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Show 189 depth, 0.25- 0.27,- tarsus, 0.80- 0.85; middle toe, 0.55- 0.60. Crown and nape dark slate. Lower tail- coverts dusky, bordered with dirty white. Hab.- Guadeloupe Island. J. ANNECTENS.- Wing, 3.00- 3.25; tail, 2.80- 3.40 5 bill, 0.30; its depth, 0.20; tarsus, 0.80; middle toe, 0.55- 0.60. Grown and nape clear plumbeous. Lower tail- coverts pure white, dusky beneath surface only, Hab.- Rocky Mountains ( Middle Province) of the United States. j . 1N8ULARIB. Nat Mas. No. 70015 70016 70017 1 70018 70020 70021 70022 70023 70024 70025 70026 . 70027 Original No. 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 35 79 49 Sex and age. d" ad. (/ ad. < f ad. d" ad. $ ad. 9 ad. § ad. § ad. 9 ad. - ad. - juv. - juv. Wing. 2.85 2.70 2.70 2.75 2.50 2.60 2.60 2.55 2.65 2.55 Tail. 2.60 2.60 2.50 2.55 2.40 2.40 2.30 2.45 2.40 2.45 Length of bill.* 0.38 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.38 0.3* 0.35 Depth of 1 bill. 0.25 0.25 0.25 | 0.27 1 0.25 0.25 | 0.25 I 0.25 ! 0.25 | 0.25 1 ; « Tarsus. 0.85 0.85 0.80 0.85 0.82 0.80 0.82 0.85 0.80 0.80 Middle toe, 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.60 0.58 0.55 0.55 0.66 0.55 0.55 * From nostril. J. AXXECTKXS. No. Mas. Sex and R. K. I age. Locality. Date. * 415 I 417 I d* ad. 9 ad. Arizona Nov. 2, Wyoming . . , May 28, Wing. 3.25 3.00 Tail. 3.40 2.80 Length of bill. 0.30 0.30 Derth of bill. 0.20 0.20 Tarsus. 0.80 0.80 Middle toe. 0.60 0.55 Collector's notes. Iris brown. These are the most abundant birdsof the island, and are so tame that they may be killed with a stick, or captured in a butterfly- net. While I was looking for insects under stones and logs, these birds would sometimes join in the search, and hop almost into my hands. They gathered chiefly ants and their eggs. At times, they even enter the houses, picking up anything edible they can find. Numbers boarded the schooner as we neared the island, and made themselves perfectly at home, roaming over every part of the vessel in search of food. Like the Linnets ( Carpodacus), they are fond of bathing in the springs during warm weather. In flight, the tail is spread, displaying the white lateral feathers; and when angry, the whole plumage is ruffled. A nest with eggs was found April 12, on the summit of Mount Augusta, the highest point of the island, altitude 3,500. It was placed in a small crevice in the face of a rock. 6. PIPILO MACDLATUS CONSOBKINUS, nobis. CH.- Adult male:- Head, neck, jugulum, and entire upper parts black; outer webs of scapulars white, usually narrowly bordered with black; hoth rows of wing- coverts tipped with white, forming two well- defined hands; tertials and middle portiou of primaries slightly edged with white; inner webs of two or three lateral tail- feathers with a terminal |