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Collector'’s notes. 
Iris brown. Stomach contained remnants of some small black insects 
which feed upon the blossoms of the White Sage. The bird is resident 
upon the island, but not numerous. Their motions are very quick ; 
their geueral habits restless, impatient, and shy. Their almost incessant 
activity, together with their shyness, renders them diflicult to secure. 
They live in the brush, being rarely seen on treevS. 
Fam. FR1NGILLID.E. 
4. CAEPODACUS AMPLUS, noUs. 
Sp. ch.— Adult: — Above, bark brownish-gray, the feathers indistinctly 
darker centrally, the wing- and tail-feathers edged with paler brownish- 
gray. Lower })arts dull white, conspicuously streaked with brownish- 
gray. Male, frontal band (about 0.15-0.30 wide), superciliary stripe back 
to the eudsof the auriculars, cheeks (anterior half of the maxillary region), 
chin, throat, breast, and patch on lower part of the rump bright 
criiusou. Wing, 3.30-3.35; tail, 2.80-2.90; bill, from nostril, 0.42-0.45 ; 
depth of bill, 0.42-0.50; breadth of bill, 0.32-0.35; tarsus, 0.80; middle toe, 
0.G0-0.G5. lacking the red, each feather of the lower parts having 
a distinct central streak. Wing, 3.10-3.25; tail, 2.GO-2.90; length of 
bill, 0.40-0.45; depth, 0.40-0.48; breadth, 0.32-0.38; tarsus, 0.75-0.85; 
middle toe, 0.58-0.G5. Young :—Similar in plumage to the adult female, 
but light edges to wing- and tail-feathers broader and more inclining 
to fulvous. 
Remarks .—The upper mandible is nearly black, the lower much 
lighter, a purplish horn-color in the male, almost white in the female; 
the feet are brownish-black. In the male, the back is just ajipreciably 
glossed with a faint red tinge, and the shade of the red markings varies 
from a deep harsh carmine or true crimson to almost a red-lead hue. 
The coloration is exactly like that of G. frontalis from the Rocky 
Mountains, except that the tints are all darker; bnt the size is in every 
way so much greater that no comparison is needed, as the following 
measurements will demonstrate. 
O. AMPLUS. —Wing, 3.10-3.35; tail, 2.60-2.90; bill, 0.40-0.45 from 
nostril, 0.40-0.50 deep, 0.32-0.38 wide; tarsus, 0.75-0.85; middle toe, 
0.58-0.65. 
C. FRONTALIS.— Wing, 2.85-3.10; tnil, 2.50-2.80 ; bill, 0.30-0.35 from 
nostril, 0.30 deep, 0.25-0.27 wide; tarsus, 0.G5-0.7O; middle toe, 0.50. 
C. AMPLUS. 
Catalogue 
2no. 
Original 
No. 
Sex and 
age. 
Wing. 
—;- i - 
Tail. 
Length of 
bill.’' 
De])th of 
bill. 
Breadth 
of bill. 
Tar.siis. 
Middle 
toe. 
70004 
8 
cT ad. 
3. 30 
2. 90 
0. 45 
0. 42 
0.32 
0. 8) 
0. 60 
70005 
8 
cT ad. 
3. 35 
2. 80 
0. 42 
0. 45 
0. 32 
0. 81 
0. (i2 
70006 
8 
cT ad. 
3. 30 
2. 85 
0. 42 
0. 45 
0. 35 
0. 80 
0. 65 
7(11107 
8 
d ad. 
3. 35 
2. 90 
0. 45 
0 50 
0. 35 
0. 80 
0. 65 
70008 
8 
d ad. 
3. 30 
2.85 
0. 42 
0. 50 
0. 35 
0. 80 
0. 65 
7( 000 
8 
d ad. 
3. 30 
2. 90 
0. 45 
0.48 
0. 35 
0. 80 
0. 62 
70010 
7 
9 ad. 
3. 10 
2. 60 
0. 40 
0. 40 
0. 32 
0. 75 
0..58 
70011 
7 
9 ad. 
3. 20 
2. 75 
0. 45 
0. 45 
0. 35 
0. 85 
0. (>5 
70012 
7 
9 ad. 
3. 25 
2. 90 
0. 45 
0. 48 
0. 38 
0. 80 
0. 60 
70013 
70014 
39 
— juv. 
— juv. 
40 
I'roiu noatiil. 
