122 NUliTII AMKKH'AN lUJJDS, 



spots, ^Vllo1o l.roast whitf. Win-:. ."J.SO; tail. l.ilM. //«/>. 

 SoutluTM Midtlle I'iDvino*' of riiitfd Stall's. . \nv. m estti e uc hm . 



4. Tli«' i»cliiiui'OUs of iiinltr parts (•(•iiliiutl to ( rissiun and anal 

 n\t;ioii ; oclnacroiis of tlu- tliri»at palr-t postnioily, wlino it is 

 ncarlv whito, aiul ronliiu'd within tlie *Mi«iivliiiir si-rifs of i-atluT 

 coaloscfd dusky spots, Alidomrn, only, wliitf. Wintr, il.SO; tail, 

 4.20. Ilah. ('ap«' St. Lucas vac. ulbignln. 



B* Middle coverts distinctly, antl jrrcatrr olisoletcly, tipped with white. 



Throat white crossed by an ochraceous hand. 



'). Crown without a trace of rufous. Dusky spots sunoundini; the 

 white ^Milar patch, coalesced posteriiuly into a narrow ci-esccnt. 

 Whole hreast and alHloinen white, somewhat broken anteriorly. 

 Flanks atid lower tail-coverts ochraceous. Win^% iJ.iJO ; tail, l].70. 

 Ilab. Mexico (var. ?) a I hi c oil is. ^ 



Pipilo fascus, var crissalis, Vic;ous. 



BROWN TOWHEE ; CANON FINCH. 



Pipihfusen, Cassin, Illu.«>t. I, iv, 1S.'.:{, 124, pi. .wii (the figure .s«'ems to Ik- of the Califor- 

 i)ia siR'cifs, the di'S('ripti(»n im»tt' like nuso/cticH.s). — Nkwukkkv, Zool. ("al. & Or. 

 Tioute, Kt'p. r. H. K. VI, iv, lhr>7, <Sl». Ki'tieriafitmi, Bon.vi'. Conipti-s Ki-njuis, XL, 

 1855. 356. Frhviilht crissulh, Vi(;oi:s, Zo<»l. Blossom, 18:il», 11). Oriturus icnuKjcli, 

 •5:'\N'*T, Boiiap. C'onip. Kcud. 43, 185«), 413. ripi/o/nscKs, liAiuu, Birds N. Am. 1858, 

 517. — Hkkkm. X, S, 51 (nest). — Coufku, Orn. Cal. I, 245. 



Sp. Char. Above dark olive-brown, the crown with a very sliirht tinfje of scan*ely 

 appreciable dark rutous. Under parts with the color somewhat jjiiiiilar, but of a lighter 



P. virsolciiciis would Ih' a difficult matter ; while the first one expresses the peculiar characters 

 of vri.ssulis more nearly than any other. The stateim-nt of " white iMMieatli," without any 

 tpialification, ajtplics betti'r to mcsoleucKS than to others, but the "pale rufous tinge" observable 

 in I'risstilis and fascus is very ditl'erent from the abruptly defined chestnut cap of mrsofcucKs. 



Pipilo fttscus, Hwxissus, Phil. Mag. I, 18*27, 434. "(Jmy, iHiieath paler; throat obscure 

 fulvous, with brown sjHtts ; vent ferruginous. Length, 8.00; bill, .70; wings, 3.50; tail, 4.00; 

 tar.si, .90 ; hind toe and claw, .70." Ilnh. Table land ; Temis(:dte|H'c. 



Pipilo fusciis, SwAixsox, Anim. in Men. 1838, 347. "Grayish -brown al)Ove ; Wneath white ; 

 chin and throat fulvous, with dusky sjwts ; undtr tail-coverts fulvous ; tail blackish-brown, 

 unsjtotted. Bill aiui legs pale, the latter smaller, and the claws more curved than in any other 

 known species ; crown with a pale rufous tinge, Leiigth, 7.50 ; wings, 3.50 ; tail, 4.00 ; tarsus, 

 .90 ; middle toe and claw che same ; hinder to<% .65. Kather smaller than nuirulatd." 



^ Pipilu albicolli% ScLATKR. Above uniform oliva-'eous-brown : the cap not ditl'erently colored. 

 Lores, chin, and throat white, the two last bordered and detinetl by du.sky spots ; jugulum and 

 breast white, the former clouded with olivaceous, and with a dusky blotch in middle ; middle of 

 throat crossed by an olivaceous band whi'h curves round on each side under th«' ear-coverts ; .sides 

 grayish. Flanks behind, anal region, and erissum, rufous. Middle wing-coverts with a whitish 

 bar across their tips. Fourth and fifth i]uills longest : first shorter than ninth and secondaries. 

 Length, 7.00 ; wing, 3.30 ; tail, 3.70. Bill and legs light, Hab. Centnil Mexico. 



This "sj>ecies" may fairly be considered as one extivme of the series of v.hich P. crissalis is 

 the other ; and differs from the rest merely in a great«'r annmnt of white, and the absence of 

 rufous tinge on top of head. The fulvous of throat is concentrated in a Knnd across its middle 

 portion, leaving chin and lower throat white ; this, however, is foreshadowed in the paler chin of 

 mesoleucus, and the whitish lower throat of albignln. The uniformity of coloring above is nearly 

 equalled by that of P. crissalis. The whitish band across the middle wing-coverts is the most 

 positive character. :: _ 



