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SECTION M. 



llnul Hill/ hiti/i/ iilmfi hniirii : t/inxif irith tt /i'fhf finfc/i. 



PipilO fUSCUS, SWA IN SON. 



Synopsis of the Varieties. 



Common Ciiaractkks. (iia\ ish-l»ro\vn altovc. with a inniv m |»'ss anpircialilc 

 ruroiis tiujrc oil tlic crown. A |>Ht(li covcriii*.' the tlii<»at. oclnacfoiis or white, 

 t'oiitrastinjjf with tht' snii<jMiHhii<i portions. aii<l ciicin-lrd imiic «»r Kss roiii- 

 pletcly, t'sj )«-•(• i ally posteriorly, liy «hisky spots; loifs lik»* the chin. C'rissuni deep 

 ochraceous. the lower part of alulonieii tinired nioic or less with the same, 

 A* No trace of white tips to middle wimr-coverts. Throat oi-hraceous. 



a. Crown only famtly tinp-d with iiifoiis. 



1. AhdonuMi pale prrayish-hrown ; throat antl lores deej) reddish- 

 oehraeeous; the deep ochra<"eous <-ontined posteriorly to lower 

 taiI-«-overts. Win^r, •J.I'O ; tail, .'j.OO. /Inh. California. var. rr is sal is. 



2. Ahdomeii distinctly white centiallv, hut surronnded hy.-'fravish 

 hiterally and anteriorly; throat and lores pale ochraceons; deep 

 ochraceons of cri.ssum extenilinur forward over lower pait of 

 abdomen. Winor, .'>.8«>; tail, 4.«M>. J/ah. Mexico . \iir. fii sr ti s} 



b. Crown very <listinetly rnfous. 



3. The ochraceons of posterior nnder i>arts sjireadinir over whole 

 lower part of ahdomen and Hanks. Ochraceons of the throat 

 palest anteriorly, the chin and lores I»einjj: almost white; it sprea<ls 

 over the juguknn also, outside the series of rather seattere<l dusky 



1 Pipilo fusats, S\v. Phil. Mag. 1, 1827, 4:U (TciiiiscaltcpccV lis. Aiiiiii. in Mtiiag. 1838, 

 347. — Bp. Consp. ISol, 487. — Sclatki:, I*. Z. S. 1856, 304 (Cord«)va). / Kl>„n-ln fnsoi, \W. 

 C. R. XL, 1800, 35tJ. 



Sp. C'hak. AlH)ve dull olive-ltnmn ; tlu* top of head having the central ]M»rtion of iVathtrs 

 tinged (inconspicuously and ohstunlyMvith rufous. Chin and thmat [talc rufous, Ixirdcrcd hy 

 du.sky streak.s ; a single dusky spot in lower part of jugiduui. lldly and flanks Itdiiud, anal 

 region and crissuni, rather darker rufous. Sides grayish-olive, lighter than the hack, tingling the 

 breast, and leaving only a small patch in the centre of under parts white, shading into the sur- 

 rounding ashy-brown. Fourth and fifth (piills longest ; first shorter than ninth, or than secon- 

 daries. 



/>/;/K!;wjV)?j.<? (prepared specimen) : Total length, 7.75 ; wing, 3.80 ; tail, 4.20 ; exiM)sed porticm 

 of fii-st primary, 2.30; of longest (measun'd from exposed base of first primary), 3.o3. liill : 

 Length from forehead, .65 ; from nostril, .40. Legs : Tarsus, ,95 ; middh t»»e ami claw, 1.00 ; 

 hind toe and claw, .68 ; claw alone, .36. IL'h. Highlands of Mexico. 



The s|Hxnmen descriln'd is from the city of Mexico, and Ixdongs to Mr. (J. X. Lawrence ; others 

 iH'fore us are from Temiscaltepec ^the original locality of Swainson's type), CJuadalaxara, and 

 Tepie. 



While admitting the strong juoltability that the different brown Pifti/ns with rufous throat 

 Itordered by black s]K)ts, P. fiiscnfi, crtssafi'iy mfS(tfencus, alliijuhi, and prcbably evin nlhivnlJiH, 

 are geogi-aphical modifications of the same original tyi»e, the large collection lu'fore us vindiiates 

 the action of those who have referred the California siH'cies to that <lescribed by Swainson as ;>/>•- 

 CKs, and who have distinguished the P. intsohaciis from both. The original description of /iisrt/s 

 agrees .almost exactly with critvmh's, l»oth actually scarcely separable ; while the iiicsiiji'uriis, in- 

 termediate in geographical po.sition, is decidedly ditlerent from either. Tlu' relationships of 

 these diffenMit forms will be found expressed in the general diagnosis already given. 



Two descriptions given by Swainson, copied b<dow, of the P. fiiscifs, differ son.ewhat from each 

 other, and may not have been taken from the same specimen. The identiti<ation of either with 



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