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210 THE CONDOR Vol. XXIV 
Molothrus ater californicus 
MALES (all from California) : 
Depth 
Coll. No. Locality Date Wing Tail Tarsus CulmenBillat 
Base 
H 702 #£Buena Vista Lake May 20, 1920 107.8 75.2 25.5 D760 
H 708 Buena Vist2 Lake May 20, 1920 108.5. 75.4 25.4 “7g 
H 704 Buena Vista Lake May 20, 1920 103.0 72.4 24.0 28s 
H 705 Buena Vista Lake May 20, 1920 105.1 73.0 25.0  27;Ge 
H 706 Buena Vista Lake May 20, 1920 105.4 3.8 24.6 27.6 eee 
H 710 Buena Vista Lake May 21, 1920 100.0 73.0  25.0° eye 
H 711 #£4zBuena Vista Lake May 21, 1920 103.5 71.2 ° 25.3. 7 
H 712 Buena Vista Lake May 21, 192) 100.5 68.5 23.8 9eRien 9.4 
H 718 Buena Vista Lake May 21, 1920 102.0 70.0 25.5 — 2Ss0eeeee . 
H 728 Buena Vista Lake May 28, 1920 105.0 72.4 24.0 ~ So7l7 see | 
H 825 Buena Vista Lake June 2, 1920 102.2 68.7 26.2 Z7 ee 
H 826 Buena Vista Lake June 3, 1920 106.2 (fel 25.7 AT:6 ee 
J $816 Buena Vista Lake Jume LO poz 102.4 72.3. 25.4 “D6]G ene 
19515° Bakersfield May 10, 1911 100.0 . 69.4 ‘24.4 “SiS 
195162 Bakersfield May 10, 1911 106.4 78:1 25.4 ~ Set Gee 
20100? Weldon liver Onl 103.0 -71.4 ~25.0 “28325 ee 
256237 Snelling May 29, 1915 100.0 69.0 24.3 (1557 see 
ZOMSiie Mendota jumies 155 s9is 102.5 72.0 25.3 “Gian 
Minimum: 100.0 68.5 23:33 =sibe7 9.4 
Maximum: 108.5 78.1 26.2 <2 2 yee 
Average: 103.5 72.2 ~25.0 | iia 
1Collection of Donald R. Dickey, unless otherwise specified. 
"Univ. Calif. Mus. Vert. Zool. 
Molothrus ater obscurus 
Twenty breeding males from Imperial Valley, and two from the San Diegan Dis- 
trict. 
Wing Tail Tarsus Culmen Depth Bill 
at Base 
Minimum: Ses 66.3 21.0 ty of 
Maximum: 106.5 (EY 25.0 174 10.9 
Average: 102.1 ale) 23.0 G25 10.9 
Molothrus ater artemisiae : 
Ten breeding males from Humboldt County, Nevada. 
Minimum: lalate 73.6 26.0 0 10.6 
Maximum: 118.4 82.4 29.0 i). 11.5 
Average: 114.3 sO 28.0 18.0 11.2 
Average of five males from Independence, selected as showing that artemisiae in 
nearly typical form occurs at these southern points (intergrades with obscurus being 
excluded): : 
110.38 75,4 27.3 18.4 10.8 
Pasadena, California, September 22, 1922. 
