Pyrrhuloxia sinuata sinuata (Bonaparte) 

 Cardinalis sinuata Bonaparte Type 



No. 55.12.19. 5iJ^. Collection B.M. V;ing 94. 0, tail 

 101.0, exp. culmen 16,0, depth at base IJ+.O, 

 tarsus 25.0, middle toe minus clav; 16, 7. 

 Locality "V.. Mexico". 



Three tags - none original - oldest 

 55.12.19.5'^ &: on reverse 

 V;. Meiico Type Cardina3-is sinuatus No 3 



next oldest 



No type. Brit. LIus. Reg. 53.12.19.54 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata (Bp) 



V/. Mexico. Pres. by Zool. Soc. 



red type tag vdth citation & the note 



Purchased at the sale of the Zoological Society. 



Skin, evidently once mounted, in poor condition 

 with most of feathers of rump & upper tail coverts 

 gone. Plumage fresh or orJ.y slightly abraded. 



This bird is the "Texas" race. It matches 

 exactly a series of males from San Diego, Duval Co., 

 Texas save that it is slightly olive from age. It 

 has nothing to do v;ith Arizona race - series here 

 for comparison. ^ 1 l-^--=^-n^;;:r=r:=--^qi ? 



Examined and compared at London Sept. 7, 1933. 



A. J. Van Rossem 



