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BIRDS OF THE GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO— RIDGWAY. vol.xix. 



:ni(l feet black. Length (skin), 4.90; wing, 2.()0; tail, 2.10; exposed 

 ciilnien, 0.45; tarsus, 0.73; middle toe, 0.40. 



Immature male [seeond year .'). — No. 110017, U.S.N.M.; same locality, 

 date, etc. Piieuni mixed dark brown, orange-yellow, and pojjpy red, 

 tbe latter cliietly on hinder i)art of crown; general color of rest of 

 upi)er parts grayish sepia (much paler than in adult male) ; chin, throat, 

 and upper chest white with a few i)ink feathers intermixed; rest of 

 under parts mainly tlesh pink, intermingled with deeper red (flame 

 scarlet) and light yellow (naples yellow) feathers, the latter chiefly on 

 the breast. Length (skin), 4.1K); wing, 2.50; tail, 2.08; exposed culmen, 

 0.41; tarsus, 0.73; middle t(»e, 0.40. 



Adult female. — No. 110018, U.S.N.M. ; same locality, date, etc. 

 Above, including sides of head, deep hair brown, less uniform on 

 ])ileum, where the feathers are darker medially, i)aler on edges, and 

 light colored basally, producing an indistinct streaked appearance, the 

 forehead tinged with yellow; chin, throat, and malar region i)lain 

 white; rest of under parts uniform clear maize yellow, the sides of the 

 chest with a few streaks of light grayish brown. Bill, legs, and feet as 

 in adult and immature male. Length (skin), 5.10; wing, 2.48; tail, 

 2.15; exposed culmen, 0.43; tarsus, 0.74; middle toe, 0.43. 



Immature male. — No. 515, collection of Dr. G. Baur; James Island, 

 August 13, 1891. Similar to the adult female, as described above, but 

 decidedly darker, and with the top of the head similar to the back — 

 that is, uniform dusky brown, with a few concealed yellowish spots in 

 middle of crown; under parts paler yellow, very much paler on chest, 

 where more distinctly (though still slightlj') streaked with dusky. 

 "Wing, 2.45; tail, 2; exposed culmen, 0.40; tarsus, 0.70; middle toe, 0.40. 



Young male.— 'No. 110019, U.S.N.M.; James Island, April 11, 1S88; 

 C. H. Townseud. Above brownish black or very dark blackish brown, 

 the feathers narrowly margined with dull pale butty, producing an 

 indistinct squamate appearance, the feathers of the rump with broad 

 tips of tawny bufl", producing a nearly uniform patch of this color; 

 middle and greater wing-coverts tipped with tawny butt", producing 

 two rather narrow but very distinct bands across the wing; rectrices 

 narrowly tipped witli dull white. A narrow supraloral stripe, extending 

 to above the eye, dull light yellowish; chin and throat dull yellowish 

 white, tinged laterally with brownish gray; rest of under parts light 

 naples yellow, the chest narrowly but distinctly streaked with dusky. 

 Bill, legs, and feet colored as in adults. 



Measurements of I'yruccphalus nanus. 



Kum 



ber. 



Collec- 

 tion. 



Sex and age. 



Locality. 



116015 

 563 



116017 

 515 

 584 



116018 



U.S. 

 B. & A. 



IT. S. 

 B. &. A. 

 B. & A. 



U.S. 



Date. 



Adult male Jamen Island... Apr. 11.1888 



do do Aug. 17,1891 



liumature male do A|ir. 11, 1H88 



do do Aug. Ki, 1891 



Adult female do Aug. 18, 1891 



do do Apr. 11, 1888 



Average. 



Ex 

 posed Tar. 

 cul- sus. 



Mid- 

 dle 

 toe. 



0.45 

 .40 

 .41 

 .45 

 .40 

 .43 



0.73 

 .73 

 .73 



(.82) 

 .73 

 .74 



0.40 

 .42 

 .40 

 .40 



(. 34) 

 .43 



.41 



