BIKDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 557 



Thryothorus bewickii bairdi (not Thryothorua bairdi Salvin and Godman) Goss, 

 Auk, iii, 1886, 115 (s. w. Kansas; resident). 



Thryothorus bewicldi bairdi Eidgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , viii, Sept. 2, 1885, 

 354, part. — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 719&., 

 part. — Hancock-, Bull. Eidgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 188", 22 (near Corpus 

 Christi, Texas, breeding; notes).— Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 271 

 (s. w. Kansas). — Hasbhouck, Auk, vi, 1889, 240 (Eastland Co., Texas). — 

 Goss, Hist. Birds Kansas, 1891, 611 (s. w. and middle Kansas; resident) . — 

 Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 343 (San Antonio, Texas; resident; nesting 

 habits). — Carroll, Auk, xvii, 1900, 348 (Eefugio Co., Texas; resident). 



Tlhryothorus] bewicldi bairdi Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 551, part. 



Thryothorus bewickii bairdii Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 297 (Tom Green and Concho 

 counties, Texas; resident). 



Thryothorus bewicki murinus (not Thryothorus murinus Hartlaub) Eidgway, Auk, 

 iv, Oct., 1887, 350, part (crit.).— Beckham, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 

 691 (Corpus Christi, etc., Texas; habits). 



Thryomanes bevAchii cryptus Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxi, no. 1153, 

 Nov. 19, 1898, 425 (San Antonio, Texas; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.).— American 

 Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xviii, 1901, 301 (check list no. 719c) . 



Tlhryomanes] 5[emcMi] cryptus Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 

 1902, 447. 



THRYOMANES BEWICKII EREMOPHILUS Oberholser. 

 BESERT WKEN. 



Similar to T. i. cryptus, but decidedly grayer above (hair brown, 

 approaching broccoli brown in some winter specimens); upper tail- 

 coverts and middle rectrices clearer gray; under parts still whiter, the 

 sides more faintly tinged with brownish gray, the under tail-coverts 

 more purely white and narrowly barred with black; wing and tail 

 slightly longer, bill decidedly longer, middle toe shorter. 



Adidt TOfflfe.— Length (skins), 120-136.5 (128.8); wing, 55.5-61 (57.T); 

 tail, 55-64 (58.2); exposed culmen, 14-15 (14.8); tarsus, 18-19 (18.5); 

 middle toe, 11-13 (11.4).« 



Adult female.— LQugth (skins), 114.5-129 (120.6); wing, 51.5-57.5 

 (54.7); tail, 51-59 (55.2); exposed culmen, 13.5-15.5 (14.3); tarsus, 

 17-19 (18.4); middle toe, 10-12 (11.3).« 



Extreme western portions of Texas (to central parts in winter) and 

 westward through New Mexico and Arizona to desert region of south- 

 eastern California (Resting Spring; White Mountains; Argus Moun- 

 tains; Furnace Creek; Death Valley); north to southern Nevada (St. 

 Thomas), southern Utah (Santa Clara; Toquerville; Washington; Iron 

 City), and southwestern Colorado; south through States of Chihuahua, 

 Durango (Durango City and Papasquiero, breeding), and Coahuila 

 (Saltillo, April; Sabinas, breeding) to central Zacatecas (Valparaiso 

 Mountains, December). 



Thrioihorus bewickii (not Troglodytes ftenrtcKi Audubon) Baird, Eep. Pacific E. E. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 363, part (LosNogales, Sonora). 



« Ten specimens, 



