BIRDS OP NOBTH AKD MIDDLE AMERICA. 327 



Immature male. — Lesser wing-coverts partly black, the red portions 

 often of an orange-tawny or ochraceous-rufous hue. 



Admit female. — Nearly or quite uniform dark sooty brown, the chin 

 and throat streaked (usually broadly) with whitish, buff, or pinkish, 

 the superciliary region narrowly streaked with the same, producing a 

 more or less distinct stripe. 



Adult »ifflZe.— Length (skins), 208.3-233.7 (218.9); wing, 124.5-144.3 

 (136.9); tail, 85.9-101.6 (93.2); culmen, from base, 20.3-22.9 (21.3); 

 depth of bill at base, 11.4-13.7 (12.7); tarsus, 30-34.3 (32.5); middle 

 toe, 19.8-22.9 (21.1).' 



l(?M?!{/maZe.— Length (skins), 167.6-191.6 (176); wing, 104.1-116.3 

 (108.5); tail, 64.8-80(71.6); culmen, from base, 17.3-19.3(18.3); depth 

 of bill at base, 10.2-10.7 (10.4); tarsus, 26.4-29.2 (27.9); middle toe, 

 18.5-21.6 (19.3).^ 



Southwestern portion of Mexican plateau, in States of Durango 

 (Garceria; Ciudad Durango), Zacatecas (Monte Escobedo), Jalisco 

 (Lagos; Lake Chapala; La Barca; Tonila), Guanajuato, Michoacan 

 (Patzcuaro), and Mexico (valley of Mexico?). 



Ps\arocolius\ gubernator 'W agler, Isis, iv, 1832,281 (Mexico). 



Agelaius gubemator Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837, 110 (Mexico).— 

 (7) Gambel, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1847, 204, part (w. Mexico).— Cassin, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 11, part (monogr.) — American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 499, part. — Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1890, 218 (Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan). 



{1) Ageisms gubemator ScLATER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 175 (valley of Mexico). 



Ageisms gubemator Sclater, Ibis, 1884 10, part (Mexico); Oat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xi, 1886, 841, part.- Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 

 454, part (valley of Mexico). 



Algelseus'] plhmniceus} gubemator Ooues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 404, 

 part. 



Agelaius gubemator gubemator TiiDGyf AY, Proc. "Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 

 154 (geog. range). 



[Agelaiusl gubemator Bonaparte, Oonsp. Av., i, 1850, 430 (Mexico). 



[Agelxus'] gubemator Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 37, part. 



A[gelaius'] gubemator Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 370, part. 



Agelaius phceniceus, var. gubemator Baied, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874," 163, part. 



AGELAIUS GUBERNATOR CALIFORNICUS Nelson. 

 CALIFORNIAN BICOLORED BLACKBIRD. 



Similar to A. g. gulernator, but wing decidedly shorter, bill longer 

 and more slender, tarsus shorter, and middle toe longer; adult female 

 more or less streaked above, at least on pileum and back. 



Adult male.— Jjeugth. (skins), 198.1-218.4 (212.1); wing, 118.4-129.3 

 (125.2); tail, 81.3-96 (91.9); culmen, from base, 19.8-23.1 (21.8); depth 

 of bill at base, 10.7-12.2 (11.4); tarsus, 28.2-31 (30); middle toe, 

 20.8-22.4 (21.8).= 



' Seventeen specimens. ' Seven specimens. " Ten specimens. 



