BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 293 



Junco hyemalis . . . var. annectens Eidgway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Nov., 1873, 182 



(Colorado). 

 J.luncol hyemalis annectens Eidgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vi, Oct., 1874, 174 



(EockyMts). 

 Junco hiemalia annectens Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 264. 

 /. [unco] h. [iemaUs] annectens Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 379. 

 Junco oregonus (not Fringilla oregana Townsend) Mbkeiam, Bull. U. S. Geol. 



Surv. Terr, for 1872 (1873), 681 (Teton Canon, Idaho, July 24; Lower Geyser 



Basin and Snake Eiver, Idaho, Aug., Sept.). 

 {Junco cinereus var. caniceps] b. caniceps (not Struthus caniceps Woodhouse) Coues, 



Birds N. W., 1874, 143, part. 

 "Hybrid between oregonus and caniceps" Baird, Beewbe and Eidgway, Hist. 



N.Am. Birds, i, 1874, 579, footnote (part). 

 Junco meamsi Eidgway, Auk, xiv, Jan., 1897, 94 (Fort Bridger, Wyoming; 



U.S. Nat. Mus.). — American Oknithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xiv, 



Jan., 1897, 128 (no. 568). —Cooke, Birds Colorado, 1897, 105 (winter resid., 



e. to Fort Lyon). 



JUNCO TOWNSENDI Anthony. 

 TOWNSEND'S JTTNCO, 



Adults in summer {sexes alihe). — Similar to J. montanus, but back 

 and scapulars light grayish, hair brown, or drab-gray, instead of broc- 

 coli brown, and with more white on tail, the third rectrix being, 

 usually, chiefly (sometimes almost entirely) white. (Similar also to J. 

 meamsi, but wing and tail shorter, bill longer, gray of head, neck, and 

 chest darker, and back much grayer.) 



Adult male.—hQngt\i (skins), 132.08-144.53 (140.46); wing, 75.44- 

 81.79 (78.49); tail, 63.75-68.58 (66.80); exposed culmen, 10.67-11.43 

 (11.18); depth of bill at base, 6.60-6.86 (6.73); tarsus, 20.07-21.34 

 (20.57); middle toe, 13.46-14.73 (14.22).' 



Adult female.— l^ength (skins), 133.60-144.27(138.94); wing, 72.14- 

 81.03 (75.18); tail, 63.50-65.79 (64.52); exposed culmen, 10.67-11.94 

 (10.92); depth of bill at base, 6.35-6.86 (6.60); tarsus, 20.07-20.83; 

 (20.57); middle toe, 12.70-13.97 (13.46).' 



Northern Lower California (San Pedro Martir Mountains). 



Junco tovmsmdi Anthony, Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., 2d ser., ii, Oct. 11, 1889, 76 (San 

 Pedro Martir Mts., n. Lower California; coll. A. W. Anthony); Zoe, iv, 1893, 

 241 (San Pedro Martir Mts., in pine region; descr. nest and eggs). — Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, vii, 1890, 63; Check List, 2d 

 ed., 1895, no. 571. 1.— Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 603. 



JUNCO INSULARIS Ridgway. 

 eTTADAitrpE Jirifoo. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Similar to J. townsendi^ but with much shorter 

 wing and tail; decidedly larger and proportionately longer bill, and 



' Six specimenst ^ Five specimens. 



