422 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



PIPILO CONSOBRINUS Ridgway. 

 GUADALTJPE TOWHEE. 



Similar to P. m. Oregon iw in restriction of the white markings on 

 wings, tail, scapulars, etc. , but wing and tail much shorter, and hind 

 claw much larger; adult male with the black much duller, dark sooty 

 rather than black. 



Adult mafe.— Length (skins). 183.90-189.99 (186.94); wing, 76.20- 

 80.77(78.74); tail, 79.76-86.61(83.57); exposed culmen, 13.97-14.48 

 (14.22); tarsus, 25.91-28.19 (27.18); middle toe, 17.78-18.80 (18.29); 

 hind claw, 12.70-13.72 (13.46); white on lateral tail-feather, 18.29-22.86 

 (20.07).' 



Adult female.— L,&ngt\i (skins), 161.29-176.53 (168.91); wing, 69.85- 

 73.15 (71.63); tail, 73.15-75.44 (74.17); exposed culmen, 13.21-13.72 

 (13.46); tarsus, 24.38-25.91 (25.15); middle toe, 16.51-17.53 (17.02); 

 hind claw, 11.18-13.21 (12.19).'' 



Guadalupe Island, off west coast of Lower California. 



Pipiio maculalus consobrinus Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., 

 ^ ii, no. 2, Apr. 1, 1876, 189 (Guadalupe I., Pacific side Lower California; 



U. S. Nat. Mus.); Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 238c. 

 Pipiio consobrinux Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, July, 1877, 60. — American 



Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 589. — Bryant, Bull. Cal. Ac. 



Sci., no. 6, 1887, 303 (habits; descr. young). ' 

 P. [ipUo] consobrinus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 437. 

 [Pipiio maoulatus}. Subsp. S. Pipiio consobrinus Shahpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 



1888, 750. 



PIPILO CARMANI Baird. 

 SOOOKRO TOWHEE. 



Similar in, coloration to the adult female of jP. consobrinus (the male 

 scarcely darker than the female, except on throat and chest), but much 

 smaller and with white markings still more restricted, 



Adult ma/<-.— Length (skins), 157.48-179.07 (164.34); wing, 69.09- 

 73.91 (71.37); tail, 71.12-80.52 (74.93); exposed culmen, 12.45-13.46 

 (12.95); tarsus, 23.88-25.91 (25.15); middle toe, 15.49-17.58 (16.76); 

 hind claw, 10.16-10.67 (10.41); white on lateral tail-feather, 11.43- 

 14.73 (12.70).' 



Adult female.— Li&ngtYi (skins), 147.32-170.18(158.24); wing, 63.75- 

 68.58 (66.55); tail, 69.85-73.66 (71.63); exposed culmen, 12.45-12.70 

 (12.45); tarsus, 23.11-25.40 (24.13); middle toe, 15.24-17.27 (16.26); 

 hind claw, 10.16-12.19 (10.92); white on lateral tail-feather, 10.16- 

 12.70 (11.43).' 



' Three specimens. 



''Two specimens, both with lateral rectrices wanting or broken off. 



'Five specimens. 



