THE GEHUS CHORDEILES SWAINSON — OBEEHOLSEE. 



Ill 



The difference between the gray and ochraceous phases of this 

 subspecies are not nearly so great as in Ghordeiles acutipermis aouti- 

 pennis and Ghordeiles acutipennis micromeris ; that is, while the gray 

 phase is practically identical in color with the corresponding phase 

 of Ghordeiles acutipennis m,icromeris, the ochraceous phase is not 

 nearly so deeply ochraceous nor so different from the gray phase. 

 The dark and light extremes in Ghordeiles acutipennis inferior are, 

 however, just as strongly marked as in the other races above men- 

 tioned. 



Specimens examined. — ^The writer has seen 26 specimens of this 

 new subspecies, from the localities that follow : 



Lower Galifornia. — Cape San Lucas (Sept. 11, 14, and 21, 1859) ; 

 San Jose del Cabo (Apr. 6, 1895; July 22, 1896; Aug. 5, 1896) ; Santa 

 Anita (Jan. 14 and 16, 1906) ; Triunfo (June 11, 13, and 14, 1887) ; 

 Valladares (May 21, 1889) ; Santa Cruz (May 23, 1889). 



Measurements of specimens of Ghordeiles acutipennis inferior. 



1 Used in measurement averages on p. 110. 



2 Type. 



