A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3Baird, Spencer Fullerton
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A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3
Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Birds -- North America
3. P. macronyx.[18] Scapulars and wing-coverts (both
rows) with distinct greenish-white spots on tips of
outer webs.
4. P. chlorosoma.[19] Scapulars and wing-coverts
without trace of white spots. _Hab._ Table-lands of
Mexico. (Perhaps these are two races of one species,
_macronyx_.)
_b._ Head and neck ashy, paler on jugulum, where the
color fades gradually into the white of breast. Rump and
upper tail-coverts bright rufous.
5. P. superciliosa.[20] An obsolete whitish
superciliary stripe. Greater wing-coverts obsoletely
whitish at tips; no other white markings on upper
parts, and the tail-patches indistinct. _Hab._ Brazil.
(Perhaps not genuine _Pipilo_.)
B. Sides ashy or tinged with ochraceous; lower
tail-coverts ochraceous, not sharply contrasted with white
on the abdomen, or else the abdomen concolor with the
side. Head never black, and upper parts without light
markings (except the wing in _fuscus_ var. _albicollis_).
_a._ Wings and tail olive-green.
6. P. chlorurus. 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. _Hab._ Western Province of United
States.
_b._ Wings and tail grayish-brown.
7. P. fuscus. A whitish or ochraceous patch covering
the throat contrasting with the adjacent portions, and
bounded by dusky specks. Lores and chin like the
throat. _Hab._ Mexico, and United States west of Rocky
Mountains. (Five races.)
8. P. aberti. Throat concolor with the adjacent
portions, and without distinct spots. Lores and chin
blackish. _Hab._ Colorado region of Middle Province,
United States. (Only one form known.)
[18] _Pipilo macronyx_, SWAINSON, Phil. Mag. I, 1827, 434.
Real del Monte, Mex.—IB. Anim. in Men. 1838, 347.—BP.
Consp. 487.—SCLATER & SALVIN, 1869, 361. _Pipilo
virescens_, HARTLAUB, Cab. Jour. 1863, 228, Mex.
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