440 riiOCEI'llHNdS OF 'rill<: national museum. vor.xxi. 



hIkhck <)(■ Siiii l''riin<'.is<;() l>iiy iirr, willi (wo cxi-cpl ions, quite iiinloiin 

 in llic (1(M'|» sooly brown of llic, n|t|M'r snil'Mcc; IIm'sc two (exceptions 

 bcinj;' notieciibly inoie li'ddisli brown. KSpfu^inn-ns troni Nicjisio are 

 also more rnfesiMMit Jibove and on tlie sides and Hanks as well, some 

 examples bcin^^, in this hitter piirtieular, seareely distinfiuishable from 

 (•((loplioniis. 'iVo iuitumn oi- winter bii'ds from tln^ ( 'osnmnes itivcr -.wv 

 r;iMier piiler thiin typiciil spilurHs, but. slutiihl evidently be referred to 

 this form, tlu'y liiivinfi^ pi-obably wandere<l thither IVoin thcM-ojist rejiion. 

 Owinj;' t(» hick of specimens IVom the northern pni't of the ( !idi(brni;i 

 eoiist, it is im|)ossible lo determine iiow fiii- spihirvN ranj^es in that 

 direction. 



Twenty-one specimens exiindncMl, from tin' following;' locnlilies, breed- 

 in^' stilt ions beinfi' desi^^nati'd by iin asterisk: 



Oidiforniii : Sliinford University; I'jilo Alto; Ni<ijisio; ( )iikhind ; Han 

 b'ranc.isco; ' Alameda; San Mateo; ^(M-ryesHa.;* (/osnmm^s b'iver. 



THRYOMANKS BEWICKII CALOPHONUS, new subspecies. 



'riiriiollioritx hririchii n//i7hc/(« A. O. IL (Mu^ck-l jhI,, IHHd, p. ',i'2" (in parli). 



(Jlmrs. siih.si). — Thry. b. sjiilnro peisimilis, s(^d jianlo major; rostro 

 miilto lon^i(>i'(^; neenon hypochondriis paninltim riilesc^ent ioribiis. 



Mnisrirenwnts [17 specmriiH). — VVin^', .10.5 to Mft (avoraf^c, o.'J) mm.; 

 tail, 4*).r> to 51.;") (averaj^e, 51.1) mm ; exjiosed eulmon, IAS* to 15 (aver- 

 ajio, ll.S) mm.; bill from nostril, 10 to 1 1.5 (averaji'e, 10..S)mm.; tarsus, 

 17.5 to UO (aA'era;^*', l!>..'>) mm.; middle toe with elavv, 1<> to 17.5 (aver- 

 aj;e, 1 (>.(>) mm. 



Type, loc<tlUji. — South Ta-rk, Kinj;- ( 'otinty, Washington. 



(lro<ir(ipliic (lislrihidioii. — Pacific slope, from ( h'ef^on north lo south 

 erii Vancouv<'r Island, t he valh^y of the h'raser IJiver, and sli<;htly farthia' 

 aloiiji' the maiiihi^iid coast, b'esideni- probably throiij;hoiit its i-anjje, at 

 least, from l'n^(^t Sound southward. 



7',yy>r.— Male, adult-; No. i;55lilO, I I.S.N. I\!. ; South Park, Kinj;()ouiity, 

 AVashin},4on, December 11>, 1S!>|; L. M.Turner. 



Prscriplion. — Abovc^ rich dark bistre, slij;htly d(H^|)er on lu^ad, shad- 

 iufi' to Vandyke brown on rump, the feathers of which have- more or less 

 concealed whiti^ spots; upjjer tail <*.ov(M'tHse|)ia, inconspicuously marked 

 transversely with darker bi'own. Wiiifjjs fuscous, their covert a and 

 Uh'i exterior webs of secondaries mostly like tlu'. back, t,lie latter 

 obscur(^ly ba.rred with blackish, basal half of outer primari<>-s maij;ined 

 exteriorly with pah' brown. Tail bhick, middh'. feathers scjiia, with 

 narrow bars of black ; all the rest tipped witlMlull j;ray and more or 

 less distinctly bari'e<l externally with sepia; outer pair with indenta- 

 tions of <;rayish whit(W)n tcirininal port ion of exterior w<'bs. Supercili- 

 ary stripe white, lores and cluM^ks •grayish while, the two last mentioned 

 mixed with dark brown; postocular stii^ak r«Mldish sepia; sides of neck 

 deep brownish ^lay; Iowcm- parts jjrayish white, most nearly imre 

 white on chin, strongly tiii<;cd with brownish ^ray (ui sides, this color 



