BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 301 



JUNCO PH^ONOTUS PALLIATUS Ridgway. 

 ARIZONA JtmCO, 



Similar to J. p. phcBonotus, but paler, the gray of pileum and hind- 

 neck much lighter (between olive-gray and no. 6 gray), that of chest, 

 etc., very pale (not darker than no. 9 gray), white of abdomen purer 

 and more extended, and white of lateral rectrices much more exten- 

 sive (inner web of outermost rectrix usually almost wholly white, that 

 of the second usuallj^ with more than terminal half white). 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 150.11-165.86 (156.72); wing, 76.:30- 

 82.80 (79.25); tail, 69.09-76.45 (72.90); exposed culmen, 11.18-12.19 

 (11.68); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.62 (7.37); tarsus, 20.57-22.10 

 (21.08); middle toe, 13.72-15.24 (14.73)." 



Adult female.— Ijength (skins), 141.22-150.88 (145.03); wing, 73.91- 

 76.20 (74.93); tail, 62.48-71.63 (66.29); exposed culmen, 11.18-12.19 

 (11.68); depth of bill at base, 6.35-6.86 (6.60); tarsus, 20.57-21.34 

 (20.83); middle toe, 13.97-14.73 (14.48).' 



Breeding in high mountains of southern Arizona (Santa Eita Moun- 

 tains, Mount Graham, etc.) and southward into northwestern Mexico 

 (States of Chihuahua and Sonora). 



Junco cinereiis (not FringUla cinerea Swainson) Henseaw, Am. Sportsman, Feb. 

 20, 1875, 328 (near Camp Grant, s. Arizona); Rep. Orn. Spec. AVheeler's 

 Surv., 1873 (1874), 158 (Mount Graham and Santa Eita Mts., Arizona); 

 Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 271, pi. 10 (Mount Graham and Santa 

 Rita Mts., s. Arizona, breeding at 8,500 ft.; habits; descr. nest and eggs, 

 etc.— Bkbwee, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 73 (descr. eggs).— Allex, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 89.— Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no 222.— 

 Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 195 (Chiricahua Mts. s. Arizona, 

 Mar.); Auk, ii, 1885, 198 (Santa Rita Mts., a. Arizona, breeding; descr. 

 young female). — Scott, Auk, ii, 1885, 174, in text (Santa Catalina Mts., s. 

 Arizona, Nov. 26-29).— Shakpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 653, part 

 (in synonymy). 



[Junco canicepsl var. cinereus Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 

 (1874), 113, part. 



Junco hiemalis cinereus CouBS, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 267. 



J.[unco} h.liemalis'] cinereus CouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 379. 



Junco cinereus' palliatus Ridgway, Auk, ii, Oct., 1885, 364 (Mount Graham, s. 

 Arizona; U. S. Nat. Mus.). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 

 1886, no. 570.— Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 201 (Santa Catalina Mts. and Pinal 

 Mts., s. Arizona, winter) .—Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., v, 1893, 39 (Chu- 

 huichupa, n. e. Sonora, Jan. ) . 



/. [unco] cinereus palliatus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 424. 



Junco cinereus [palliatus'] Scott, Auk, ii, 1885, 354 (Pima Co., s. Arizona, in high 

 pine forests; crit. ). 



Junto palliatus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 655. 



Junco phseonotus palliatus Ridgway, Auk, xii, Oct., 1895, 391; Man. N. Am. Birds, 

 2d ed., 1896, 424. — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 2d ed., 

 1895, no. 570. 



1 Seven specimens. ^ Five specimens. 



