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THE CONDOR 
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Note on I^oxioides bailleui Oust, from Hawaii. — Through the courtesy of my friend, 
Professor Loye H. Miller, of Oahu College, this city, I have had the pleasure of examining a 
series of seven splendid skins of Loxioides bailleui Oust, which were made by him on a trip to the 
island of Hawaii. The seven specimens were all taken December 26, 1902, at an elevation rang- 
ing from seven to eight thousand feet, in the lobality known as “Horner’s Ranch” near Paauila 
in the district of Hamakua. In comparing the specimens with the three in the Bishop Museum, 
I find no material variation in either size or coloration; however, in referring the measurements 
given in the Key to the Hawaiian Birds, I find a slight discrepancy in the length of the bird there 
given (7.50) and that obtained by Mr. Miller in freshly killed specimens. I append a table giv- 
ing the measurements taken from the ten birds before me. 
Nos. 
Se.x 
I.ocality 
Date 
Collector 
Length 
Wing 
Tail Tarsus Cul. Depth Remarks 
of Bill 
I 
? 
Hamakua 
Dec. 26, ’02 
D. H. Miller 
6.85 
3.65 
2.30 
•97 
.48 
.46 
2 
6 
‘ ‘ 
( ( 
( 
7.00 
3.65 
2.60 
•94 
.48 
•43 
3 
6 
( ( 
( 
7.00 
3-70 
2.60 
•95 
•47 
•45 
4 
? 
“ 
( i 
i 
6.90 
3-50 
2.55 
■95 
•47 
.42 
5 
6 
‘ ‘ 
( ( 
( 
6.90 
3.60 
2.50 
.96 
.48 
•47 
6 
( « 
< 
6.90 
3.60 
2.55 
■94 
•49 
•45 
7 
3 
‘ ‘ 
( ( 
i 
6.90 
3-55 
2.50 
.96 
•47 
•45 
B. M. 25 
— 
Hilo 
— 
Mills 
6.90? 
3-55 
2.48 
•95 
•49 
.43 Mtd. 
** 200 
3 
Kona 
— 
Perkins 
6.90? 
3-55 
2.45 
■95 
.48 
■47 “ 
“ 251 
3 
‘ ‘ 
— 
“ 
6.90? 
3-65 
2.52 
•95 
•49 
•45 “ 
Nos. I, 4, 6, of Mr. Miller’s collection show the darker bases to the feathers on the crown 
characteristic of the female. However No. 6 has been sexed by Mr. Miller as a male, a fact which 
would suggest that the young males pass through a stage resembling the adult females. The 
series as a whole are remarkably uniform in coloring. No. 5 being a fine old male was decidedlj' 
the richest gamboge yellow on the head and breast, while No. 4, a female, was slightly more 
huffy on the crissuni than any of the other specimens examined, a fact probably indicating the 
maturity of the specimen. 
Mr. Miller's observations of the habits of this species tally exactly with those of former ob- 
servers who have all found it feeding on the Mamani bushes, rarely leaving them, and showing 
but little fear. He describes its note as a clear whistle. The peculiar odor characteristic of the 
Drepanididce was especially noticeable on the fresh skins. — W m. Al.^nson Bryan, Bishop Mu- 
seum, Honolulu, H. /. 
Ardea virescens anthonyi. — On January 3, 1903, while nearing a creek in the vicinity of 
San Bernardino to get a drink, I startled a Iprge bird from the trees overhead. After much care 
I approached near enough to see that it was an Anthony green heron [Ardea virescens anthonyi). 
As I had no gun I was unable to secure it. Is it not a rare thing to find this bird in Southern 
California at this time of the year? — J. B. Feudgk, Highland, Cal. 
The Alaska Pileolated Warbler in California. — In Part II of his “Birds of North and 
Middle America,” Mr. Ridgway newly describes the race of IVilsonia pusilla from the West 
Coast. The three foniis recognized by him are: (i) IVilsonia pusilla pusilla (Wilson) from the 
Atlantic province; (2) IVilsonia pusilla pileolata (Pallas) occupying the middle province includ- 
ing the whole of Alaska and British Columbia to the Pacific, together with the Rocky Mountain 
region; (3) IVilsonia pusilla chryseola Ridgway, the form summering in the Pacific province 
from southern California to western Washington. 
A studv of available material in the collections of Mr. F. S. Daggett and myself, amounting 
to some seventy-five skins in all, results in that Mr. Ridgway's conclusions are fully confirmed. 
The great majority of our Californian specimens are uniformly typical of chryseola, but we were 
much interested to find that pileolata is also represented. The five specimens secured by me 
May 14-16, 1897, on Santa Barbara Island and recorded as Sylvania pusilla pileolata (Rep. Bds. 
Sta. Barbara Jds., Aug. 1897, p. 8) are all referable to pileolata as now restricted. So are also in 
Mr. Daggett’s series No. 667^ , Apr. 29, ’97; No. 4796 5 , May i, ’96; and No. 4761 $ , Sept. 22, ’96, 
all taken at Pasadena. These indicate that the Alaskan race passes in migration along the coast 
of California with probable regularity, though appearing in the spring long after chryseola has 
become settled for the summer. 
TV. p. pileolata is recognizable at a glance by its dark green upper parts and pale yellow face. 
Also its long (2.21 in. = 56 min.) pointed (8-7-6-9-5, etc.) wing is an evidence of extended migra- 
tion. JV. p. chryseola has the upjDer parts of a much yellower green, approaching a dark wax 
yellow, while the face and lower surface are strong!}' tinged with orange yellow, sometimes near- 
