Description of a New Pipilo
Journal
Condor
Volume
2
Issue
2 (March-April)
Year
1900
Pages
43
Online Text
Description of a New Pipilo.
RICHARD C. MCGREGOR.
Pipilo maculatus falciferr1 subsp. nov.
Subsp. char. Terminal white spot of outer tail feather considerably shorter (less than one inch) than in megalonyx; claws much longer and heavier than in oregonus; under tail coverts darker than in atratus; rump more or less grayish, upper tail coverts tipped with pale buff.
Type. No. 2274, ♂ , McGregor Collection, Palo Alto, California, April 9, 1898. Chord of wing 3.38; tail 3.75; exposed culmen .55; white tail spot .76; chord of hind claw 46. Collected by T. J. Hoover.
Type. No. 882, ♀ , McGregor Collection, Palo Alto, California, March 3, 1898.
Range. San Francisco Bay region.
1falx + fero: sickle-bearing, referring to the large hind claw.
