FlUXn ILLID.K — T[1E KINCIIES. 



523 



that ]mit of th(( coiintry, tlM)ii_i,'li they may liavo Iwen mistaken I'or other 

 species. 



Di. ("ones mi'iition., tlie takiiiu ol' a siiij^le specimen of liiis species, Octo- 

 ber 17, on the ojicn j^rassy jilains of Arizona. 



This species is also j,Mven l)y ^Ir. Snmichrast as ii resident throughout the 

 year of the great phiins of tiie phiteaii of Mexico. From tliem it occasion- 

 ally tlesccncls to the distant intervals, as far as Orizaba, or ut the elevation, 

 above the gulf-level, of 1,220 metres. 



Plectrophanes maccowni, T.Awiti'Xrr;. 



CHESTNUT-SHOULDEBEO LONOSFUK ; MACCOWN'S BUNTIKO. 



I'lii/ni/iliiiiifs miicrairni, I,.\\vi!r.xiK, Aim. X. Y. I.vi'. V, Sept. IS.'il, 1'i'J. AVcstcvn Texas. 

 Ca.ssin, llliist. 1, viii, IS;')."), -J^S, 1)1. .\.\xi.\. — IIkkiim, X, i', \i. 13. — 1!aii:i), ISii'ds 

 N. .\ni. 18M, iil. 



Sr. CiiAii. Mdlf ill spriiiij. Tup of liciiil. ii lnoad .stripe ciich side llic throat I'rom 

 lower luiiiiilililc, ami a liroad en'sceiil -on Juj^'iiluiii, 

 l)la<'k ; .siili- of licail iiicliidiiiu; lores and hand ahovc 

 the oj'c, throat, and under parts, ashy-white ; ear- 

 I'overts bordered above and behind by blaekish, nin- 

 niii}; out at tlu; niaNillary stripe. Hreastjnst behind tiie 

 blauk crcseent and sides, showinir dark bases of leath- 

 ers. I'pper parts asliy, lini:ed with yellowish on tlie 

 inandil)le. and .streaked with dusky ; least so on nape 

 and rump. Les.ser wiuj;-eoverts ashy ; median ehest- 



iHit-brown, with blaekish bases sometimes evi.l.Mil; '■'■'"•'■J''"'"'"'"'""'™'' 

 the (piills all bordered broadly e.xteriially with whitish, beeomini; more ashy on .seeondaries. 

 Tail-leathers white c.xeept at the eoneealed bases and the eii<ls, whieh haveatransver.se 

 (not obli(pie) tip of blaekish : the ontermost while to th(> end; the two central like the 

 \n\vk. Hill dark plumbeous; leu's blackish. In winter the markinj.'s nioic or less 

 obscm'cil ; the bill and Icirs niori' yellowish. 



Ffiiiiilr lacks the black markini;s, which, however, are indicated obsolcli'ly as in other 

 /'li'iiro/iliiiiici ; there is no trace of chestiMit on the wini^.s, no streaks on the breast, 

 [.enjith, ;V)0; wiuir, ii.dO; tail, L'..")!) ; bill, .K!. 



Hah. Kastern slopes of Itoekv Monii' 'ins, from Texas to I'ppcr .Missouri. 



This species varies; cousiderabu ' •liirking.s, lint io readily recognized 

 among other J'/rc/rojilKdw-'i in tdl stages by short hind toe, very stout bill, 

 and the tranavei-se dark bar at t)ie end of all ttiil-feathers except the inner 

 and (Miter. 



IIaihts. Mac'.'owiiV (.ark Itiinting is yet anntherof the various R])ecies 

 of our birds whose history is \cry little known, tind in regard to which the 

 most we arc id)le to state, at present, is that they a]i])ear in did'ercnt iiarts 

 of the inti'rior ]ilaiiis of the United States, between the Uocky ^baintains 

 and tiio Missouri iiixc;' tind tlm lower tributiuies of the ^lississippi, 

 extending from New Mexico and Texas u ' iliward, during the breeding- 



