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a. Wings and tail grayish-brown. 
6. P. fuscus. A whitish or ochraceons patch covering the throat con- 
trasting with the adjacent portions, and bounded by dusky specks. 
Lores and chin like the throat. Length about 8.50 ; wing, 4.00 ; tail, 
4.60, or less ; eggs light blue ; rather sparsely blotched &nd streaked 
with purplish, etc. Hah. Mexico, and United States west of Rocky 
Mountains. (Five races.) (See Section II. Page 68.) 
7. P. aberti. Throat concolor with the adjacent portions, and without 
distinct spots. Lores and chin blackish. Length, 9.00; wing, 3.70; 
tail, 4.85. Eggs dull white, with heavy dots and hair-like zigzag 
markings of black. Hah. Colorado region of Middle Province' United 
States. (Only one form known.) {Alert's Towhee.) 
h. Wings and tail olive-green. 
8. P. chlorura. Whole pileum (except in young) deep rufous, sharply 
defined. Whole throat pure white, immaculate, and sharply defined 
against the surrounding deep ash ; a maxillary and a short supraloral 
stripe of white. Anterior parts of body streaked in young. Length 
about 7 inches. Nest in bushes, above the ground ; eggs bluish-white, 
finely and obsoletely mottled or dotted with pinkish-drab. Hah. West- 
ern Province of United States. (One variety only.) {Blanding's Finch.) 
SECTION I. Km l 
I. P. erythrophthalmus. (Page 66.) 
1. Wing, 3.65 ; tail, 4.20. Outer tail-feather with terminal half of inner web 
white. Iris bright red, sometimes paler. Hah. Eastern Province United 
States. (Florida in winter.) ( Ground Rohin ; Towhee.) 
var. erythrophthalmus. 
2. Wing, 2.90 ; tail, 3.75. Outer tail-feather with only terminal fourth of 
inner web white. Iris white. Hah. Florida (resident). ( White-eyed 
Towhee.) var. alleni. 
II. P. maculatus. (Page 66.) 
A. Inter scapular swith white streaks, 
a. Outer webs of primaries not edged with white at the base. 
1. Above olive-brown, the head and neck, only, continuous black ; back 
streaked with black. White spots on wing-coverts not bordered externally 
with black. Wing, 3.25 ; tail, 4.00 ; hind claw, .44. Hah. Table-lands of 
Mexico. ( Mexican Towhee.) ....... var. maculatus. 
2. Above black, tinged with olive on rump, and sometimes on the nape. 
White spots as in last. Inner web of lateral tail-feathers with terminal white 
spot more than one inch long; Outer web broadly edged with white. 
Wing, 3.45 ; tail, 4.10 ; hind claw, .55. Female less deep black than male, 
■ with a general slaty-olive cast. Hah. Middle Province of United States, 
from Fort Tejon, California, to Upper Rio G-rande, and from Fort Crook to 
Fort Bridger. (Long-clawed Toivhee.) var. meg a l onyx. 
3. Above almost wholly black, with scarcely any olive tinge, and this only 
on rump. White spots restricted, and with a distinct black external border. 
White terminal spot on inner web of lateral tail-feather less than one inch 
long ; outer web almost wholly black. Wi?ig, 3.40 ; tail, 3.90 ; hind claw, 
