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parts being rufous instead of gray. These are all females, the others 

 being males. But the males differ greatly in color, few of our sparrows 

 being more variable in this respect than the present species. 



The following measurements of twenty-two Florida specimens indicate 

 quite a constancy in size, much greater than in color. The extremes of 

 this scries are as follows: Length, 5.75 and 6.20; alar extent, 7. GO and 

 8.30 ; wing, 2.17 and 2.55 ; tail, 2.25 and 2.G8. Average : Length, 5.88; 

 alar extent, 8.99 ; wing, 2.40; tail, 2.49. 



Measurements of Florida Specimens of Peucjea aestivalis. 



53.* Cardinalis virginianus Bonaparte. Cardinal Bird. 

 Exceedingly numerous. Their clear, musical, loud call-note was 

 heard everywhere, this being the most noisy bird of the forest. 



None of the specimens I have seen from Florida are as large as those 

 from the Middle States. The colors of the dinner are also somewhat 

 brighter, especially in the females, in which the brownish-yellow of the 

 lower parts is not only much deeper, but a large proportion have the breast 

 and middle of the abdomen strongly tinged with bright, red, giving a very 

 different appearance from northern females. 



The, following measurements of fifty-eight specimens shows the amount 

 of variation in size in specimens from the same locality. The females, it 

 will be seen, average a little smaller than the male-, but the sexual 

 difference in this respect is not very great. The range of variation, 

 which is much less in this species than in many, is as follows: In the 

 males: Length, 7.75 to 9.10; alar extent, 11.00 to 11.78; wing, 3.50 to 



