Above cinereous; wing bands distinct; spots below distinct,
upon a white ground; femoral region and crissum very pale
ochraceous; tail-feathers broadly and sharply tipped with
pure white; wing, 4.30; tail, 4.50; bill, 1.00, stout,
moderately curved; tarsus, 1.40; middle toe, 1.12 (7,200 ♂
Ringgold Barracks, Texas). _Hab._ from Rio Grande valley in
Texas to Cordova, Orizaba, Oaxaca, Colima, and Mazatlan …
var. _curvirostris_.
Wing bands obsolete, and tail spots very narrow and obsolete;
spots below just discernible upon a grayish ground; femoral
region and crissum dilute ochraceous-brown; wing, 4.30; tail,
5.20; bill, 1.00, slender, moderately curved; tarsus, 1.30;
middle toe, 1.00 (8,128 ♂ “New Mexico”—probably Eastern
Arizona). _Hab._ Arizona (Camp Grant) … var. _palmeri_.