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Coll., 1882, 232.— Brewster, Auk, i, 1884, 15 (Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 

 breeding),.— Drew, Auk, ii, 1885, 16 (Colorado, in winter) .— Bicknbll, Auk, 

 ii, 18S5, 146 (song).— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 647 (Repulse 

 Bay; Fort Simpson, etc.). 



J.[uiic<i'] hiemalis Coves, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1888, 377. 



[Juuni hyemaHii] var. hijenuilix Eidgway, Am. Nat., vii, Oct., 1873, 612. — Baird, 

 Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 579. 



Jmico hyemalis var. hyemalis Trippe, in Coues' Birds N. W., 1874, 144 (Colo- 

 rado, not uncommon in winter). 



[Juacu hyemalis'] a. hyemalis Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 141 (synonymy). 



\_Junco hyemalis] b. hyemalis Tbippe, in Coues' Birds N. W., 1874, 145 (crit.). 



PringilUi hudsonias Forster, Philos. Trans., Ixii, 1772, 406,428 (Severn R., Hud- 

 son Bay). 



[Pringilla] hwlsonia Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 926. 



Niphaea . . hudmiiia Lichtenstein, Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol., 1854, 43. 



Fringilla niwilin Wilson, Am. Orn., ii, 1810, 129, pi. 16, fig. 6 (E. Pennsylvania; 

 Peade's Mus.).— Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., i, 1832, 491. 



JUNCO HYEMALIS CAROLINENSIS Brewster. 

 CAROLINA JUNCO. 



Similar to J. /<. liyninallx, but larger, especially the bill, and colora- 

 tion lighter and more uniform, the head not darker than chest or back, 

 and the color one or two shades lighter than in J. h. hyemalis (nearer 

 slate-gray than slate-co.lor) ; bill (in life) light bluish horn color, instead 

 of pinkish or lilaceous white; young similar to that of -/. h. hyemalis^ 

 but less brown and more narrowly streaked above, and with ground- 

 color of anterior and lateral under 'parts darker. 



Adult //W6^— Length (skins), 144.02-157.48 (154.1;s); wing, 77.72- 

 82.30 (80.26); tail, 67.82-73.15 (70.36); exposed culmen, 10.67-12.19 

 (11.43); depth of bill at base (two specimens), 6.10-6.35 (6.22); tarsus, 

 20.32-22.61 (21.84); middle toe, 13.72-15.49 (14.73).' 



AdaU fevitdi,.—\j&n^i\x (skin.s), 139.95-151.89 (144.53); wing, 74.17- 

 77.98 (75.69); tail, 61.47-70.10 (66.04); exposed culmen, 10.67-11.68 

 (11.18); depth of bill at base (one specimen), 6.35; tarsus, 20.57-22.86 

 (21.59); middle toe, 14.48-14.99 (14.73).' 



Breeding in the higher portions of southern Alleghanies, from Vir- 

 ginia (White Toja Mountain, Salt Pond Mountain, etc.) and West Vir- 

 ginia to northern Georgia, western North Carolina, and eastern 

 Tennessee (Unaka Mountains); in winter descending to surrounding 

 lowlands. 



Jiiiici) hyemuli« (not FriiKjIlla hyemalis Linnaeus) Baird, Brewer, and Kidq- 

 way, Hist. N. Am, Birds, i, 1874, 580, iiart.— Coues, Am. Nat., x, 1876, 114 

 (breeding on mountains of s. w. Virginia). — Moean, Forest and Stream, xi, 

 1878, 222 (breeding in mountains of w. North Carolina and n. Georgia). — 

 Eagsdale, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 238 (breeding on Unaka Mts., 

 e. Tennessee). — Blanchard, Orn. and 061., ix, 1884, 23 (Macon Co., w. 



' Eight specimens. '' Six specimens. 



