6 BANGS — LOUISIANA CARDINAL gF 2 c. 
Cardinalis cardinalis magnirostris subsp. nov. 
Type, from West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, ¢ adult, no. 10,834, 
coll. of E. A. and O. Bangs, collected Jan. 26, 1903, by F. N. Carruth, Jr. 
Characters.— Bill larger and heavier than in any of the other races of the 
Cardinalis cardinalis group (C. cardinalis cardinalis, C. cardinalis floridanus, 
or C. cardinalis canicaudus) ; otherwise, most like C. cardinalis floritdanus, 
but wing slightly longer, tail shorter, and foot and tarsus larger. In color the 
male has the same olivaceous edging to the feathers of the back, but the red of 
head and under parts is not so dark as in the Florida bird, though decidedly 
more intense than is usual in C. cardinals cardinalis. The female is colored 
asin C. cardinalis floridanus, the back being olivaceous and the under parts 
strongly buffy; the middle of belly, however, is rather paler — more whitish. 
In both sexes the area occupied by the capistrum is greater than in the 
other races; and in the female the capistrum is not only more extended but 
decidedly darker, more sooty grayish in color, and much more conspicuous. 
MEASUREMENTS (IN MILLIMETERS) OF SEVEN MALES AND FIVE FEMALES 
FROM WEsT BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA. 
Culmen Depth Width of 
from of bill mandible 
No. Sex Wing Tail base at base at base Tarsus 
10,834 (type) J& 94.5 102.0 19.4 16.4 13.8 25.0 
10,833 a 94.0 98.0 19.0 16.8 13-0 25.4 
10,835 é 94.6 102.0 19.6 16.4 13.2 25.0 
10,827 & 2a 95-5 19.6 16.6 13.2 one 
10,825 & g1.0 97-5 19.0 16.8 13.0 25.4 
10,826 Jb QI.0 95.0 19.6 16.2 13.4 25.0 
10,824 a 89.0 QI.0 19.0 15.4 12.6 24.0 
Average 92.28 97-29 19.31 16.37 Lal 25.00 
10,830 g 90.5 93. 18.6 15.8 12.8 25.2 
10,831 2 89.5 go. 19.2 16.0 13.2 24.8 
10,832 © 89.0 95. 19.0 15.6 13.0 25.0 
10,829 je) 88.5 096. 18.8 Tis2 12.4 24.4 
10,828 g 87.0 94. 18.2 WG e2 12.0 24.0 
Average 88.90 93-60 18.76 15.56 12.68 24.68 
Note.— From these measurements it will be seen that the wing and tail aver- 
age longer than in the Louisiana birds measured by Ridgway (footnote, p. 
