BIRDS OF NOKTH AND MIDDLE AMEEICA. 



179 



(12.19); depth of bill at base, 7. 62-8. 3s (7.87); tarsus, 18.80-20.83 

 (20.32); middle toe, 12.95-16.00 (14.99).^ 



Western United States and plateau of Mexico; north to interior of 

 British Columbia (Vernon), Manitoba (Winnipeg), etc.; south (in win- 

 ter at least) to Oaxaca (Chihuitan, Santa Efigenia, etc.), Chiapas (San 

 Benito), and Guatemala (Barranco Hondo); east to eastern border of 

 Great Plains; west to Pacific coast, including peninsula of Lower 

 California. 



Chondestes slrigata Swainson, Philos. Mag., n. s.,i, 1827, 435 (Mexico); Claasif. 

 Birds, ii, 1837, 289. 



Chondestes sirigatus Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Avea, i, 1886, 375, part 

 (localities in Mexico and United Stiites, except Illinois and Iowa; Barranco 

 Hondo, Guatemala). 



Chondestes grammica strigata Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 179; 

 Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 204a.— Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 

 541 (La Paz, Lower California, winter) ; vi, 1883, 343 (Guaymas, Sonora) . — 

 Beckham, Auk, ii, 1885, 141 (Pueblo, Colorado). 



Chondestes grammica strigatus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 217 (crit. ). 



Chondestes grammacus strigatus American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 

 1886, no. 552a. — Brewster, Auk, iii, 1886, 139 (Cook Co., Texas). — Evermann, 

 Auk, iii, 1886, 182 (Ventura Co., California).— Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., iii, 1886, 149 (Chietla, Puebla).— Coale, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, 

 no. 2, 1887, 25 (crit.) .—Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 193 (localities 

 , in Texas).— TowxsEND, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 137 (Cape St. 

 Lucas, Apr. 7) . — Merriam, North Am. Fauna, no. 5, 1891, 102 (mo. Little Lost 

 R., Idaho). — Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 338 (San Antonio, Texas) . — Rhoads, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., 1893, 49, 63 (Vernon, int. British Columbia) . — Richmond 



' Thirty-two specimens. 



Specimens from different localities average as follows: 



Locality. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Five adult males from Mexico 



Eleven adult males from Texas 



Seven adult males from Arizona (including one 



from northern Chihuahua 



Thirteen adult males from California 



Two adult males from Cape St. Lucas 



Two adult males from Nevada 



Eight adult males from eastern Colorado, Kansas, 



Nebraska, etc 



FEMALES. 



Eight adult females from Mexico -*. 



Six adult females from Texas 



Nine adult females from Arizona, northern Sonora, 



and northern Chihuahua 



Four adult females from California 



Two adult females from Cape St. Lucas 



Three adult females from Nevada, Wyoming, and 



Colorado 



15.24 

 15.24 



15.49 

 15.24 

 16.00 

 14.48 



14.99 

 14.73 



14.73 

 15.24 

 14.99 



15.49 



