424 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



and laterally ; length about 6.25-6.50. Male : Wing 2.95- 

 3.30 (3.28), tail 2.88-3.33 (3.18), culmen .50-.53 (.51), tarsus 

 .83-.90 (.86). Female : Wing 2.95-3.20 (3.04), tail 2.82- 

 3.18 (3.02), culmen .50-.53 (.51), tarsus .78-.87 (.84). Eggs 

 .78 X -60, plain greenish white. Bab. Southern Arizona 

 and adjacent parts of Mexico. 



570. J. cinereus palliatus Bidgw. Arizona Junco. 



d 2 . Outer tail-feather with rather less than half of inner web white ; 



rump and back olivaceous, the latter tinged with rusty. 



Lower parts dull ash-gray inclining to whitish on belly ; top 



of head dusky gray or slate-color ; wing 3.02-3.13 (3.08), 



tail 2.98-3.07 (3.01), culmen .61-.62 (.61), tarsus .95-.98 



(.97). Sab. Highlands of Guatemala. 



J. alticola Salv. Guatemalan Junco. 1 

 a 2 . Sides distinctly light pinkish brown (vinaceous), or ochraceous, very different 

 from color of chest. 

 b\ Sides pinkish or vinaceous ; bill, in life, pinkish, tipped with dusky, and iris 

 dark brown, or claret-color (as in J. hyemalis and allies). 

 c 1 . Wing nearly or quite seven times as long as culmen. 



d 1 . Adult male with head, neck, and chest black, or very dark slaty ; 

 back and scapulars umber-brown ; length 6.25-6.75, wing 2.90- 

 3.30 (3.09), tail 2.65-3.17 (2.85), culmen .45-.51 (.50), tarsus .77- 

 .82 (.80), middle toe .54-.58 (.57). Adult female with head, etc., 

 dull slate-gray, washed with brown on crown and hind-neck ; 

 otherwise much like male, but colors duller ; length 5.65-6.75, 

 ring 2.80-3.12 (2.91), tail 2.51-2.97 (2.76), culmen .48-.52 (.50), 

 tarsus .78-.84 (.80), middle toe .53-.58 (.56). Eggs .75 X -58, 

 similar in color to those of J. hyemalis. Sab. Western North 

 America, breeding along Pacific coast, from. California to Sitka. 

 567a. J. hyemalis oregonus (Towns.). Oregon Junco. 

 d 2 . Adult male and female (sexes essentially alike) with head, neck, and 

 chest clear plumbeous, the lores blackish, in strong contrast; 

 back and scapulars hair-brown. Male : Wing 3.15-3.40 (3.26), 

 tail 2.92-3.33 (3.07), culmen .48-.52 (.50), tarsus .80-88 (.82), 

 middle toe .53-.57 (.55). Female: Wing 2.95-3.28 (3.11), tail 

 2.70-3.12 (2.94), culmen .49-.50 (.50), tarsus .75-.83 (.80), mid- 

 dle toe .52-.58 (.55). Eggs 4-5, .81 X -60, whitish, spotted with 

 light reddish brown and lilac-gray, usually in ring or wreath 

 round larger end. Sab. Eocky Mountain district, breeding 

 from Port Bridger northward. 



568. J. annectens (Baird). Pink-sided Jnnco. 

 c 2 . Wing less than five times as long as culmen. 



Adult (sexes alike) : Above dull slaty, decidedly, but not abruptly, 



1 Junco alticola Salvin, P. Z. S. 1863, 189. 



