187 

 Collector's notes. 



Iris brown. Stoinacli contained remnants of some small black insects 

 wbicli feed upon tbe blossoms of the White Sage. The bird is resident 

 upon the island, but not numerous. Their motions are very quick ; 

 their general habits restless, impatient, and shy. Their almost incessant 

 activity, together with their sliyness, renders them difticult to secure. 

 They live in the brush, being rarely seen on trees. 



Fam. FRINGILLID^. 

 4. CAEPODACUS AMPLUS, nobis. 



Sp. ch. — Adult: — Above, bark brownish-gray, the feathers indistinctly 

 darker centrally, the wing- and tail-feathers edged with paler brownish- 

 gray. Lower parts dull white, conspicuously streaked with brownish- 

 gray. 3Iale, frontal band (about 0.15-0.30 wide), superciliary stripe back 

 to the endsof the auriculars, cheeks (anterior half of the maxillary region), 

 chin, throat, breast, and patch on lower part of the rump bright 

 crimson. Wing, 3.30-3.35; tail, 2.80-2.90; bill, from nostril, 0.42-0.45 ; 

 depth of bill, 0.42-0.50; breadth of bill, 0.32-0.35; tarsus, 0.80; middle toe, 

 0.60-0.05. jPew«/e, lacking thered,each featherof the lower parts having 

 a distinct central streak. Wing, 3.10-3.25; tail, 2.60-2.90; length of 

 bill, 0.40-0.45; depth, 0.40-0.48; breadth, 0.32-0.38; tarsus, 0.75-0.85; 

 middle toe, 0.58-0.05. Young: — Similar in plumage to the adult female, 

 but light edges to wing- and tail-feathers broader and more inclining 

 to fulvous. 



Remarks. — The upper mandible is nearly black, the lower much 

 lighter, a purplish horucolor in the male, almost white in the female; 

 the feet are brownish-black. In the male, the back is just appreciably 

 glossed with a faint red tinge, and the shade of the red markings varies 

 from a deep harsh carmine or true crimson to almost a red-lead hue. 

 The coloration is exactly like that of C. frontalis froiu the Eocky 

 Mountaius, excej)t that the tints are all darker ; but the size is in every 

 way so much greater that no compirison is needed, as the following 

 measurements will demonstrate. 



C. AMPLUS.— Wing, 3.10-3.35; tail, 2.G0-2.90 ; bill, 0.40-0.45 from 

 nostril, 0.40-0.50 deep, 0.32-0.38 wide; tarsus, 0.75-0.85; middle toe, 

 0.58-0.65. . 



C. FRONTALIS.— Wing, 2.85-3.10; tail, 2.50-2.80; bill, 0.30-0.35 from 

 nostril, 0.30 deep, 0.25-0.27 wide; tarsus, 0.65-0.70; mitldle toe, 0.50. 



C. AMPLUS. 



Catalogue 



Oiisiiial 



Sex and 

 aj;e. 



Wing. 

 3.30 



Tail. 



Length of 

 bill.' 



Depth of 

 bill. 



Breadth 

 of bill. 



Tar.sns. 



iliddlo 

 tou. 



70004 



8 



(f ad. 



2.90 



0.45 



0.42 



0.32 



0.8) 



0.60 



70005 



8 



cf ad. 



3. 3.5 



2.80 



0.42 



0.45 



0.32 



0.81 



0.62 



70006 



8 



£/• ad. 



3.30 



2.85 



0. 42 



0.45 



0.35 



0.80 



0.65 



701107 



8 



d ad. 



3. 3.5 



2.00 



0.45 



.50 



0.35 



O.SO 



0.65 



70008 



8 



c" ad. 



3.30 



2. 85 



0.42 



0.50 



0.35 



0.80 



0.65 



7100!) 



8 



(/ ad. 



3. 30 



2. !I0 



0.45 



0.48 



0.35 



0.80 



0. 62 



711010 



7 



9 ad. 



3. 10 



2. GO 



0.40 



0.40 



0.32 



0.75 



0.58 



70011 



7 



9 ad. 



3. -20 



2. 75 



0.45 



0.45 



0.35 



0.85 



0. 65 



70012 



7 



? ad. 



3. -2,1 



2. 90 



0.45 



0.48 



0.38 



0.80 



0.60 



70013 



39 



40 



— .liiv. 



— juv. 

















70014 































i-'roiu nostril. 



