BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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SturneHa ludovidana {notiSlurnun ludmicumm Linnasus) Allen-, Buli. Mus. Comp. 



ZooL, ii, 1871, 288, expl. syn. (e. Florida; crit). 

 Sturnella magna (not Alauda magna. Linnajua) Merriam, Am. Nat., viii 1874 



87 (Okahumkee, Florida).— Ma ynard. Birds E. N. Am., 188l[ 139, part 



(Florida).— Bbyer, Proc. Louis. Soc. Nat. for 1897-99 (1900), 105 (Louisiana, 



breeding). 

 SlumeUa magna mexicana (not Sturnella mexicana Sclater) Chapman, Auk, v, 



1888, 273 (Gainesville, Florida; orit.).— Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, .32o' (Tarpon 



Springs, etc., Florida; crit.).— Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds ii 1895 



461, part. 

 Sturnella magna argutida Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Soc, i, Feb. 28, 1899, 20 



(Dunedin, Hillsboro Co., Florida; coll. E. A.and O. Bangs).— Allen, Auk, 



xviii, 1901, 174 (republication of original descr.). 



STURNELLA MAGNA HOOPESI Stone. 



TEXAS MEADOWLARK. 



Similar to S. m. magna, but yellow of under parts deeper even 

 than in S. m. argutula, and of a slightly (sometimes decidedly) orange 

 hue; coloration of upper parts paler, with black bars on tertials and 

 middle rectrices more frequently isolated, as well as narrower; size of 

 upper Mississippi Valley specimens of S. m. magna. 



Adadt male.—Length (skins), 200.7-230.6 (215.6); wing, 113-126 

 (117.1); tail, 63.5-79.2 (72.4); culmen, from base, 30.2-35.6 (33.3); 

 tarsus, 37.8-44.4 (41); middle toe, 24.1-33 (28.7).' 



Adult female.—Length (skins), 195.6-205.7 (200.1); wing, 100.3- 

 109.7 (106.4); tail, 64-73.7 (68.3); culmen, from base, 30.5-33.5 

 (31.7); tarsus, 36.8-39.4 (37.8); middle toe, 27.4-30.5 (28.7).' 



Southeastern Texas and westward through Rio Grande Valley and 

 southern New Mexico (San Luis Springs, Guadalupe Mountams, etc.) 

 to southern Arizona (Calabasas, San Bernardino Ranch, Sachill, etc.); 

 southward into Sonora(San Pedro, Cachuta, Nacory, Santa Cruz River, 

 etc.). Chihuahua (San Diego), and Tamaulipas (also probablj' Coahuila 

 and Nuevo Leon). 



' Twenty-seven specimens. 



^Nine specimens (all from Texas). 



Adult males from different localities average as follows: 



Locality. 



Eight adult males from Corpus Christi, Texas (measured by 



R.Ridgway) 



Eight adult males from other parts of Texas (measured by 



J.H.Riley) 



Nine adult males from Mexican boundary (New Mexico 



and .\rizona) 



Two adult males from southern Tamaulipas 



Three adult males of S. m. mexicana from Guanajuato, Du- 



rango, and Michoacan 



Wing. 



116.8 

 116.6 



119.2 

 116.1 



Tail. 



74.9 

 73.9 



69.6 

 72.4 



70.1 



Culmen, 



34.8 

 33.8 



32 

 31.7 



Tarsus. 



42.9 

 40.6 



39.9 

 40.6 



Middle 

 toe. 



30.9 

 28.2 



26.7 

 30.5 



25 



