BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 441 



MELOZONE RUBRICATUM XANTUSII (Lawrence). 

 XANTUS'S OROTIND SPARROW. 



Similar to 21. r. ruiricatum but averaging larger (?),^ the bill decid- 

 edlj' larger, and coloration browner. 



Adult ;Hr//,'.— Length (skins), 159.51-199.39 (174.50); wing, 71.12- 

 86.87 (79.76); tail, 64.01-78.74 (71.37); exposed culmen, 13.97-15.49 

 (14.99); depth of bill at base, 9.40-10.16 (9.91); width of mandible at 

 base, 6.86-8.38 (7.37); tarsus, 25.15-27.43 (25.65); middle toe, 17.27- 

 18.54 (18.03).' 



Adxilf female.— LQngth. (skins), 162.56-188.47 (171.70); wing, 73.41- 

 81.79 (76.96); tail, 66.29-71.63 (68.07); exposed culmen, 14.48-16.00 

 (14.99); depth of bill at base, 9.65-10.16 (9.91); width of mandible at 

 base, 7.11-9.65 (7.87); tarsus, 23.37-26.16 (25.40); middle toe, 16.61- 

 18.54 (17.53).'' . 



Western Mexico, in States of Colima, Jalisco, Sinaloa (north to 

 Mazatlan, Plomosas, etc.), Durango (Chaoala), and Chihuahua (San 

 Kafael), and Territory of Tepic. 



Fyrgisoma ruhricatuia (not Atlapetea rubricatus Cabanis) Sclater and Salyin, 

 Proc. ZoolSoc. Lond., 1868, 326, part (Plains of Colima). — Lawrence, ^lem. 

 Bost. See. N. H., ii, pt. iii, no. 2, 1874, 278 (Mazatlan; plains of Colima; 

 Tepic; San Bias). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 

 402, part (Mazatlan; Presidio, near Mazatlan; Tepic; San Bias; Plains of 

 Colima). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 731, part (Mazatlan; 

 Presidio). — Jouy, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 780 (Barranca Ibarra, 

 Jalisco; habits.) 



[Pyrgisoma} rubricatum Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 33, part. 



Fyrgisoma xantusii Lawrence, Ann-. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., viii, May, 1867, 480 

 (plains of Colima, s. w. Mexico; U. S. Nat. JIus. ; ex Baird, manuscript). 



Fyrgisoma rubricatutn xantiisl Nelson, Auk, xv, Apr., 1898, 156 (Colima; Jalisco; 

 Sinaloa; Tepic; crit. ). 



MELOZONE CABANISI (Sclater and Salvin). 

 CABANIS' S GROTJND SPARROW. 



Adult (sexes alike). — Forehead black; rest of pileum, together with 

 auricular region, bright chestnut or chestnut-rufous, the latter passing 

 into black anteriorlj' and along the lower edge, forming a V-shaped 



' The series of true P. rubricatum that I have been able to examine is much too 

 small to enable me to state the characters of the present form with greater precision, 

 and I also labor under the disadvantage of not being able to compare at one time speci- 

 mens from different parts of its range. It would appear that specimens from Chi- 

 huahua ought to be more or less different from those taken in the coast district of 

 Jalisco, Tepic, Sinaloa, etc., but, although I have seen a good series from San Rafael, 

 in that State, I can not now say whether they are different or not. 



' Nine specimens. 



'Ten specimens. 



