BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



365 



[Stumella magna. ] c. Subsp. mexicana Sclateh, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. , xi, 1886, 360, 



in list of specimens, part (localities in Costa Eica, Veragua, and Chiriqui) 

 Stumella ludoviciana mexicana Sclatee, Ibis, Jan., 1884, 26, part. 

 Slum{elM\ ? Sumichkast, Mem. Bost. See. N. H., i, 1869, 552, part (hot 



region. Vera Cruz). 

 Stumella magna inexspectata Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, sig. 37, Aug. 6, 



1888, 587 (Segovia River, Honduras; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 

 S[lumella'] magna inexpectata Stoiss, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1897, 152. 

 Stumella magna inexpectata'B AUGs, Auk., xviii, 1901, 370 (David, Chiriqui). 

 Stumella magna {not Alauda magna Linnaeus) Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi 



1886, 358, part.— Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 437 (Volcan de Miravalles,. Costa 



Eica). 



STURNELLA NEGLECTA Audubon. 

 WESTERN MEADOWIAKK. 



Similar to S. i7iagna hoopesi, but different in proportions, the wing 

 averaging longer, the tail, tarsi, and toes shorter; coloration much 

 grayer and more "broken" above, the broad lateral crown stripes 

 never uniform black, but always (except in excessively worn plumage) 

 more or less conspicuously streaked with pale grayish brown; malar 

 region always largely yellow, usually including both anterior and 

 extreme posterior portions; blackish streaks on sides and flanks varied 

 with spots of pale grayish brown, the ground color of these parts 

 paler buffj' (often white, scarcely if at all tinged with buff); black 

 jugular crescent averaging decidedly narrower. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 211.1-267.3 (232.7); wing, 118.4-129 

 (125); tail, 68.3-82.6 (75.7); culmen, from base, 29. 7-36. 6 (33.3); tarsus, 

 36.6-41.7 (38.9); middle toe, 25.4-28.5 (26.9).^ 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 196.6-228.6 (211.3); wing, 104.6- 

 116.6 (110.7); tail, 60.7-72.1 (65.8); culmen, from base, 27.7-32.5 (30.5); 

 tarsus, 33.5-37.6 (36.3); middle toe, 22.9-26.7 (25.1).' 



' Twenty-three specimens. 



^ Fourteen specimens. 



Specimens from east and west of Rocky Mountains average, respectively, as follows: 



Locality. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Eight adult males from east of Kooky Mountains (Minne- 

 sota to Texas) 



Seven adult males from Great Basin and Arizona 



Six adult males from west of Sierra Nevada and Cascades. 



One adult male from Vancouver Island 



One adult male from Cape St. Lucas 



FEMALES. 



Three adult females from east of Kocky Mountains 



Six adult females irom Great Basin and Arizona 



Pour adult females from California 



One adult female from Cape St. Lucas 



26.9 

 26.7 

 26.9 

 27.7 

 27.4 



25.9 

 25.1 

 24.6 

 22.9 



I am not able to discern any variation of coloration according to locality, speci- 

 mens from extreme parts of the range of the species being, apparently, quite identical 

 in this respect. 



