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Show 184 Fam. PICID- E. 8. Colaptes mexicanus ruflpileus nobis. Fam. STRIGIDM. 0, ' | ( Unidentified.) 10, Fam. FALCONTDJE. 11. Polyborus lutosus nobis. FAM. SYLVIID^ E. 1. EEGULUS CALENDULA OBSCURUS, nobis. CH.- Adult:- Above olive- gray, with a slight greenish cast, the primaries and tail- feathers edged with dull sulphur- yellow; both rows of wing- coverts tipped with dull grayish- white, forming two well defiued bands. A distinct, broad, dull- white, orbital ring. Lower parts pale grayish- buff, the sides slightly tinged with olivaceous. Male, crown with a large central patch of vermilion- red, concealed or exposed at pleasure; wing, 2.15- 2.20; tail, 1.85- 1.95; bill, 0.25; tarsus, 0.80; middle toe, 0.38- 0.40. Female, without the red on the crown; wing, 2.00; tail, 1.70; bill, 0.22; tarsus, 0.80; middle toe, 0.40. Remarks.- This resideut insular race of the Ruby- crowned Kinglet differs very appreciably from the continental form in the considerably darker, more plumbeous shade of the upper surface, the larger bill, and rather shorter wings and tail; the tarsis and toes are also appreciably longer. The differences may be more precisely expressed by the following table of comparative characters:- R. CALENDULA OBSCUBUS.- Wing, 2.00- 2.20; tail, 1.70- 1.95; bill, 0.22- 0.25; tarsus, 0.80; middle toe, 0.38- 0.40. Upper parts dusky brownish- gray anteriorly. Hab.- Guadeloupe Island. R. CALENDULA CALENDULA.- Wing, 2.20- 2.30; tail, 1.85- 1.90; bill, 0.20- 0.22; tarsus, 0.75; middle toe, 0.35. Upper parts light olivaceous-gray anteriorly. Hab.- North America in general ( continental). The comparative measurements of the two races are as follows:- Catalogue No. 70036 70037 70038 70039 70040 Original 36 36 36 36 37 Sex and age. e » d. < f ad. d ad. d" ad. ? ad. R. Wing. 2.15 2.15 2.20 2.20 2.00 OB8CUBUB. Tail. 1.85 1.85 1.95 1.95 1.70 Bill.* 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.22 Tarsaa. 0.80 0.80 0.80 a 80 Middle toe. 0.38 0.40 * The bill is measured from the anterior portion of the nostril, and not from the base of the culinen. R. CALENDULA. Catalogue Nd. 1993, Mus. R. R.... 1430, Mus. R. R . . . . Sex and age. < f ad. 9 ad. Locality. Alaska.. Illinois.. Wing. 2.30 2.20 Tail. 1.90 1.85 Bill 0.2* 2 0.20 Tarsus. 0.75 0.75 Middle toe. 0.35 0.35 |
