4G6 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Table of Proportions of Nortli American Sjycclcs. 



CiirreDt number of specimen. 

 Locality 



Lycodespolaris. L. mucosus. 



Times in total 

 length. 



Lengtli to end of middle caudal rays. 

 Body: 



(Jicatest bciglit 



Greatest width 



Willi li :it vent 



Hei.uht at ventrals 



Height at vent 



Head : 



Greatest length 



Distance from snout to nape 



Greatest width 



"Width of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Distance of nostrils from eye 



Length of iipper ,jaw 



Leiigtli of mandible 



Distanee from snout to orbit 



Long diameter of eye 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Anal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Scales 



Dorsal 



"7 inches' 



10,930. 



Cumberland 

 Gulf. 



Times in total 

 length. 



(in head) 8 

 8 



m 



(in head) 

 (in head) 

 (in head) 

 (in head) 



3 



ij 



lO.V 

 (in head) lUj 



(*) 



Anal 



Pectoral . 

 Ventral . 



Xone. 



15 

 2 spines (?) 



3i 

 (in head) Sg 

 (in head) 4 



h\ 

 (in head) 9 

 (in head) 4J 



3^ 

 6§ 



(in head) 11 

 Kone. 



90 

 71 

 18 

 3 



L. Verrillii. 



Off NoTa Sco- 

 tia. 



Times in total 

 length. 



127"™' 



(in head) 3J 

 134 



(in head) 

 (in head) 

 (in head) 

 (in head) 



(in head) 5A 



(in head) 

 (in head) 



(in head) CA 

 (in head) 4' 



(in head) 11 



(t) 



92 



88 



15 



5 



L. Tumeri. 



St. Michael's, 

 Alaska. 



Times in total 

 length. 



(in head) 4J 

 9 

 lOi 



(in hea<l) 

 (in head) 

 (in liead) 

 (in head) 



(in head) 



6 



6 



5| 



Si 



5 



2 



7i 



14f 

 9 



(in head) 5 

 (in head) 3f 



(in head) 

 (in head) 



(in head) 6^ 



Koue. 



85 



67 



18 



3 



' Exceeds twice its breadth. 



t Upper ijart of dorsal and all of anal naked ; the rest scaly. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF IVEW SPECIES AXD RACES OF AMERICAST BIRDS, 

 INCI.U1>ING A SYNOPSES OF THE GE\'IJS TYRAXNUS, CUVIER. 



By ROBERT RIDG^WAY. 



I. — Synoims of the Genus Tyyannus, Cuvier. 

 Genus TYRANXUS, Cuvier. 



Tyrannns, "Cuv., Lemons Auat. Corap. 1799, 1800" (Agassiz). Type, Lanhis ti/rannus, 

 Limi. f— ViEiLi.., Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 73.— Swains., Classif. B. 11, 1837, 

 225.— (=) Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 170.— (» Caban. & Heine, Mus. Hein. II, 

 1859, 79 (restricted to T. carolincnsis; includes also Pitangus caudifasciatus .'). — 

 (=) Gray, Hand-list, I, 1869, 364.— (=) B. B. & E., Hist. N. Am. B. II, 1874, 

 314. 



" Drymonax, Gloger, 1827" (Caianis cj- Heine). 



•^ Mi/iarchus," BuRM. 18.o0 " (nee Caban. 1844). 



