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any found on the neighboring main- 

 land, although each has a continental 

 representative more or less nearly re- 

 lated. The collection is said to in- 

 clude all the species of land-birds 

 found on the island, with the excep- 

 tion of a humming-bird, a hawk, and 

 two kinds of owls, no specimens of 

 which were obtained. 



It is much to be regretted that the 

 notes accompanying the specimens 

 were so meagre; they only furnish the 

 information that the position of Guad- 

 alupe is between latitude 28 ° 45' and 

 29° 10' north, and off the coast of 

 Lower California, two hundred and 

 twenty miles southwest from San 

 Diego. 



Dusky Kinglet, Regn!iis obsaims. 



Ch. — Adult: — Above olive -gray, 

 with a slight greenish cast, the prim- 

 aries and tail-feathers edged with dull 

 sulphur-yellow; both rows ofwing-cov- 

 erts tipped with dull grayish-white, 

 forming two well defined bands. A 

 distinct, broad, dull-white, orbital ring. 

 Lower parts pale orayish-buff, the sides 

 slightly tinged with olivaceous. Mah\ 

 crown with a large central patch of 

 vermillion-red, concealed or exposed 

 at pleasure; wing, 2. i 5-2.20; tail, 1.S5- 

 1.95; bill, 0.25; tarsus, 0.80; middle 

 toe, 0.38-0.40. Female, without the 

 red on the crown; wing, 2. 00; tail, 

 1.70; bill, 0,22; tarsus, 0.80; middle 

 toe. 0.40. 



Remarks. — This resident insular 

 race of the Ruby-orowned Kinglet diff- 

 ers very appreciably from the contin- 

 ental form in the considerably darker, 

 more plumbeous shade of the upper 

 surface, the larger bill, and rather 

 shorter wings and tail; the tarsis and 

 toes are also appreciably longer. 



First seen April i. During the win- 

 ter, the bird was not seen on the mid- 

 dle or northern portions of the island, 

 but is supposed to remain in the warm- 

 er canons, whence it becomes general- 

 ly distributed during March. A male, 

 closely observed during the act of sing- 

 ing, was seen to display the red of the 



crown to its full extent; this conspic- 

 uous ornament being concealed again, 

 as soon as the notes closed. 



Guadalupe Rock wren, Salpineies- 

 Giiadcloupeiisis. 



Ch. — Adult: — Above dull grayish- 

 brown, indistinctly speckled with 

 dusky, and becoming light cinnamon- 

 rufous on the rump; wings and tail in- 

 distinctly barred with dusky; tail- 

 feathers, except the middle pair, broad- 

 ly tipped with pale cinnamon, this 

 preceded by a less regular and more 

 broken black bar; the cinnamon fre- 

 quently finely mottled with dusky. 

 Chin, throat, and jugulum dull white, 

 the jugulum distinctly streaked with 

 dusky; rest of lower parts nearly plain 

 dirty white, becoming light pinkish- 

 cinnamon on the sides; crissum heavily 

 barred with black. Male, wing, 2.60- 

 2.75; tail, 2.20-2.30; bill, 0.58-0.60; 

 tarsus, 0.80-0-90; middle toe, 0.50- 

 0.55. Female, wing, 2.50-2.60; tail 

 2.00-2.20; bill, o. 55-0.60; tarsus, 0.80- 

 0.90; middle toe, 0.50-0.55. 



Remarks. — The upper tail-coverts 

 are strongly barred transversely. 

 There is a tolerably well-defined light 

 superciliary stripe. In No. 70049 

 there is a deep reddish-brown suffusion 

 across the breast, apparently an acci- 

 dental stain from contact with ferrug- 

 inous earth. The differences exhibited 

 in these insular specimens from the 

 continental series are quite slight, but 

 they are so constant as to demand re- 

 cognition. As to colors, there is no 

 difference beyond slightly darker shades 

 throughout; the lower parts being soft 

 pinkish cream-color instead of creamy- 

 white, the other portions of a darker 

 shade to correspond. 



Eyes brown. Stomach contained 

 caterpillars and other insects. These 

 birds are generally distributeti over the 

 island, but are found especially in the 

 sheltered canons of the middle portion, 

 where they are numerous. They also 

 frequent the slaughter-yards, where 

 goats are killed, to glean insects from 

 the drying bones. Their notes are 



