184 
Fam. PiciDJE. 
8. Colaptes inexicanus ruflpilens noJ)is. 
Fam. Strigid^ie. 
^ I (Uindentifiecl.) 
Fam. Falconid^. 
9. 
10 . 
11. Poljborns lutpsus nohis. 
Fam. SYLVIID^E. 
1. EEGULUS CALENDULA OBSOUEUS, ?iobis. 
Cii.— Adult :—Above olive-gray, with a slight greenish cast, the pri¬ 
maries and tail-feathers edged with dull sulphur-yellow 5 both rows of 
wing-coverts tipped with dull grayish-white, forming two well defined 
bands. A distinct, broad, dull-white, orbital ring. Lower parts pale 
grayish-buff, the sides slightly tinged with olivaceous. Male^ crown 
with a large central patch of vermilion-red, concealed or exposed at 
pleasure; wing, 2.15-2.20; tail, 1.85-1.95; bill, 0.25; tarsus, 0.80; middle 
toe, 0.38-0.40. Female^ without the red on the crown; wing, 2.00; tail, 
1.70; bill, 0.22; tarsus, 0.80 ; middle toe, 0.40. 
FemarlxS. —This resident insular race of the Euby-crowned Kinglet 
differs very appreciably from the continental form in the considerably 
darker, more plumbeous shade of the upper surface, the larger bill, and 
rather shorter wings and tail; the tarsis and toes are also appreciably 
longer. The differences may be more precisely expressed by the follow¬ 
ing table of comparative characters :— 
E. CALENDULA OBSCURUS. —Wing, 2.00-2.20; tail, 1.70-1.95; bill, 
0.22-0.25; tarsus, 0.80; middle toe, 0.38-0.40. Upper parts dusky 
brownish-gray anteriorly. Hah .—Guadeloupe Island. 
E. CALENDULA CALENDULA.— Wing, 2.20-2.30; tail, 1.85-1.90; bill, 
0 . 20 - 0 . 22 ; tarsus, 0.75; middle toe, 0.35. Upper parts light olivaceous- 
gray antefiorly. Hab .—North America in general (continental). 
The comparative measurements of the two races are as follows:— 
R. OBSCUKUS. 
Catalogue 
No. 
Original 
No. 
Sex and 
age. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Bill.* 
Tarsus. 
Middle toe. 
70036 
36 
cT ad. 
2.15 
1. 85 
0. 25 
0. 80 
0. 38 
70037 
3() 
d <ad. 
2. 15 
1. 85 
0. 25 
• 0.80 
70038 
36 
d ad. 
2. 20 
1. 95 
0.25 
0. 80 
70039 
36 
d ad. 
2.20 
1. 95 
70040 
37 
$ ad. 
2. 00 
1. 70 
0.22 
0. 80 
0. 40 
* The bill is measured from the iiuteiior portiou of the uostiil, and not from the base of the cnlmen. 
R. CABEXDULA. 
Catalogue No. 
Sex and 
age. 
Locality. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Bill. 
Tai'sus. 
Middle toe. 
1993, Mus. R. R- 
d ad. 
Alaska.. 
2.30 
1. 90 
0. 22 
0. 75 
0.35 
1430, Mus. R. R_ 
$ ad. 
Illinois.. 
2. 20 
1. 85 
0.20 
0. 75 
0. 35 
