422 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATP:S NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



PIPILO CONSOBRINUS Ridgway. 

 GUADALUPE TOWEEE. 



Similar to P. m. oregonnx in rcstrit-tion of the white maricin^s on 

 wiiios, tail, scapulars, etc.. but wing- and tail much shorter, and hind 

 claw much larger; adult male with the black nuich duller, dark sooty 

 rather than black. 



Adult mnle.—\^Q\\g\h (skins). 183.90-189.99 (186.91); wing, 76. SO- 

 SO. 77 (78.74); tail, 79.76-86.61(83.57); exposed culmen, 13.97-14.48 

 (14.22); tarsus. 25.91-28.19 (27.18); middle toe, 17.78-18.80 (18.29); 

 hind claw, 12.70-13.72 (13.46); white on lateral tail-feather, 18.29-22.86 

 (20.07).^ 



AduJt ftiHah.—\^Q.\\gt\\ (skins), 161.29-176.53 (168.91); wing, 69.85- 

 73.15 (71.63); tail, 73.15-75.44 (74.17); exposed culmen, 13.21-13.72 

 (13.46); tarsus, 24.38-25.91 (25.15); middle toe, 16.51-17.53 (17.02); 

 hind claw, 11.18-13.21 (12.19).' 



Guadalupe Island, oli' west coast of Lower California. 



Plpilo macuUttiis comohivnns Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., 



ii, no. 2, Apr. 1, 1876, 189 (Guadalupe I., Pacific side Lower California; 



U. S. Nat. Mus. ) ; Norn. N. Am. Birdn, 1881, no. 238c. 

 Pipilo consobrinus Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, July, 1877, 60. — American 



Ornithologists' LTnion, Check List, 1886, no. 589. — Bryant, Bull. Cal. Ac. 



Sci., no. 6, 1887, 303 (habits; descr. young). 

 P. \_ipilo'] consobrinus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 437. 

 \_Pipilo maculatus']. Subsp. 5. Pipilo consobrinus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 



1888, 750. 



PIPILO CARMAN! Baird. 

 SOCORRO TOWHEE. 



Similar in coloration to the adult female of P. coxsohrln^iH (the male 

 scarcely darker than the female, except on throat and chest), but much 

 smaller and with white markings still more restricted. 



Adult laale.—luength (skins), 157.48-179.07 (164.34); wing, 69.09- 

 73.91 (71.37); tail, 71.12-80.52 (74.93); exposed culmen, 12.45-13.46 

 (12.95); tarsus, 23.88-25.91 (25.15); middle toe, 15.49-17.53 (16.76); 

 hind claw, 10.16-10.67 (10.41); white on lateral tail-feather, 11.43- 

 14.73 (12.70).^' 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 147.32-170.18(158.24); wing, 63.75- 

 68.58 (66.55); tail, 69.85-73.66 (71.63); exposed culmen, 12.45-12.70 

 (12.45); tarsus, 23.11-25.40 (24.13); middle toe, 15.24-17.27 (16.26); 

 hind claw, 10.16-12.19 (10.92); white on lateral tail-feather, 10.16-. 

 12.70 (11.43).^ 



^ Three specimens. 



■■'Two specimens, both with lateral rectrices wanting or broken off. 



•'Five specimens. 



