*_Richmondena cardinalis canicaudus_ (Chapman).--_Specimens examined:_
total 3: [Male] 31099 from 1 mi. N Boquillas, 700 ft., March 8, 1952,
weight, 45.3 gms.; [Male] 32135 from 2 mi. W Jimenez, 850 ft., June 20,
1952; and [Male] 32136 from 2 mi. S, 3 mi. E San Juan de Sabinas, June
22, 1952.
In Coahuila the Cardinal is common. Miller (1955a:174) found it singing
in the Boquillas drainage of the Sierra del Carmen at 4800 feet, and
gave evidence that the Cardinal breeds there. Sutton and Burleigh
(1939a:43) found the species to be common in the low country "east of
Saltillo." Hellmayr (1938:69) recorded _R. c. canicaudus_ from Sabinas.
The sizes of the testes (9 mm.; 7x4 mm.) of Nos. 32135-32136 indicate
breeding by this subspecies in northeastern Coahuila.
*_Pyrrhuloxia sinuata sinuata_ (Bonaparte).--_Specimens examined:_
total 4: [Male] 31100 from 10 mi. S, 5 mi. E Boquillas, 1500 ft., March
4, 1952, weight, 37.3 gms.; [Male] 32137 from 5 mi. N, 19 mi. W Cuatro
Cienegas, 3250 ft., July 5, 1952; [Male] 35403 (skeleton only) from San
Marcos, May 5, 1954; and [Male] 30234 from 3 mi. SE Torreon, 3800 ft.,
January 12, 1951.
In Coahuila, the Pyrrhuloxia is common. Hellmayr (1938:76) listed it
from Sabinas. Ridgway (1901:628) recorded _P. s. texana_ (=_sinuata_)
from La Ventura. Burleigh and Lowery (1942:206) found the species "only
in the open desert country west of Saltillo where, on April 22, several
pairs were seen in a small arroyo." Amadon and Phillips (1947:579) took
an immature _P. s. sinuata_ at Las Delicias; Sutton and Burleigh
(1939a:43-44) found this subspecies fairly common in the San Pedro
district on January 29 and 30. Miller, Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore
(1957:330) recorded breeding by _P. s. sinuata_ at Hipolito on July 2.
The size of the testes (8 mm.) of No. 32137 indicates breeding in
central Coahuila.
*_Pheucticus melanocephalus melanocephalus_ (Swainson).--_Specimen
examined:_ one, [Male] 31664, from Sierra Guadalupe (=10 mi. S, 5 mi. W
General Cepeda), 7500 ft., April 30, 1953, measurements: wing, 105.5
mm.; tail, 78 mm.; culmen, 19 mm.; weight, 48 gms.
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