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white patcli, abont 0.75-0.90 wide on the outer feather, the outer web of 

 which is al^o edged with white. Lower parts white medially, the entire 

 sides deep rufous ; crissura ochraceous. Wing, 3.10-3.25 ; tail, 3.50-3.80 ; 

 bill, 0.3-8-0.40 ; tarsus, 1.05-1.10; middle toe, 0.70-0.75 ; hind claw, 0.50- 

 0.55. Adult female: — Similar in plumage to the male, but the deep black 

 replaced by dull brownish-black ; white spots on the tail-feathers more 

 restricted. Wing, 2.90-2.95 ; tail, 3.25-3.65 ; bill, 0.35-0.40; tarsue, l.OC- 

 1.05 ; middle toe, 0.60-0.65 ; hind claw, 0.50-0.55. 



Bemarl^s. — The feathers of the gular region are ash-gray or light 

 plumbeous at their roots ; there is no indication of white on the side of 

 the forehead nor on the base of the primaries; the feathers between the 

 rufous of the sides and the white below it have longitudinal black 

 spots in every specimen. 



This race is somewhat intermediate between F.orcgonus andP.can«a?^^, 

 but seems to be most like the latter. The sexes are more nearly alike 

 than in any other of the races of P. maciilatus, the female being as dark 

 as, if not darker than, that of P. megalonyx^ while the male is decidedly 

 less intensely black than in that form and P. oregonus. Compared with 

 a specimen from the vicinity of San Francisco, California, the adult 

 males of this series agree quite nearly in size, and the extent of the 

 white patches on the tad-feathers ; but they differ in being dull-, instead, 

 of intense coal-black, in having the white streaks on the outer iuterscai)- 

 ulars very small, and in the much longer hind claw. 



p. COXSOBRIXUS. 



Nat. Mus. 



Original 



Sex and 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



Middle toe. 



Hind claw. 



Cat. No. 



No. 



age. 















70028 



5 



cT ad. 



3.10 



3.50 



0.40 



1.08 



0.70 



0.50 



700-29 



5 



d ad. 



3.20 



3.70 



0.40 



1.05 



0.75 



0. .55 



70030 



5 



d art. 



3.25 



3.80 



0.40 



1.10 



0.75 



0. 55 



70031 



5 



■d ad. 



.3.15 



3.05 



0.38 



1.10 



0.75 



0.50 



70032 



5 



d ad. 



3.20 



3.65 



0.38 



1.10 



0.72 



0.55 



7003:J 



16 



? ad. 



2.95 



3. 65 



0.40 



1.10 



0.60 



0.50 



70034 



Ifi 



? acl. 



2.90 



3.25 



0..3S 



1.05 



0. 65 



0.55 



70035 



16 



? ad. 



2.90 



3.25 



0.35 



1.00 



0.60 



0. .50 







? ad. 



2.90 





0.35 



1.00 



0.65 



0.50 









P. OKEGONUS. 



o 



a 

 o 



Locality. 



Date. 



1 



'5 

 H 



S 





6 

 -g 

 .2 



S 



466 



d ad. 







3.35 



4.00 



0.40 



1.05 



0.75 



0.45 











P. MEGALOXYX. 



465 ? ad. Fort Tejon, Cal. 



4. 10 0. 35 1. 10 I 0. 70 0. 50 



P. CARMANI. 



? ad. 



2.85 3.30 0.35 1.05 0.65 0.40 



