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J.c^Zz!m«/t.~Length (skins), 212.1-241.3 (223.1); wing, 123.5-132.3 

 (126); tail, 88.5-105.1: (98); culmen, from base, 19.8-26.5 (23.3); depth 

 of bill at base, 12.7-16 (13.5); tarsus, 29-31.5 (29.8); middle toe, 

 20.1-23.5(22.4).^ 



AduU female.—Length (skins), 172.7-195 (186.2); wing, 101.6-109.2- 

 (105.5); tail, 71.1-83.1 (78.1); culmen, from base, 17-21.2 (19.1); depth 

 of bill at base, 10.9-12.7 (11.8); tarsus, 24.6-28.3 (26.5); middle toe, 

 18.3-20.6(19.1).' 



Breeding range, Mackenzie River, Athabasca, and other interior 

 districts of British America. During migrations, the Great Plains, 

 from eastern base of Eocky Mountains to Manitoba (Red River Set- 

 tlement), Minnesota (Fort Snelling, May 11), Nebraska (Omaha, 

 March 9), Iowa (Burlington, October), Indian Territory (Beaver Creek, 

 November), western Illinois (Henderson County, Morgan County, 

 March), northern Kentucky (Mason County, December), and south- 

 ward through more southern Rocky Mountains to Arizona (Fort Verde, 

 December, February; Big Chino Valley, March), and western Texas 

 (El Paso, February). 



Agelaius phcmiceua (not Oriolus phceniceus Liimajus) Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 526, part (Red River Settlement, Manitoba'); Cat. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1859, no. 401, part. 



Ageliem tricolor (not Icterus tricolor Audubon) Blakiston, Ibis, 1863, 81 (Mac- 

 kenzie R., British America). 



Agelams gubernator (not Psarocoliua gubernaior Wagler) Blakiston, Ibis, 1863, 81 

 (Maclienzie R. ). 



Agelaius phcmiceusfortis Ridgway, Proc. Wasli. Acad. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901,153 

 (Omaha, Nebraska; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.), 154 (geogr. range). 



AGELAIUS PHCENICEUS NEUTRALIS Ridgway. 

 SAN DIEGO RED-WING. 



Similar to A. p. sonoriensis, but smaller, the adult female darker, 

 with streaks less strongly contrasted above, those on lower parts rather 

 broader and grayer, the upper parts with little if any rusty, even in 

 winter plumage. 



Adult male.—'Length (skins), 199.4-228.6 (213.1); wing, 116.8-127 

 (122.9); tail, 85.1-97.8 (90.7); culmen, from base, 21.6-24.9 (23.1); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.9-13.2 (12.2); tarsus, 28.7-31 (30.2); middle 

 toe, 20.6-23.4 (21.6).^ 



AduUfemale.—Length (skins), 167.6-193 (181.9); wing, 96.5-104.1 

 (101.3); tail, 67.1-78.2 (72.4); culmen, from base, 18.5-21.1 (19.6); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.4-11.4 (10.9); tarsus, 25.4-27.9 (26.9); middle 

 toe, 16.8-20.6 (19.1).' 



' Twenty-three specimens. 



' Seventeen specimens. 



' See next to last paragraph on p. 527 of work cited. 



* Thirty-two specimens. 



* Twenty-seven specimens. 



