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SECTION II. 



lliuti mill hiii/i/ iilfui'i lii-iiirii : lliruiil irilh n li'jlil /mlcli. 



Pipilo fuscus, swAiNsd.N. 



Synopsis of the Varioties. 



Common Ciiauactkhs. (ini\ isli-ln-owu uliovu, willi n uuiw nv less ii|i[ncciiililc 

 rufous liiij;;!' on llic crown. A imli'li oovt'iiiif; the tliroat, oclnan'oMs oi' wliitc. 

 contrasting willi tlie suiioundin}; poiiions, luul cnfirclcil mhhc or Kss coni- 

 plctfly, esi)fcially posteriorly, l>y ilnsl<y spots; lores like the rliiii. Crissuin deep 

 ouhraccous, tliu lower part of al)(lonien liMj;eil more or less willi llie same. 

 Aa No triice of white tips to niiijille wiiijr-eoverts. Throat oelnaceous, 



a. Crown only family tinjiud with rnlims. 



1. Ahdonien jiah^ frrayish-lirown ; tiodat and lores (lee)) reddisli- 

 ochraceous ; the deep ochraeeous confined posteriorly to lower 

 tail-coverts. Win;,', .'i.!)U ; tail, o.OO. Jliih. California. var. r r inmil i s. 



2. Ahdonien distinctly white centrally, hut snri-onmled liy-'jirayish 

 laterally and anteriorly; throat and lores ]iale ochrnceons; deep 

 ochraeeous of erissnin extending forward over lower part of 

 abdomen. Wing, ;i.8(); tail, 4.il(t. Jhib. ^Mexico . vav. f ii s c it s } 



b. Crown very distinctly rufous. 



3. The ochraeeous of posterior under parts spreading over whole 

 lower part of abdomen and Hanks. Ochraeeous of the throat 

 palest anteriorly, the chin and lores being almost white; it si)read8 

 over the juguluin also, outside the scries of rather scattered dusky 



I Pipilo /ii.icii.1, Sw. Phil. Mag. I, 1827, 484 (Tfiinscaltepec'l. -In. Aniiii. in Menag. 1838, 

 347. — • Br. Coii.sp. 1851, 487. — St'I.ATKIt, 1'. /. .S. 1850, 304 (Cordova). > Kinnrin fiiwn, lip. 

 C. K. XL, 185.=), 350. 



Sr. CllAK. Above dull olive-brown ; tlie top of liead liuving the central portion of feathers 

 tinged (ineoiispieiiou.sly and obscurely) with rufous. Chin and throat pah' rufous, Irordcred liy 

 dusky streaks ; a single dusky .spot in lower part of juguluni. Hidly and lluiiks bclnnd, aiud 

 region and eris.suni, rather darker rufous. Sides grayisb-cdive, lighter tiiau the back, tingi'iug the 

 breast, and leaving ludy a small pateli in the centre of under ])arts white, shading into the sur- 

 rounding a.sliy-brown. Fourth and fifth (piills longest ; first shorter than iniitli, or tliau secon- 

 daries. 



/>!»W)MiV)».f (prepared sppcinieu) : Total length, 7.75 ; wing, ;i.8(i ; tail, 4.20 ; expo.si'd portion 

 of first primary, 2.30 ; of longest (measured from exposeil base of first ])rimary), 3.03. lUll : 

 Length from forehead, .ti5 ; from nostril, .40. Legs : Tarsus, .05 ; middh toe and claw, 1.00 ; 

 hind toe and claw, .68 ; claw alone, .30. fluh. Uighlauils of Mexico. 



The s]ieeimeu described is from the city of Mexico, and belongs to Mr. (i. X. Lawrence ; others 

 iK'fore us an? from Temiscaltepeu (the original locality of Swaiusou's type), (iuadalaxara, and 

 Tepic. 



While admitting the strong ])roliability that the different brown J'i/ii/ns with rufous throat 

 bordered by black spots, /'. fiiscim, c/mK/Zv, iiir.iii/iinciis, (ilbiijulu, anil pre'.ialily even nlliiiullia, 

 arc geographical moditicatiims of the same original type, the large collection liefore us vindi<ates 

 the action of those who have referred the California species to that descrilicd by Swainsou as/Vv- 

 ciis, and who have distinguished the P. mexokiu-iin from both. The original description of /iisnis 

 agrees almost exactly with crlssiiiis, both actually scarcely .separable ; while the mesuli'iiciis, in- 

 termediate in geograjdiical position, is decidedly diU'ercut from either. The relationslnps of 

 these different forms will be fouiul expressed in the general diagnosis already given. 



Two descriptions given by Swaitison, copied below, of the J'. J'lisciix, differ son;ewhat from each 

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



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