4G6 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Taile of Proportions of 2^orth American Species. 



Lycodespolaris. 



L. macosns. 



L. VerriUii. 



L. Tumeri 



CurreBt nuinl)cr of specimeu. 

 Localitv . 



16,930. 



Cumberland 

 Gulf. 



Times in total 

 lenKth. 



Lcngtl) to cud of middle caudal raya. . 

 Body : 



Greatest height 



Gi catest width 



Width at vent 



Height at ventrals 



Height at ^■eut . . ". 



llead : 



Greatest h'ngth 



Distance fi-oni snout to nape 



Greiitest width 



A\^iiUh of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Distance of nostrils from eye 



Length of upper Jaw 



Length of mandible 



Distance fiom snout to orbit 



Long diameter of eye 



l")orsal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



.Vnal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



fectofal: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



■Scales 



Dorsal , 



Anal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



"7 inches' 



(*) 



Xone. 



15 

 2 spines (?) 



Times in total 

 length. 



(in 



(in 



(in 



8 

 9 

 head) 8 

 8 

 Hi 



5 



55 



head) c' 

 head) 3 

 head) 4J 

 head) l| 

 6j 

 lOJ 

 head) IO3 



3J 

 head) 5g 

 head) 4 



head) 9 

 head) 4J 



3i 

 6| 



3t 



head) 11 



None. 



90 



71 



18 



3 



21,013. 



Off Nova Sco- 

 tia. 



Times in total 

 length. 



12tV 



(m head) 3J 

 13i 

 14 i 



(in head) 

 (in head) 

 (in head) 

 (in head) 



(in head) 



(in head) 5 

 (in head) 3J 



(in head) 6>J 

 (in head) 4 



5?, 



Hi 



(in head) 11 

 (t) 



92 



88 



21,529. 



St. Michael's, 

 Alaska. 



Times in total 

 length. 



330"™ 

 8i 

 (in head) 4| 



a 



lOJ 



^ 



6 

 6 



(in hea<I) 5| 

 (in head) 35 

 (in head) 5 

 (in head) 2 



(in head) 9 



(in head) 5 

 (in head) 3} 



(in head) 5J 

 (in head) 4^ 



63 



(in head) 6^ 



None. 



85 



67 



18 



3 



' Exceeds twice its breadth. 



t Upper part of dorsal and all of anal naked ; tho rest scaly. 



DESCRIPTIOX^i OF IVEW SPKCIES ANU KACE$i OF AMERICA!!^ BIRDS, 

 INCLiUDIXft A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENVS TYRAKNIJS, t'lJVIER. 



By ROBERT RID€i\%^AY. 



I. — Syno2)si>i of the Gcnm Tyranmts, Cuvier. 

 Genus TYRANNUS, Cuvier. 



Tyraniius, ''Cuv., Lcyous Anal. Coiup. 1709, 1800" (Agassiz). Type, Lanins ti/rannus, 

 Liiin. ?— ViEiLL., Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 73.— Swains., Classif. B. II, 1837, 

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

 1859, 79 ( lestricted to T. carolinensis; includes also Piiangiis caudifasciatus .'). — 

 (=) Gray, Hand-list, I, 18(59, :}64.— (=) B. B. «fe E., Hist. N. Am. B. II, 1874, 

 314. 



'^ Drymonax, Glogek, 182? " {Cab(i)iifi <)• Heine). 



■' MijiarcJuis" Bukm. 18.'iO" (nt-o Caban. 1844). 



