BIRDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



141 



(10.92); depth of bill at base, !». 65-10. 16 (9.91); tarsus, 16.76-19.05 

 (18.29); middle toe, 13.21-13.72 (18.46).' 



Santa Barbara Islands, California; Todos Santos Island, Lower 

 California. 



Carpodacus frontalis (not FrimjlUa frontalis Say) Townsend, Proc. U. R. Nat. ilus., 



xiii, 1890, 139, 140 (Santa Barbara, San Clemen te, and Santa Rosa islands, 



California). 

 CariMdacus mexicanus frontalis Gmm^Ei.^ Auk, xv, 1898, 235 (Santa Catalina I., 



California); Pub. no. 1, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1897, 6 (Santa Barbara I.), 10 



(San Nicolas I.), 16 (San Clemente I.; crit.). 

 Carpodacus dementis jMeaens, Auk, xv, July, 1898, 2,58 (San Clemente I., Santa 



Barbara group, California; TJ. S. Nat. Mns.). 

 Carpodacus mexicanus dementis American Ornithologists' Union Committee, 



Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 114 (no. 519c). 



CARPODACUS McGREGORI Anthony. 

 SAN BENITO HOUSE FINCH. 



Similar to C m. frontalis^ but much larger (the bill especially), 

 with relatively shorter wing and tail; upper parts much grayer and 

 more distinctly streaked with dusky; adult male with the red (con- 

 fined to forehead, supra-auricular stripe, malar region, chin, throat, 

 chest, and rump) paler, more flesh-colored, or often dull yellow. Much 

 more nearly related to C. ampins, but rather smaller, with bill distinctly 

 compressed basally, upper parts grayer, and flanks, etc. , with dusky 

 streaks darker and more .sharply defined. 



Adultmale. — Length (skin), one specimen, 146.05; wing, 81.79-82.55 

 (82.04); tail, 63.50-64.77(64.26); exposed culmen, 11.94-12.95(12.45), 

 depth of bill at base, 11.43-12.70 (11.94); width of mandible at base, 

 8.89-9.91 (9.40); tarsus, 17.78-19.05 (18.54); middle toe, 14.73-14.99 

 (14.86).' 



^ Four specimens. 



Specimens from the different islands vary somewhat among themselves, but with 

 the exception of San Clemente, Santa Catalina, and Santa Rosa, there are not a suffi- 

 cient number to indicate whether the local variations are reasonably constant. 



Average measurement of specimens from the different islands are as follows: 



' Four specimens. 



