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Show 187 Collector's notes. Iris brown. Stomach contained remnants of some small black insects which teed upon the blossoms of the White Sage. The bird is resident upon the island, but not numerous. Their motions are very quick; theirgeueral habits restless, impatient, and shy. Their almost incessant activity, together with their shyness, renders them difficult to secure. Tbey live in the brush, being rarely seen on trees. FAM. FRINGILLID^ E. 4. CARPODACUS AMPLUS, nobis. SP. CH.- Adult:- Above, bark brownish- gray, the feathers indistinctly darker centrally, the wing- and tail- feathers edged with paler brownish-gray. Lower parts dull white, conspicuously streaked with brownish-gw. v. Male, frontal band ( about 0.16- 0.30 wide), superciliary stripe back to the endsof the anriculars, cheeks ( anterior half of the maxillary region), chin, throat, breast, and patch on lower part of the rump bright crimson. Wing, 3.30^- 3.35; tail, 2.80- 2.90; bill, from nostril, 0.42- 0.45; depth of bill, 0.42- 0.50; breadth of bill, 0.32- 0.35; tarsus, 0.80; middle toe, 0.6O- O. 65. Female, lacking the red, each feather of the lower parts having a distinct central streak. Wing, 3.10- 3.25; tail, 2.60- 2.90; length of hill, 0.40- 0.45; depth, 0.40- 0.48; breadth, 0.32- 0.38; tarsus, 0.75- 0.85; middle toe, 0.58- 0.05. Young:- Similar in plumage to the adult female, bat light edges to wing- aud tail- feathers broader and more inclining to fulvous. Remarks.- The upper mandible is nearly black, the lower much lighter, a purplish horn- color in the male, almost white in the female; the feet are brownish- black. In the male, the back is just appreciably glossed with a faint red tinge, and the shade of the red markings varies from a deep harsh carmine or true crimson to almost a red- lead hue. The coloration is exactly like that of C. frontalis from the Rocky Mountains, except that the tints are all darker; but the size is in every way so much greater that no comparison is needed, as the following measurements will demonstrate. 0. AMPLUS.- Wing, 3.10- 3.35; tail, 2.60- 2.90; bill, 0.40- 0.45 from nostril, 0.40- 0.50 deep, 0.32- 0.38 wide; tarsus, 0.75- 0.83; middle toe, 0.58- 0.65. C. FRONTALIS.- Wing, 2.85- 3.10; tail, 2.50- 2.80; bill, 0.30- 0.35 from nostril, 0.30 deep, 0.25- 0.27 wide; tarsus, 0.65- 0.70; middle toe, 0.50. C. AMPLUS. Catalogue So. 70004 70005 70006 7tt « 7 70808 7i Oft ** I0 70011 70019 10013 70UM Original No. 8 B 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 39 40 Sax Mid tf ad. rfad. tf ad. cT ad. rfad. cf ad. 9 ad. Sad. $ ad. - Jav. - Jav. Wing. a 30 a. 35 a 30 3.35 3.30 3.30 3.10 3.80 3.25 Tall. 8.90 2.80 8.85 3.90 8.85 8.90 2.60 2.75 3.90 Length of bill." 0.45 0.42 0.43 0.45 0.42 0.45 0.40 0.45 0.45 Drpth of bill. 0.42 0.45 0.45 0 50 0.50 0.48 0.40 0.45 0.48 Breadth of bill. 0.32 0.32 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.33 0.35 0.38 Tarsus. 0.8) 0.8 » 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.75 0.85 0.80 Middle t* MJ. 0.60 0.68 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.62 0.58 0.65 a 60 * Jfroai nostril. |