VUI N(l ILLI D. K — TH K KlNCf T I-:S. 



580 



Mr. J. A. Allen mentions first nicctini,' witli this spj-cics at an elevation 

 of seven tliousan*! I'eet, and from that heiiilit it was common, on tlio slopes 

 of Mount Lincoln, to tlie extreme limit of the timber line. 



Poospiza biltnenta. 



ClFATs FOOSPIZA, Cabanis. 



Poosqnza, Cabanis, Wi<';,Mii;inii'.s Aivliiv, 15)47, i, M'd. (Type, Eiiibcrizii lUijro-nij'a, D'Ord., 

 or Pipilo p''r.s(nuttn, Sw.) 



Gkx. Ciiak, liill sk-ii(l<'r, coiiicul, both oiulitU's <i;i'iitly ciirvtMl. rndcr jaw wiili tht* 

 edges c'onsi«lerji])ly iiincfttMl ; not so hi<rh as the up- 

 per. Tarsi eloni^atiMl. sK-mier; eonsiderahly l»)no;i!r 

 than the niiddle toe. Toes short, weak; the outer 

 decidedly longer tlian the iiuier. l»ut not reaching 

 to the base of the middle claw. Hind toe about 

 equjxl to the middle witiiout its claw. All the 

 elaws compressed and moderately cinved. Wings 

 rather long, reaching about over the basal fourth 

 of the exposed portion of the rather long tail. 

 Tertiaries and secondaries about equal, and not 

 much shorter than the lengthened primaries; the 

 second to fifth about equal and longest; the first 

 considerably shorter, and longer than the seventh. 

 Tail long, slightly emarginate, graduated; the outer 

 feather abruptly shorter than the others. Feathers 

 broad, linear, and rather obliquely truncate at the en<ls, with the coiners rounded. 



Color. Uniform above, without streaks. iJeneath white, witii or nithout a black 

 throat. Black and white stripes on the head. 



We are by no means sure that the two Xortli American specimens here 

 indieattid really belong to the genus Pooxpiza, but we know no better position 

 for them. They may be distinguished as follows : — 



Common Ciiaractkrs. Lores an<l lieneath the eve black, a white orbital rinjj, 

 white spot above the lore (in hilitteata continued back in a su[)erciliary stripe;; 

 a white maxillary stripe. Lateral tail-feathers, with outer web. and terminal 

 border <^f inner, hoary or pure white. 



A* Throat black in adult : si<les not streaked. 



A coiifinnons ivliite supercilim'y stripe. 



\. P. bilineata. Black patch of throat covering jugulum, with a 

 convex outline behind. Crown and back without streaks, concolored. 

 • Wing-coverts without white bands; lesser coverts ash. Wing, 2.75; 



tail, 2.8">; bill, from nostril. .o7 ; tarsus, .(35. 



No white snperrUiary stripe. 



2. P. mystacalis. Black patch of throat not extending on jugulum; 

 it« posterior outline truncated. Crown and back with distinct black 

 streaks. Back scapulars and rump rufous in contrast with the ash of 

 head and neck. Wing-coverts with two narrow, shaiply deliued white 

 bands; lesser coverts black. Wing, 2.80: tail, '.\'M^: bill. .40; tarsus, 

 .80. Hah. Mexico. 



