THE GENUS CHORDEILES SWAINSON OBERHOLSEK. 



109 



Measurements of specimens of Chordeiles acutipennis texensis — Continued. 



Museum and No. 



M.C.Z.32306I 



G.B.SennettOGlili 

 Am. Mus. N. H, 



81005 1. 

 Am. Mus. N. II. 



81607 1. 

 U.S.N.M.140414 1.. 



Am. Mus. N. H. 



81614 1. 

 Am. Mus. N. H. 



43S52. 

 J.Grimiell2449i'... 

 J.Griiinell309i.... 

 J.Grinriell2461i... 

 J.Grimiell2842i... 

 J. and J. W. Mail- 



liard44S5i. 

 Am. Mus. N. II. 



29379 1. 



Am. Mus. N. H. 



29374 1. 

 Am. Mus. N. H. 



29369 1. 

 Am. Mus. N. H. 



29368 1. 

 A. N. S. Phila. 



27:51 1. 

 Am. Mus. N. H. 



43851 K 

 Field Mus. N. H. 



43122 1. 

 Am. Mus. N. H. 



81603 1. 

 Am. Mus, N 



81613 1. 

 U.S.N.M.112391 1. 



11. 



Se.x. 



Male 



...do.... 

 ...do.... 



...do.... 



...do.... 



...do.... 



...do.2.. 



Female. 

 ...do.... 

 ...do.... 

 ...do.... 

 ...do.... 



...do.... 



...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do.3. 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 



Locality. 



Tucson, Ariz. 

 Hidalgo, Te.x. 

 ....do 



....do 



Rio Grande City, 



Tex. 

 Lomita, Tex 



Texas. 



Pasadena, Cal 



....do 



....do 



do 



Chowchilla, Mer- 

 ced Co., Cal. 



San Pedro Slope, 

 Santa Catalina 

 Mountains, Pi- 

 nal Co., Ariz. 



Tucson, Ariz 



....do 



do 



do 



Texas 



Hidalgo, Tex . 



Rio Grande City, 



Tex. 

 Lomita, Tex 



.do. 



Date. 



June 8, 18S1 

 May 7,1889 

 May 23, 1889 



May 27, 1889 



June 1, 1891 



May 5, 1S78 



Apr. 24, 1897 

 Apr. 27, 1895 

 Apr. 30, 1897 

 June 19, 1897 

 June 27, 1900 



June 7, 1885 



May 5, 1883 

 June 2, 1884 

 June 3, 1884 

 .Tune 16, 1891 



Apr. 18, 1877 

 June 15, 1880 

 Apr. 26, 1878 

 May 11, 1878 



Collector. 



F.Stephens. 

 J. A. SLnglev 

 do....:. 



....do 



W.Lloyd... 



G. B. Sen- 



nett. 

 J. P. Mc- 



Cown. 

 J.Grinnell. . 



do 



do 



do 



W. E. D. 



Scott. 



do 



do 



do 



S.N.Rhoads 



J. P. Mc- 



Cown. 



G. B. Ben- 

 nett. 

 do 



mm. 



IMi 



183 

 178 



18:3.; 



175 

 175 

 174 

 170 



18C 



178. .' 



172 



168.5 



173 



180 



176.5 



175 



171 



180 



177 



mm. 

 111.; 



108 

 109 



111.5 



97 



108 

 110 



106.5 



106 



106 



104 



106 



106 



109 



107.5 



104 



104 



102 



105.5 



106.5 



p.a 



5 



6.8 



6.2 



6 



6 



6 



6.1 



6 



6 

 6, 



5.8 



6 



6 



7 



5.1 



6.3 



5.5 



6 



s p. 



tn ~ O 



mm. 

 14.5 

 14 

 13 



14.5 



11 



14 



13 



13.5 



13 



13 



14.2 



14.5 



13 



13 



12.5 



15.2 



13.2 



13.5 



13.2 



13 



13.5 



13.3 



mm. 

 14.7 

 14 

 13 



14.5 



14 



15 



14 



13.5 



14 



13.8 

 15 

 15.1 



14 



15 



13.8 



15.8 



14 



13.5 



14.2 



13 



14.3 



14.5 



' Used in measurement averages on p. 104. 



2 Type of mfile. 



3 Type of female. 



CHORDEILES ACUTIPENNIS INFERIOR, new subspecies. 



Chars, subsp. — Like Chordeiles acutipennis mio^omeris, but larger; 

 light bars on tail broader; upper surface lighter, and averaging 

 more brownish (less grayish) in general effect; similar to Chordeiles 

 acutipennis texensis, but smaller. 



Descri2Hion.— Type, adult male, No. 113100, U.S.N.M.; Triunfo, 

 Lower California, Mexico, June 14, 1887 ; M. Abbott Frazar. Upper 

 parts light brownish gray, with a more or less evident tinge of buff 

 (particularly on the scapulars, which have some spots of ochraceous), 

 and mottled, vermiculated, and irregularly barred with brownish 

 black, the scapulars more or less solidly black medially, the cervix 

 rather duller and more uniform; tail-feathers fuscous, more or less 

 irregularly and rather broadly barred with buff, cream buff, and 

 whitish, these bars on the upper side of the tail much mottled and 

 broken by fuscous; a much broader pure white subterminal band; 

 wing-quills fuscous, all but the outer primaries more or less spotted 



