122 NOllTM AMKItlCAN IMIJDS, 



spots. 'Wliolc lifciisl wliili". Win;:, .'i.Sd; tail, l.;!0, link 

 Soilllicni Midillo I'loviiR'c (if riiilcil Sliilcs. . var. u\ rmtl e uchh. 



4. The ncliiaci'ous of iiiiilci' pait.s c'ldiliiicil to crissiim and anal 

 iT^^ion ; oflii'at'L'Diis ol' tlu; tliront palust i»)siciinrly, wln'ii? it is 

 iiuarly wliitc, anil ciinliiiod within llio cin-iii'lin;; sfiics ol' ratluT 

 t'oak'sccd dusky spots, Alidona'U, only, wliilc Wiii;:, It. 80; tail, 

 4.20. llah. Cape St. I.ncas vai'. iilhiguln. 



B« Middli! covfi'ts distinctly, inid ^jivatcr olisok'tcly, tippcil witli white. 



Throat wliito crossed by an ochrnucous band. 



T). Crown without n trai'u of rulbus. Dusky sjiots sniroundin;; the 

 white guhir patch, coali'seed posteriorly into a narrow eresi'eiit. 

 Whole breast and abdomen white, somewhat broken anteriorly. 

 Flanks and lower tail-eoverts oehraeeous. Winir, JJ.IiO ; tail, 3.70. 

 Ilalj. Mexiei (var. '0 albicollis.^ 



Pipilo fuscus, var. crissalis, Vicioits. 



BROWN TOWHEE; CANON FINCH. 



Pipilo fusca, Ca.ssin, Illust. I, iv, 18.'i:t, 124, pi. xvii (the tigurc .seems to bo of the Cnlifor- 

 Ilia aiu'cirs, the deseription more like iiifsoleiteiis). — Ni;wiu;kiiy, Zoiil. Cal. k Or. 

 Route, Hep. P. K. 1{. VI, iv, IS,";?, 8il. Ki-Mi-iafusm, Uon.u-. (.'oiiiptes Kendus, XL, 

 18;").'), 35t>. Frini/il/ii ci-issa/is, Vlooiis, Zoiil. lilo.ssoin, 183!l, 1!>. Urihirim wranijcli, 

 HiiANDT, Uonap. Coiiiii. liend. 43, 185(1, 413. I'ij)i/i)/iinciiii, ISaiuu, Birds N. Am. 1858, 

 .'517. — HKKIt.M. X, S, 51 (ue.st). — t'ool'f.lt, Orii. Cal. I, 24.'). 



Sf. CiiAH. Above dark olive-brown, the erown with a very .«li^dit tinj^e of scarcely 

 api)reeialile dark rulbus. Under parts with the color somewhat shnilar, but of a lighter 



P. iiiriHilciicuii would be a dillieult matter ; while tlie lir-st one exiire.sse.s the peeuliar eliaraeters 

 of crinsalis more nearly than any other. The stateuu'Ut of "white beneath," without any 

 iiualilkation, ajiplies better to misolciiciis than to others, but the "pale rulbu.s tinge" observable 

 in cri!is((lis and /iiafiis is very ditl'erent from the abni[)tly delined chestnut eap of mfsulriieiiii. 



7'/7)i7o/i(4c'».v, SwAi.N.soN, IMiil. Mag. 1, 1827, 434. "(iray, beneath jialer ; throat obscure 

 fulvous, with brown spots ; vent ferruginous. Length, 8.00 ; bill, .70 ; wing.s, 3..'i(l ; tail, 4.00 ; 

 tarsi, .90 ; hind toe and claw, .70." Httb. Table land ; Tenu.sealtepee. 



Pipilo fuscus, SwAiNsoN, Anim. in Men. 1838, 347. "Grayish-brown above ; beneath white ; 

 chin and throat fulvous, with dusky sjwts ; under tail-eoverts fulvous ; tail blaekish-brown, 

 inispotted. Hill and legs pale, the latter smaller, and the claws more curved than in any other 

 known species ; crown with a pale rufous tinge. Length, 7.50 ; wing.s, 3.50 ; tail, 4.00 ; tarsus, 

 .90 ; middle toe and claw the same ; hinder too, .65. Kathor smaller than maculnta." 



' Pipilo nlbiivllis, Sci.ATKU. Above uniform olivaceous-brown ; the cap not dillerently colored. 

 Lores, chin, and throat white, the two last bordered and delined by dusky spots ; jugulum and 

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

 throat cro.ssed by an olivaceous band which curves round on each side under the ear-coverts ; sides 

 grayish. Flanks behind, anal region, and crissum, rufous. Middle wing-eoverts with a whitish 

 bar across their tips. Fourth and fifth quills longest ; first shorter than ninth and secondaries. 

 Length, 7.00 ; wing, 3.30 ; tail, 3.70. Bill and legs light. Hab. t'entral M<',\ico. 



This "species" may fairly bo considered as one extreme of the series of which /'. cri.isnlis is 

 the other ; and differs from the rest merely in a greater aimmnt of white, and the absence of 

 i-ufous tinge on top of head. The fulvons of throat is concentrated in a band acro.ss 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 albiriuhi. The imiformity of I'oloring above; is nearly 

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

 positive character. 



