BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



179 



(12.19); depth of bill at base, 7.62-S.3.S (7.87); tarsus, 18.80-20.83 

 (20.32); middle toe, 12.95-10.00 (14.99).^ 



Western United States and plateau of Mexico; north to interior of 

 British Columbia (Vernon), ]Manitoba (Winnipeg), etc.; south (in win- 

 ter at least) to Oaxaca (Chihuitan, Santa Efigenia, etc.), Chiapas (San 

 Benito), and Guatemala (Barranco Hondo); east to eastern border of 

 Great Plains; west to Pacific coast, including- peninsula of Lower 

 California. 



Chondestes strlgata Swaixsox, Philog. Mag., n.s.,i, 1827, 435 (Mexico); Classif. 

 Birds, ii, 1837, 289. 



Chondestes slrigutus Salvix and Godmax, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 375, part 

 (localities in ^Mexico and United States, except Illinois and Iowa; Barranco 

 Hondo, Guatemala). 



Chondestes (/rammica stngata Eidgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 179; 

 Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 204a.— Beldixg, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 

 541 (La Paz, Lower California, winter); vi, 1883, 343 (Guaymas, Sonora). — 

 Beckham, Auk, ii, 1885, 141 (Pueblo, Colorado). 



Chondestes grammica strigatus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 217 (crit. ). 



Chondestes grcDnmaeus strigatiis Amekicax Ornithologists' L'xiox, Check List, 

 1886, no. 552r(.— BREW.STER, Auk, iii, 1886, 139 (CookCo., Texas). —Evermann, 

 Auk, iii, 1886, 182 (Ventura Co., California).— Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., iii, 1886, 149 (Chietla, Puebla).— Coale, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, 

 no. 2, 1887, 25 (crit.).— Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 193 (localities 

 in Texas).— TowxsEXD, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 137 (Cape St. 

 Lucas, Apr. 7) . — ^Ierriam, North Am. Fauna, no. 5, 1891, 102 (mo. Little Lost, 

 R., Idaho). — Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 338 (San Antonio, Texas). — Rhoads, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., 1893, 49, 63 (Vernon, int. British Columbia) .—Richmond 



^ Thirty-two specimens. 



Specimens from different localities average as follows: 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Five adult males from Mexico 



Eleven adult males from Texas 



Seven adult males from Arizona (including one 



from northern Chihuahua 



Thirteen adult males from California .• 



Two adult males from Cape St. Lucas 



Two adult males from Nevada , 



Eight adult males from eastern Colorado, Kansas, 



Nebraska, etc , 



FEMALES. 



Eight adult females from Mexico 



Six adult females from Texas 



Nine adult females from Arizona, northern Sonora, 



and northern Chihuahua 



Four adult females from California 



Two adult females from Cape St. Lucas 



Three adult females from Nevada, Wyoming, and 



Colorado 



Wing. 



85.09 

 86.36 



90.93 

 86.61 

 90.17 



84.84 

 82.55 



83.82 

 81.53 



82. 80 



! Ex- 

 Tail, posed 

 culmen. 



68.58 

 69.09 



72.14 

 69.85 

 74.93 



70.87 



67. 82 

 65.79 



11.94 

 12. 45 



12.70 

 11.43 

 12.19 

 12.45 



11.94 

 11.94 



68.07 I 12.45 

 67.06 j 12.45 

 69.60 12.19 



Depth 

 of bill 

 at base. 



7.87 

 8.13 



8.38 

 8.13 

 7.87 

 8.13 



Tarsus. 



20. 07 

 20.57 



20. 57 

 20.57 

 20.32 

 19.81 



20. 07 

 20.32 



7. 87 20. 32 

 20. 32 

 20.57 



7.62 



7.87 



20.32 



Middle 

 toe. 



15.24 

 15.24 



15.49 

 15.24 

 16.00 

 14.48 



15.24 



14.99 

 14.73 



14.73 



15.24 

 14.99 



15. 49 



