NO. 1016. REVISION OF BUTORIDES VIRE8CENS—0BERH0LSER. 



543 



Measurements of specimens of Butorides virescens frazari. 



Museum and number. 



U.S.N. M., 197889 ' 



Sex. 



Male, 

 juvenal. 



U.S.N.M., 1978901 Male..., 



U.S.N.M., 197892 » 1 . . .do 



U.S.N.M.,]97S93> !...do 



...do.... 



...do 



...do 



...do... 



...do.... 



U.S.N. M., H)7Sf|4i. 



U.S.N. M., l<)7S%i 



U.S.N. M., iyti.«9i 



U.S.N.M., 1126OTI 



E. A. and O. Bangs, 



20283. > 

 E. A. and O. Bangs, 



20281.1 

 U.S.N.M., 1978911 



...do.... 

 Female , 



U.S.N.M., 19789,5 > do 



U.S.N. M., 197888' .. ..[... do 



E. A. and O. Bangs, ...do 



20282.« 



Locality. 



La Paz >. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



San Ignacio' 



La Paz J 



do 



San Jose Is- 

 land." 

 La Paz» 



do 



do 



Puerto Ba- 

 landra.' 



Feb. 5, 1906 



do 



Feb. 15,1906 

 Feb. 16,1906 



do 



Feb. 18,1906 

 Oct. 11,1905 

 Feb. 14,1887 

 Mar. 2,1908 



June 19,1908 



Feb. 15,1906 



Feb. 17,1906 

 Feb. 5,19n<) 

 May 18,1908 



Collector. 



E. W. Nel 

 son and E 

 A. Goldman. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



M. A. Frazar 



W.W.Brown. 



..^do 



mm 

 176.0 



189.0 

 189.0 

 IKLO 

 1S2.0 

 189.0 

 178.0 



is.i.n 



mm mm 

 63. (a. 5 



mm mm'mm 

 12.0 54.0 48.0 



71.5 

 71.0 



72.5 

 70.5 



64.5 

 64. 5i 

 60.5 

 63.3 



2. 66. 5 

 65.0 61.0 

 66.0l63.5 

 lS0.0 71.0f>6.2 



182.5 69.0 63.5 



179.0,66.5 



5.5 



176.5 70.5 62.5 



12. 5 54. 

 12. 5 54. 

 12. 5152. 

 11.0,55. 

 12.8-52. 

 11.5 53. 

 12.o!.5H. 

 12.3 54. 



13. 5 5L 47.0 



12.8 



E. W. Nel- 

 son and E. 

 .\. Goldman. 



do 



do 182. 5 73. 5:65. 12. 



W. W. Brown, 182. 69. 5l65. 5 12. 

 jr. ... 



13.0 



48.5 

 0148.0 

 54.5.0 

 48. 

 47.5 

 5 44.0 

 48. 5 

 48.0 



56.0 46.fi 



53.046.0 

 .51.5 47.0 

 51.0,47.5 



BUTORIDES VIRESCENS ANTHONYI (Meams). 



Ardea virescens anthonyi Mearns, Auk, vol. 12, July, 1895, p. 257 (Seven Welle, 

 Lower California). 



Chars, suhsp. — Similar to Butorides virescens virescens, but much 

 larger; posterior lower parts much paler; foreneck more cinna- 

 momeous or fulvescent; upper surface of body and hind neck lighter, 

 the green of body duller, the chestnut of neck more fulvescent. 



Measurements. — Male: ^ Wing, 186-202 (average, 196) mm.; tail, 

 67-79 (72.8); exposed culmen, 57.8-64 (61.0); height of bill at base, 

 11-13.5 (12.3); tarsus, 51-56.5 (53.9); middle toe, 43.5-49 (47.7). 



Female:* Wing, 180-196 (189.7) mm.; tail, 63-74.5 (69.6); ex- 

 posed culmen, 57-62 (60.2); height of bill at base, 10.5-13 (11.8); 

 tarsus, 48-54.5 (52.5); middle toe, 43-48 (45.5). 



Type-locality. — Seven Wells, Salton River, northern Lower Cali- 

 fornia, Mexico. 



Geographical distribution. — Southwestern United States and through 

 Mexico to Costa Rica: in summer, north to Fort Klamath, Oregon; 

 and Big Sandy, Arizona; east to Murphy and Little Owens Lake, 

 east central California; Camp Verde, central Arizona; and Bisbee, 

 southeastern Arizona; south to the San Bernardino River and the 

 San Pedro River, northern Sonora; and Seven Wells, Salton River, 

 northern lower California; west to Los Coronados Islands, northwest- 

 ern Lower California; Santa Barbara, Ukiah, and Yreka, western 



' Used in measurement averages on p. .542. 



* Lower California, Mexico. 



' Fifteen specimens, from California, Arizona, northern Sonora, and northern Lower California. 



* Eleven specimens, from California, Arizona, norther ower California, and Costa Rica. 



