104 Nelson — A New Subspecies of Pigmi/ Owl. 



True gnoma is more suffused with brownish than pinicola and approaches 

 in coloration unusually pale specimens of callfornicum. In a series of 11 

 specimens of pinicola all l)ut one aeree closely in the "jeiieral grayness of 

 the uppcrparts. A single specimen from Fort Wliiitple, Arizona, however, 

 is almost as brownish as typical gnoma but may be distinguished by its 

 larger size. 



The following measurements of typical specimens show the differences 

 in size between the three sul)species: 



G. gnoma gnoma, d" (type), "Mexico": Wing, S3; tail, 57; tar- 

 sus, 19. 



G. gnoma californicum, c?, Pescadero, Calif.: AVing, '■X); tail, G7; tar- 

 sus, 20. 



G. gnoma pinicola, d. Flagstaff, Ariz.: Wing, 96; tail, 69; tarsus, 20. 



G. gnoma gnoma, $, Huitzilac, Morelos, Mex. : Wing, 91; tail, 59; 

 tarsus, 19. 



G. gnoma californicum, 9, Rockport, Calif.: Wing, 97; tail, 66; tar- 

 sus, 21. 



G. gnoma pinicola, 9, (type) Alma, N. M. : Wing, 101; tail, 72; tar- 

 sus, 22. 



