BIRDS — PEINGILLIDAE — JUNCO CINEEEUS. 



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Above darker plumbeous, tbis continued around tbe head and neck, and extending along 

 the sides, although a little paler than above. Lores darker J. caniceps. 



O. — Interscapular region without any red. 



Body throughout nearly uniform dusky plumbeous, the belly and crissum beneath 

 abruptly white. Claws rather shorter , J. hyemalis. 



Comparative measurements of species. 



JUNCO CINEREUS, Cabanis. 



Fringilla dnerea, Sw. Syn. Birds Mex. in Phil. Mag. I, 1827, 435. 



Junco cinereus, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1850, 134. 



" Fringilla rufidorsis, Licht." Bonaparte ; probably a catalpgue name. 



Junco phaeonotus, Wagler, Isis, 1831, 526. — Bonap. Comptes Rendus, XXXVII, 518. 



Sp. Gh. — Bill black above, bright yellow below. Feet yellow. Above, including the outer edges of the primary and secondary 

 quills, grayish ash or plumbeous. Entire interscapular region, scapulars, greater wing coverts, and outer webs of tertials 

 reddish chestnut. Lores abruptly blackish. Under parts generally pale ashy white ; purest on the middle of the belly. Two 

 outer tail feathers white, the basal portion dark brown ; the third with a white spot at the end. Length, 6.40 ; wing, 3.15 ; 

 tail, 3.36. 



Hab. — Mexico. 



In this species the bill is quite elongated and rather slender. The outer tail feather is brown 

 for the basal third, this color extending obliquely forward along the inner edge. The brown is 

 more extended on the second feather, and it covers the entire outer web. The white of the 

 third feather is confined to a stripe on the end. 



Although the Junco cinereus has not yet been found within the limits of the United States, it 

 yet occurs on the table lands of Mexico. I describe it here, however, chiefly to serve as an 

 illustration of the other closely allied species of the United States. The specimens before me 

 are both Mexican; one. No. 8060, received from Mr. John Gould; the other, 9117 $ , from Mr. 

 Verreaux. 



Jnne 16, 1868. 



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