, the nape 

 with fine, obscure streaks of grayish ; 6ides of neck rather 1 'e broadly 



and plainly Striped; sides of head, including most of I he lores, while, 



finely spotted with dusky; an immaculate while space extending from 

 above the eye forward nearly to the forehead; a short dusky space at the 

 base of the bill ; under parts while, the breast, juguluin and sides of neck 

 and body, but not the Banks, distinctly streaked with grayish brown ; 

 the under tail-eoveits with eonspi-.uous bars of dark slate ; under wing 

 coverts and axillars white, thickly and coarsely barred with dark slate; 

 under primary-coverts and primaries dark pearl-gray; the outer primary 

 finely mottled with ashy white along the border of its inner web lor a dis- 

 tance ol" about an inch beyond the tips of the under prilnary-eoverts. 

 Rump, upper tail-coverts and middle pair of tail-feathers colored like the 



back, but with the outer tail-coverts white with dark slaty bars, the 



middle tail-feathers notched along the edges of both webs with rusty 

 wKfte. All the other tail-feathers white, more 01 less tinged with rusty 



near Iheir tips, and with wide bars of dark slate, most numerous on the 

 outer \\ ebs. 



In respect to the characters mentioned in the above diagnosis, 

 seven specimens collected by Mr. Frazar in Lower California 

 differ very constantly from twelve examples in corresponding 



