. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 81. PIPILO. 741 a. c? ad. sk. Mexico. b. S ad. sk. La Parada, Mexico. c. Ad. sk. Oaxaca, Mexico {A. Boucard). d. <3 ad. sk. Totontepec, South Mexico, Jan. 1859 (A. Boucard). Salvin-Godman Coll. A. Salle" [C.]. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godinan Coll. 81. PIPILO. Pipilo, Vieillot, Analyse, p. 32 (1816) .. Type. P. Head of Pipilo erythrophthalmuz Range. The greater part of North America and Central America from Mexico to Guatemala. Key to the Species * With the head and throat black or black- ish ; white or yellowish- white mar


. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 81. PIPILO. 741 a. c? ad. sk. Mexico. b. S ad. sk. La Parada, Mexico. c. Ad. sk. Oaxaca, Mexico {A. Boucard). d. <3 ad. sk. Totontepec, South Mexico, Jan. 1859 (A. Boucard). Salvin-Godman Coll. A. Salle" [C.]. Sclater Coll. Salvin-Godinan Coll. 81. PIPILO. Pipilo, Vieillot, Analyse, p. 32 (1816) .. Type. P. Head of Pipilo erythrophthalmuz Range. The greater part of North America and Central America from Mexico to Guatemala. Key to the Species * With the head and throat black or black- ish ; white or yellowish- white markings on the outer tail-feathers. a'. With no yellow on the imder wing- coverts or axillaries. a". With no white markings on the wing- coverts or scapulars. a'". Larger; with larger white markings on quills and tail-feathers; iris of adult male bright carmine-red. Length 7-50-8-55, wing 3-30-3-75, tail 3-55-4-10; white space on outer tail-feathers 1-30-160 long b'". Smaller; with smaller white mark- ings on quills and tail-feathers ; iris of adult male usually yellowish or whitish. Length 7-0-8-35, wing 2-95-3-20, tail 3-55-3-9; white space on outer tail-feathers only 066-0-75 long alleni, b". With large white markings on the scapulars and wing-coverts. erytliropkthalmus, p. 744. p. 746. * Many of the characters in this ' Key' are copied from Mr. Kidgway's ' Manual,' just published. Some of the forms differentiated by him are so meagrely represented in the Museum Collection that I have been unable to study their claims to distinction ; and I have therefore followed him. As, how- ever, most American naturalists admit that the different races of Pipilo macu- latus merge into each other, it is questionable whether they should not all be united under a single Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly rese


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