PIPILO. 



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ish fulvous; under tail-coverts pale buff; length 6.00-6.75, wing 2.60- 

 2.75, tail 2.50-2.70, tarsus .90-95. Nest in low bushes, composed of dried 

 twigs, straws, etc., the top partially or completely domed. Eggs 2-4, 

 .89 X -64, plain pure white. Sab. Lower Eio Grande Valley in Texas 



and southward 586. E . rufivirgata La we. Texas Sparrow! 



b\ Bill stouter, its depth at base .28-33, length of upper mandible from nostril 

 to tip .35-.40 ; flanks deep drab or raw umber-brown ; lower tail-coverts 

 deep fulvous-buff; wing 2.55-2.75, tail 2.30-2.70, tarsus .85-.90. Sab. 

 Southern Mexico. 



E. rufivirgata crassirostris Baird. Cordova Sparrow. 1 

 a 2 . Upper mandible dark brown or brownish black; legs and feet "deep brown; 

 crown-stripes sharply defined, black anteriorly, mixed chestnut and black 

 posteriorly, the broad median stripe clear ash-gray throughout. 



Bill slender, and posterior lower parts pale, as in E. rufivirgata ; depth of 

 bill at base .26-.28, length from nostril .35-.40, wing 2.50-2.68, tail 2.60- 

 2.80, tarsus .85-.95. Sab. Yucatan (Merida). 



E. rufivirgata verticals Bidgw. Striped-crowned Sparrow. 2 



Genus PIPILO Yieillot. (Page 384, pi. CXI., figs. 1, 3.) 



Species. 



(Nest on ground, in bushy places, in bushes, brambles, vines, or small trees. 

 Eggs 3-5, more or less spotted.) 



a 1 . Throat and chest black or brownish, in abrupt contrast with white of breast 

 and belly ; sides and flanks rufous or rusty. Eggs white, pinkish white, or 

 dilute cinnamon or vinaceous, thickly speckled or sprinkled with reddish 

 brown. 

 b 1 . Wings and tail black or brownish, like chest, etc. 



c\ Wing-coverts and scapulars without white markings. (Adult male: 

 Head, neck, chest, and upper parts uniform black ; basal portion 

 of quills, and edge of outer web near middle, white, the two 

 sometimes confluent; a large white patch at tip of inner webs 

 of three or four outer tail-feathers. Adult female: Similar to 

 male, but black everywhere replaced by umber-brown. Young: 

 Wings and tail much as in adult ; head, neck, back, and chest dull 

 fulvous, streaked with blackish.) 

 d}. Larger, with larger white markings on quills and tail-feathers; 

 iris of adult male bright carmine-red ; length 7.50-8.75, wing 

 3.30-3.75 (3.50), tail 3.55-4.10 (3.84), white space on outer tail- 

 feather 1.30-1.60 long. Eggs .94 X .71. Sab. Eastern United 



1 Embernagra rufivirgata, /3. crassiroetrie Ridgw., Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. Deo. 17, 1878, 248, 249 {ex " E. 

 rufivirgata var. craesinoatris Baird, MS."). 



2 Embernagra rufivirgata, y. verticalis Kidqw., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. Dec. 17, 1878, 248, 249. 



