PIPILO. 407 



Hob. Mexico \ Keal del Monte, Temiscaltepec {Bullock % Tezuitlan, State of Puebla 

 {Ridgway), Oaxaca {Boucard ®). 



Of this species we have Swainson's two types before us, and four other specimens 

 from Southern Mexico, including one sent to Mr. Sclater by Dr. Hartlaub as a type of 

 P. virescem. These present very considerable differences in coloration, which have 

 doubtless given rise to the many names bestowed upon the variations of plumage. 

 The bird described by Swainson has very distinct yellowish-white spots on the wing- 

 coverts and scapulars, and the sides of the interscapulium are similarly spotted. In 

 P. virescem these spots are present on the wing-coverts, but absent from the intersca- 

 pulium. In P. chlorosoma they are said to be absent altogether, as they are in one of 

 Swainson's types and in another example in our collection. P. complexus is said to 

 have a white spot on the throat and a rufous patch on the head. A specimen from 

 Southern Mexico {Boucard) has the white spot very distinctly shown, and also white on 

 the chin and white lores ; it has also some rufous on the occiput. Another example has 

 more rufous on the occiput, but not so much white on the throat ; both have obvious 

 characters of immaturity, and we have little doubt that Mr. Eidgway's name was 

 founded on an immature specimen of P. macronyx. Another variable point is in the 

 spots of the outer rectrices — in some (as in the type) the outermost exceeds an inch in 

 length, in others they are quite evanescent, presenting a mere trace ; so too with the 

 length of the tail, which varies from 4"8 inches (type) to 4*3 inches. 



Nothing has been recorded concerning this species in Mexico ; but we find on a label 

 attached to one of Swainson's types the following note, doubtless written by Bullock : — 

 " I have never seen this bird anywhere but between Mexico and San Miguel, nor is it 

 found within five leagues of the capital. It is extremely tame and constantly in motion, 

 and hides itself in thick bushes. Eye deep red and very small." 



2. Pipilo carmani. 



Pipilo carmani, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 7 ' ; Grays. Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xiv. p. 299 '. 



Pipilo maculatm, var. carmani, Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 109 \ 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus, var. carmani, Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 377 *. 



" Whole upper plumage, head, throat, and upper part of the breast olivaceous brown, with a reddish cast ; there 

 is a spot of white on the centre of the throat (this last character varies in size in different individuals) ; 

 taU blackish brown, edged with olivaceous and crossed with almost obsolete dusky bars, the outer two 

 feathers on each side with an irregular oval spot of white on their inner webs at the end ; quills dark hair- 

 brown, with greyish margins ; the wing-coverts blackish brown, the greater and middle coverts, the 

 scapulars, and the tertiaries spotted with white at their ends ; lower part of breast and middle of abdomen 

 white, sides broadly marked with bright ferruginous; upper mandible brownish black, the under paler; 

 tarsi and toes light fleshy brown. Length 6| in. ; wing 2| ; tail 3 ; bffl | ; tarsi 1." 



Hab. Mexico, Socorro Island {Grayson^ ^). 



We have not seen specimens of this species, the description being that given by 

 Mr. Lawrence. 



