The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- dilutum / dilutus
L. dilutus weak, diluted, resolved, thin, soft < diluere to dissolve < dis separate, apart; luere to make good.
● “Atlapetes pileatus dilutus. CHIHUAHUAN PILEATED SPARROW. Similar to A. pileatus (Wagler) but averaging smaller, with smaller and more slender bill, grayer upper parts, and yellow of under parts paler and duller.” (Ridgway 1898) (subsp. Atlapetes pileatus).
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