ORDER PASSERES. 285 



591. Fipilo fuscus mesoleucus (BAIRD). 



Canon Towhee. 



Pipilo mesoleucus BAIRD, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. June, 1854, 119. 

 Pipilo fuscus var. mesoleucus RIDGW. Bull. Essex Inst. V. Nov. 1873. 

 183. 



[B 397, C 206, R 240, C 306.] 



HAB. Southern border of the United States, from the valley of the 

 Upper Rio Grande west to the valley of the Gila, south into Western 

 Mexico. 



591 <7. Pipilo fuscus albigula (BAIRD). 



Saint Lucas Towhee. 



Pipilo albigula BAIRD, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. Nov. 1859, 35- 

 Pipilo fuscus var . albigula COUES, Key, 1872, 152. 



[B , C 206 #, R 240^7, C 307.] 

 HAB. Lower California. 



591 . Pipilo fuscus crissalis (Vic.). 



Californian Towhee. 



Fringilla crissalis VIG. Zool. Bios. 1839, 19. 

 Pipilo fuscus var. crissalis COUES, Key, 1872, 153. 



[B 396, C 206 , R 240 , C 308.] 

 HAB. California. 



592. Fipilo aberti BAIRD. 



Abert's Towhee. 



Pipilo aberti BAIRD, STANSBURY'S Rep. Exped. Utah, 1852, 325. 

 [B 395, C 207, R 241, C 309.] 



HAB. New Mexico and Arizona, north into Southern Colorado and 

 Utah. 



GENUS CARDINALIS BONAPARTE. 



Cardinalis BONAP. P. Z. S. 1837, in. Type, C. virginianus BONAP. 

 = Loxia cardinalis LINN. 



