BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 433 



Pipilo mesoleueus Baibd, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, June, 1854, 119 (C'opper 

 mines, Arizona) ; Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 518; eA. 1860 ("Birds 

 N. Am."), atlas, pi. 29; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 397; Rep. U. S. and Mex. 

 Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 18, part (Copper mines and ISTogales, Ari- 

 zona). — ScLATER, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 120, part (n. Mexico; New Mex- 

 ico).— Kenneely, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., iv, pt. vi, 1856, 11, 12 (Bill 

 Williams R., Arizona); x, pt. vi, 1859, 30, pi. 29 (do.). — Heeehtann, Rep. 

 Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv, 1859, 15 (Tucson, Arizona). — Cooper, Orn. 

 Cal., 1870, 247 (Arizona, etc.).— Aiken, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 1872, 

 202 (Cailoii City, Colorado, 1 pair Apr. 16). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, pi. 31, fig. 10; iii, 1874, 516 (descr. nest and 

 eggs). 



"Pipilo" mesole.ucuH CouES, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866,90 (New Mexico and 

 Arizona; crit.) . 



Pipilo fusca . . var. mesoleuca Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Nov., 1873, 183, 

 192 (Colorado). 



Pipilo fiiscus, var. mesoleueus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. A]ii. Birds, 

 ii, 1874, 125. 



Pipilo fuscus . var. mesoleueus Hbnshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 

 1873 (1874), 120 (Camp Grant, etc., Arizona); Zool. Exp. W. 100th 

 Merid., 1875, 304 (SantaFe, New Mexico; San Carlos, etc., Arizona; habits). 



Pipilo fuscus, y. mesoleueus Ridgway, Field and Forest, iii, May, 1877, 198 (Col- 

 orado) . 



Pipilo fuscus mesoleueus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii. Mar. 27, 1880, 4; 

 Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 240.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 306.— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 197 (Santa Rita Mts., etc., 

 Arizona; descr. nest and eggs). — Batcheldbe, Auli, ii, 1885, 237 (Las Vegas, 

 New Mexico; habits). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, 

 no. 591. — Henshaw, Auk, iii, 1886, 74 (upper Pecos R., New Mexico). — 

 Beckham, Auk, iv, 1887, 123 (near Pueblo, Colorado). — Bendire, Auk, vii, 

 1890, 22 (range; habits; descr. nest and eggs) . — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 

 V, 1893, 39 (Granados and Nacory, n. e. Sonora, Nov. ; San Diego and Nueven- 

 che plain, n. w. Chihuahua, Oct., Feb.). — Lowe, Auk, xi, 1894, 269 (Wet 

 Mts., s. w. Colorado, 10,000ft.).— Nehrling, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 

 180.— Cooke, Birds Col. , 1897, 108 (Arkansas Valley and Pueblo Co. , Colorado, 

 summer resident). 



P. [ipilo'lf. [uscusl mesoleueus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 397. 



P. [/pifc] fuscus mesoleueus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 440. 



[Pipilo fuscus.} Subsp. f:l. Pipilo mesoleueus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 

 1888, 754. 



IPipilo} fuscus (not Pipilo fusca Swainson) Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 93, no. 

 7364, part.— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 152. 



IHpilo fuscus Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 206.— Stephens, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 iii, 1878, 93 (New Mexico). 



PIPILO ALBIGULA Baird. 

 SAINT LUCAS TOWHEE. 



Similar to P. fus'cus mesoleueus but decidedly smaller (except bill 

 and feet), upper parts decidedly darker and browner, lower third 

 (approximately) of gular area whitish, in more or less marked con- 



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