Pipil n mac r onyx ma cr onyx 

 Pipilo mac r onyx Swains on Type 



No ntunber. Collection - Cambridge, V.'ing 98, tail 

 112 J exp. oilmen 16, aepth at base 11.2, tarsus 

 32,5, middle toe minus claw 22.8, hind toe with 

 clav^ 23*3, Bullock. Locality - See notes belov;. 



Not sexed - probably an adult male. 



The old tag reads 



[Pipilo macrdnyx 

 Ivlale? Mexico ] 



Attached is a folded sheet of paper presumably 

 in Bullock's writing i"diich says 



"I have never seen this bird anyv;here but 

 betv/een Mexico and St. Angel nor is it found v/ithin 

 five leagues of the Capitol it is. extreme!J.y tame 

 constantly in motion hides itself in thick bushes 

 eye deep red and very small. " 



Note: - The other bird described by Sv;ainson 

 as the female is really another bird. Pipilo 

 macronyx virescens of Hartlaub. 



July 2, 1938. 



A. J. Van Rossem 



