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TABLE I. 



Enumeration op 307 Male Linnets in the Attempt to Correlate the 

 different types of coloration with climatic areas. 



Humboldt Bay region, 

 northwestern California, 



Crimson 



predomi- 



Usual natiiig, but Orange 



Climate crimson more or less red 



type of orange type 



feathers 



inter-mixed 



Humid; cool; 



equable 10 



San Francisco Bay region £'emi-humid; 

 and Santa Cruz faunal cool: equ- 



district, California, able 



59 



Coastal region of southern Semi-arid: 

 California, from Santa warm; equ- 



Barbara to San Diego, able 



77 



Sacramento and San Joa- 

 quin valleys, California, 



Semi-arid; 

 warm ; equ- 

 able 



Modoc County, northeast- 

 ern California, 



Mojave and Colorado 

 deserts, 



Central and southern 

 Arizona, 



Northern Nevada, 



Central and western 

 Colorado, 



Santa Barbara group of 

 islands (C. clementis) 



Whole western United 

 States; total numbers 

 of individuals in each 

 category, 



Proportion of each cate- 

 gory in entire number 

 tabulated (294), 



Hawaiian Islands, 



Proportion of eacli cate- 

 gory to entire number 

 (13), 



Semi-arid ; 

 warm; vari- 

 able 



Extremely 

 arid; hot; 

 variable 



Arid ; hot ; 

 variable 



Arid; warm; 

 variable 



Semi-arid ; 

 warm; vari- 

 able 



Semi-arid ; 

 warm : equ- 

 able 



23 



97c 



Humid; warm; 

 equable 



4% 



SSSc 



Yellow 

 type 



2% 



62% 



