Note 22 — BULLETIN OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. VOL. VII. January, 1882. No. I.

Mr. Ridgway acquiesces in the identification made of my inconstant examples of this species and Pipilo maculatus, in a letter from which I here make an extract: “The Pipilos appear to be neither true arcticus nor true megalonyx, and are almost as near (one of them at least) to maculatus of Mexico. They are, however, less like arcticus than either.... You will notice that one of the specimens has a very considerable admixture of grayish on the upper parts. Now, were this color more olivaceous, the specimen in question would be exactly like maculatus. The Song Sparrows are about equally like M. fasciata and M. fallax, but in colors appear to me to be nearer the former, as fallax has the markings less sharply contrasted. The specimens are, however, more like fallax in the grayness of the plumage. Upon the whole, I would say that they are nearer fasciata than fallax.”