BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 285 



Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 584, part (not pi. 2(), fig. 3, = ./. o. thurber!.\). — 

 RiDGw.w, Norn. N.Am. Birds, 1881, no. 218, part; Orn. 40th Parallel, 1S77, 

 473, part (AVest Humboldt Mts., Nevada, 1 spec. Oct. 3).— Bean, Proc. U. 

 S. Nat. Mus.,v, 1882, 152 (Sitka, breeding).— Sh.\rpe, Cat. Birds Brit, Mus., 

 xii, 1888, 650, part. 



lattco oregonus Finsch, .Tourn. fiir Orn., iss:!, 273 (Chilco<jt and Portage Bay> 

 Alaska, Apr.). 



\_Jimco'] oregonus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 141, part. 



[Junco hyemalis] var. oregonus Ridgway, Am. Nat., vii, Oct., 1873, 613, part. 



Jnii.co hyemalis oregonus Ridgway, Bull. Kssex Inst., vii, Jan., 1875, 19 (West 

 Humboldt ilts., Nevada). — America.v Ornithologists' Union, Check Li.st, 

 1886, no. 567«, part.— Turner, Contr. Nat. Hist. Alaska, 1886, 174, part 

 (Unalaska, 1 spe.c. Apr. 8). — Nelson, Rep. Nat. Hist. Coll. Alaska, 1SS7, 

 192, part (Sitka).— Fannin, Check List Birds Brit. Columbia, 1891, 37, part 

 (resident \v. side of Cascades). — Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, .50, 

 part (British Columbia; crit. ). — Grinnell, Pub. ii, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1898, 

 38 (Pasadena, California, 1 spec. Nov. 24, 1896); Auk, xv, 1898, 128 (Sitka). 



.7". [wrico] hyemalis oregonus Ridgivay, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 424, part. 



Jimco hiemalis oregorMS Coues, Check List, 1882, no. 378, part. — Rhoads, Pr(jc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 63, part (British Columbia). 



.7". [unco] h.[iemalis'] oregonus CouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 378, part. 



" Fringilla atrata Brandt, Icon. Rosso-Asiat. , pi. 2, fig. 8" (Alaska). 



Pringilla [Zonotrichia) atrata. Kittlitz, Denkw. Reise, i, 1858, 199 (Sitka). 



JUNCO OREGANUS .SHUFELDTI (Coale). 

 SHUFELDT'S JITNCO. 



Similar to -/. o. oreganas but color of back much less rufescent, in 

 adult males ranging from brow-ish mouse gray to sepia, in adult 

 females from sepia to deep drab or broccoli brown, and black of head, 

 neck, and chest averaging less intense, more slaty. 



Adult mffife.— Length (skins), 140.97-15Y.48 (149.10); wing, 76.46- 

 81.79 (79.76); tail, 66.55-72.14 (69.34); exposed culmen, 10.67-11.68 

 (10.92); depth of bill at base, 6.60-6.86 (6.86); tarsus, 20.07-21.59 

 (20.83); middle toe, 13.46-14.48 (13.97).' 



Adult female.— Liingih (skins), 137.16-150.37 (146.30); wing. 71.63- 

 78.23 (74.93); tail, 58.42-68.83 (64.77); exposed culmen, 10.41-10.92 

 (10.67); depth of bill at base, 6.35-6.86 (6.60); tarsus, 20.07-21.34 

 (20.57); middle toe, 12:70-14.48 (13.97).' 



Breeding from the interior of northern British Columbia (Stuart's 

 Lake, etc.) east to Rockj' Mountains in Alberta, south to Vancouver 

 Island, Washington, and northern Oregon,'* probably to northwestern 

 Montana and western Idaho;* south in winter over entire Rocky 

 Mountain plateau of the United States, to Arizona, New Mexico, and 



' Ten specimens. 



^Six specimens. 



'The only breeding specimens from Oregon are from the Maury Mountains and 

 Elgin, in Union County, in the extreme northeastern corner of the State. 



■■There are two specimens in breeding plumage (decidedly worn) from Fort Bridger, 

 Wyoming, taken April 12 and 14. 



