434 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



trast with the buff of upper portion, and chest uniform graj' or brown- 

 ish gvaj. 



Adult «^ff7,^— Length (skins), 188.13-205.23 (192.63); wing, 86.11- 

 94.74 (89.92); tail, 93.47-103.12 (97.03); exposed culmen, 13.72-15.75 

 (14.99); tarsus, 23.88-27.94 (26.16); middle toe, 16.76-19.30 (18.29).^ 



Ad,/lt frmaJr'.^Length (skins), 177.80-193.29 (184.66); wing, 78.99- 

 11,5.00 (85.85); tail, 81.79-104.90 (93.98); exposed culmen, 14.48-16.26 

 (14.99); tarsus. 22.86-26.42 (25.16); middle toe, 16.26-18.29 (17.53).' 



Cape St. Lucas district. Lower California. 



Fipllo alhigula Baibd, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Nov., 1859, 301, 304 (Oape St. 

 Luoas, Lower California; U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Elliot, Illust. New and 

 Unfig. N. Am. Birds, pt.''i, 1869, pL 15.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 248.— 

 Baied, Brewek, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, pi. 31, fig. 11. — 

 Shakpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 755. 



U'ipilo'] alhir/iilii Gkay, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 92, no. 7862. 



Pipilo albigularix Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 120. 



[I'ipilo funrus.l Var. nibir/iiln Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 152. 



Pipilo fuscus . . . var. albigula Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 206a. 



Pipilo foixcus, var. alhir/ula Baird, BREWER,-and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 

 1874, 127. 



Pipilo fusrus alhigulit Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 181, 218, 

 228; V, 1883, 540 (La Paz, Lower California; crit.); Nom. N. Am. Birds, 

 1881, no. 240a.— Coues, Check List, 2ded., 1882, no. 307.— Townsexd, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 137 (La Paz). — American- Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check List, 1886, no. 591o. 



P. [?>)7o] /. [w.snLs] albigula Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 397. 



P.lipilolfuscus albigula Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 440. 



PIPILO CRISSALIS CRISSALIS (Vigors). 

 CAIUOKNIA TOWHEE. 



Similar to P. fu»ci(f; mexoleuens but decidedly larger and coloration 

 much darker and browner; back, etc., drab-brown (margins of feath- 

 ers slightly more grayish), the pileum more rufescent (approaching 

 mars brown or prouts brown); gular area vinaceous-cinnamon or 

 cinnamon-buff, abdomen pale dull buffy, and under tail-coA'erts, etc., 

 bright russet or cinnamon. 



A(Mt male.— LQugth. (skins), 212.09-241.30 (227.58); wing, 95.25- 

 103.63 (98.81); tail, 107.19-115.57 (109.98); exposed culmen, 14.22- 

 16.51 (15.75); tarsus, 26.67-28.45 (27.69); middle toe, 19.30-21.34 

 (20.07).^" 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 209.30-218.44 (213.87); wing, 90.68- 

 98.55 (95.76); tail, 105.16-111.25 (107.70); expo.sed culmen, 14.22- 

 16.00 (14.99); tarsus, 26.42-27.94 (27.18); middle toe, 19.05-20.32 

 (19.56).* 



California, west of Sierra Nevada (in valleys and foot-hills), north 



' Ten specimens. ' Eight specimens. 



^ Seven specimens. * Four specimens. 



