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Voz. II, Pr. 11] LOOMIS—A REVIEW OF THE TUBINARES 137 
The series of September has its share of specimens that are 
late in finishing the moult. In eight (one each of the 2nd, 4th, 
Oth, 10th, 20th, and 22nd and two of the 27th) the distal 
primary and a varying number of rectrices are in process of 
growth. There is also more or less minor renewal progressing 
in these specimens and in most of the others of the series. 
Three are much the worse for wear on the lower parts, pos- 
terior to the jugulum, and on the greater and middle wing- 
coverts. On portions of the breast, and in spots elsewhere in 
the worn areas, the feathers are frayed nearly to the shaft and 
greatly bleached. 
October and November specimens show rapid decline or com- 
plete cessation in feather growth. In three October specimens 
(one of them apparently out of health) it has not ceased in the 
primaries and rectrices, nor in the rectrices of two other 
October specimens and a November one. 
The stragglers of December and January are about at a 
standstill in their plumage, except one of January 7, which is’ 
replacing feathers on the head, neck, and body. 
The extensive series, reviewed above, makes it clear that 
there is a protracted postnuptial moult in this species, but does 
not make it clear that there is a limited prenuptial or a deferred 
limited postjuvenal one. 
Tabulated below are the extreme and average measurements 
in millimeters of one hundred and sixty-five specimens 
(seventy-eight males and eighty-seven females) obtained off 
the coast of California. 
Upper Mandible Middle 
Sex | Wing | Tail | Culmen|—_|____| Tarsus |Toe and 
Depth | Width Claw 
Wikeovantbien, Soya ong ans o | 314 94 | 47.3 | 11.9 | 18 56.9 | 69.4 
Manin. cece o | 282 80 | 40.1 9.1} 14.5 | 50.3 | 60 
INitcantake ens saunas o | 301 88 | 43 10.2 | 16.4 | 53.5 | 65.2 
Maximum........... @ | 318 97 | 45 10.8 | 17.9 | 55.7 | 68 
Minimum........... Q | 281 81 | 38.3 8.8 | 13.6 | 50 60 
IMieanritas wee ite tan @ | 299 89 | 41.8 9.8 | 15.9 | 53 64.2 
Judging by the foregoing table, the majority of the females 
are somewhat inferior to the males in size. 
