362 BTJLLEtllSr 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MCfSEtJM. 



Sturnella magna (not Alauda magna Linnaeus) Butchek, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1868, 150 (Laredo, Texas, Dec.).— Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. 

 Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 24 (Brownsville, Texas).— Merrili, Proc. IT. S. Nat. 

 Mus., i, 1878, 133 (Fort Brown, Texas, winter).— (?) Ogilby, Sci. Proc. Eoy. 

 Dubl. Soc.iii, 1882 (45) (Navarro Co., Texas, Oct. to Feb.).— Neheling, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 166 (Harris Co., s. e. Texas, resident).— 

 Hancock, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 18 (Corpus Christi, Texas).— 

 Ehoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892,-108 (Corpus Christi, Texas).— Sing- 

 ley, Rep. Geol. Surv. Tex., 1894, 371 (Corpus Christi, Rio Grande City, and 

 Hidalgo, Texas). — Bendire, Life Hist. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 458, part(Texas). — 

 Carroll, Auk, xvii, 1900, 345 (Refugio Co., Texas, breeding). 



S[iurnella'] mexicana (not of Sclater) Brewer, Ibis, 1878, 487 (Fort Brown, 

 Texas). 



Sturnella mexicana Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 152 (Fort Brown, 

 Texas) . 



Sltirnella magna var. mexicana [Ridgway and] Merrill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.,i, 

 1878, 134, excl. syn. (Fort Brown, Texas, summer resident). 



[Sturnella, magna.'] Var. mexicana Ogilby, Sci. Proc. Roy. Dubl. Soc, iii, 1882 

 (45) (Navarro Co., Texas, summer resident; habits). 



Sturnella magna mexicana Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, Apr., 1880, 90; Bull. 

 Am. Mus. N. H., v, 1893, 37 (San Diego, n. w. Chihuahua; San Pedro, 

 Cachuta, and Nacory, n. e. Sonera). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 

 1880, 183, 218, 232; Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 263o.— Beewsteb, Auk,ii, 

 1885, 198 (Crittenden, Arizona, July). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check List, 1886, no. 501a.— Bendieb, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 461, 

 part, pi. 6, fig. 22 (Fort Brown, etc., s. Texas; Matamoras, Tamaulipas).— 

 CooKB, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 167 (Rio Grande and Eagle Pass, Texas). 



S\lurnella'\ m^agna] mexicana Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 406, part. 



S\turnella] magna mexicana Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 372, part. 



Sturnella magna hooped Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat., Sci. Phila., Mar., 1897, 149 

 (Brownsville, Texas; coll. J. Hoopes'). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Auk, xvi, 1899, 113 (Check List, no. 501a). 



STURNELLA MAGNA MEXICANA (Sclater). 

 MEXICAN UEABOWLARE, 



Similar to S. m. hoopesi, but averaging smaller, especially tail and 

 bill; brown markings of upper parts more decidedly brown, the paler 

 markings decidedlj^ buffy, especially the median crown-stripe; black 

 markings of back and rump more solidly black, those of the former 

 more confluenl; black postocular stripe broader; black jugular cres- 

 cent averaging narrower; yellow of under parts (while equally deep) 

 decidedly duller, inclining to saffron yellow. 



.4rZ;//i;TOaZ<3.— Length (skins), 210.3-243.6 (221); wing, 110.2-121.4 

 (116.1); tail, 64-72.4(69.6); culmen, from base, 29.5-33.5(31); tarsus, 

 38.1-43.4 (40.9); middle toe, 25.7-31.6 (29.7).' 



Adultfemale.— L&ngth. {skin), 1^%.1\ wing, 97.3-99.1 (98); tail (one 



'Type now in collection of Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 

 " Eleven specimens. 



