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witli wide feathers. Tarsus a little longer than the middle t(]e and claw. Upper parts witli 

 sharp white streaks on a hrown ground; under j)arts boldly spotted with black on a white; 

 ground; tail-feathers barred with black and white. 



G3. C. brunneicapil'lus. (Lat. brunneus, brown ; capUhis, hair.) Brown-headed Cactus 

 Wkbn. $, adult: Back grayish-brown, marked with black and white, each feather having 

 a central wliite field several times indented with black. Whole crown of head and nape ricli 

 dark wood-brown, immaculate. A long white superciliary stripe fronr nostril to nape. Beneath, 

 nearly pure white anteriorly, gradually shading behind int(j decided cinnamon-brown — the 

 thrcjat and fore part of the breast marked with large, crowded, rounded blacji spots, the rest of 

 the under parts with small, sparse, oval or linear black spots, again enlarging on the crissnm. 

 Wings darker and more fuscous-brown than the back ; all the quills with a series (jf numerous 

 white or whitish indentations along the edge of both webs. Central tail-feathers like the 

 wings, with nunrerous more or less incomplete blackish bars ; other tail-feathers blackish, the 

 outer with several br(5ad white bars on both wobs ; the rest with usually only a single com- 

 plete Avhite bar near the end. BiU darlc plumbeous, paler below ; iris orange. Length near 

 8.00; wing 3. .50; tail rather longer; biU O.SO; tarsus 1.00; middle toe and claw 0.90. ?, 

 adult : Quite like the $ , but the spots on the throat and breast rather smaller, therefore less 

 crowded, and less strongly contrasting with the sparse speckling of the rest of the under parts. 

 Yonng : Similar to the adult on the upper pjarts, but the throat whitish with little speckling; 

 scarcely any spots on the rest of the under parts, which are, however, as decidedly cinnamon as 

 those of the adults. Southwestern U. S., — Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Utah 

 and Nevada, and portions of California ; ccjmmon in cactus and chaparral, building a large 

 purse-shaped nest, in bushes ; eggs about G, 1.00 X 0.68, white, uniformly and minutely dotted 

 with salmon-color. (If not C brunneicapillus Lafr. , this will stand as C, coiiesi Sharpe, Cat. 

 Br. Mus., vi, 1883, p. 196.) 



(14. C. affl'nis. (Lat. affinis, afBned, allied; ad, and finis.) St. Lucas Cactus Ween. Sim- 

 ilar to the last. Cap reddish-brown, lighter instead of darker than the back. Markings of 

 back very conspicuous, in strong streaks of black and white, these two colors bordering each 

 other with little or no indentation. Under parts nearly white, the black spots, though con- 

 spicuous, not enlarged and crowded on the breast, but more regularly distributed. All the 

 lateral tail-feathers, instead of only the outer ones, crossed on both webs with numerous com- 

 plete white bars. The variations with sex and age correspond with those of C brunneicapillus. 

 Lower California. Nest and eggs as before. (According to Sharpe, I. c, this is C. brun- 

 neicapillus Lafr.) 



20. SALPINC'TES. (Gr. aakinyKTris, salpigJctes, a trumpeter. 1 RocK Wrens. Bill about as long 

 as head, slender, compressed, straight at base, then 

 slightly dccurved, acute at tip, faintly notched. 



Nostrils conspicuous, scaled, in a large fossa. Wing ^^^^^^^^ 



longer than tail ; exposed portion of 1st primary 

 about half as long as 2d, which is decidedly shorter 

 than 3d. Tail rounded, of 12 broad plane feathers, 

 with rounded or subtruncate ends. Feet small and 

 weak ; tarsus longer than middle toe, scutellate pos- 

 teriorly. Hind toe and claw shorter than middle 



one; lateral toes of unequal lengths, the outer f,g. U8. -Kock Wr«„, „at. «ize, (Ad nat. 



longest, both very short, the tips of their claws del. E. c.) 

 falling short of base of middle claw. Only one species known. 



65. S. obsole'tus. (Lat. o&sofe^MS, unaccustomed ; o?), and sofeo, I am wont; hence obsolete, effaced, 

 the coloration being dull and dift'use. Fig. 148.) Rock Wren. $ 9, adult: Upper parts 

 pale brownish-gray, minutely dotted with blackish and whitish points together, and usualh 



