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Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club.
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I am indebted to Mr. L. M. Loomis for the use of birds in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. This new form is named for my friend, Mr. Theodore J. Hoover, who collected the types' and kindly placed his material in my hands for examination.
| Locality. | Wing. | Tail. | Exposed Culmen. |
Date. | Collector. | Number. | Collection of | |
| California Males. | ||||||||
| Oakland | 3 06 | 2 28 | .34 | Apr. 2, 1885 | C. A. S. | |||
| Nicasio | 3 07 | 2 34 | .38 | Apr. 12, 1879 | " | |||
| Cloverdale | 3 05 | 2 30 | .34 | Apr. 3, 1885 | " | |||
| Sonoma | 3 00 | 2 38 | .34 | Feb. 2, 1897 | Carriger | 1889 | Hoover | |
| Palo Alto | 2 98 | 2 22 | .39 | Apr. 10, 1898 | Hoover | 1990 | " | |
| " | 3 00 | 2 31 | .38 | Apr. 16, 1898 | " | 1988 | " type | |
| " | 2 98 | 2 24 | .34 | Nov. 20, 1898 | " | 1998 | " | |
| Average | 3 02 | 2 30 | .36 | |||||
| Eastern Males. | ||||||||
| Marlboro, Mass. | 2 90 | 2 20 | .37 | May 6, 1884 | W. E. Bryant | C. A. S. | ||
| "" | 2 93 | 2 26 | .32 | " | " | " | ||
| "" | 2 86 | 2 08 | .37 | " | ||||
| Washington, D.C. | 2 85 | 2 24 | .34 | May 10, 1886 | " | " | ||
| "" | 2 87 | 2 13 | .34 | Nov. 30, 1888 | C W Richmond | " | ||
| "" | 2 80 | 2 10 | .32 | May 13, 1888 | " | " | ||
| "" | 2 82 | 2 09 | .37 | May 2, 1890 | J. W. Figgins | " | ||
| Waterloo, Ind. | 2 95 | 2 20 | .34 | Oct. 15, 1894 | J. O. Snyder | 3151 | Stan'd Univ. | |
| Average | 2 87 | 2 16 | .35 | |||||
| California females. | ||||||||
| Nicasio | 2 88 | 2 26 | .34 | Apr. 11, 1879 | C. A. S. | |||
| Oakland | 2 84 | 2 22 | .33 | Apr. 3, 1885 | W. E. Bryant | " | ||
| West Berkeley | 2 92 | 2 16 | .34 | Nov. 26, 1885 | T. S. Palmer | " | ||
| Palo Alto | 2 96 | 2 27 | .39 | Apr. 10, 1898 | Hoover | 1995 | Hoover | |
| " | 2 77 | 2 16 | .36 | Mar. 20, 1898 | " | 1992 | " | |
| " | 2 90 | 2 24 | .36 | Feb. 26, 1898 | " | 1993 | " | |
| " | 2 84 | 2 28 | .38 | Apr. 4, 1898 | " | " | ||
| " | 2 92 | 2 24 | .38 | Apr. 10, 1898 | " | 1999 | " | |
| " | 2 90 | 2 20 | .34 | Jan. 17, 1899 | " | 2000 | " | |
| Battle Creek | 2 82 | 2 13 | .36 | Oct. 8, 1898 | 1991 | " | ||
| Average | 2 87 | 2 22 | .36 | |||||
| Eastern Females. | ||||||||
| Marlboro, Mass. | 2 83 | 2 08 | .35 | May 6, 1884 | W. E. Bryant | C. A. S. | ||
| "" | 2 72 | 2 02 | .36 | | " | " | ||
| Natick, Mass. | 2 72 | 2 02 | .31 | May 1885 | E. J. Smith | 7795 | " | |
| Washington, D.C. | 3 02 | 2 18 | .34 | Oct. 8, 1888 | " | |||
| Chester Co. Pa. | 2 85 | 2 05 | .36 | May 11, 1894 | H. Garrett | 1980 | Hoover | |
| "" | 2 79 | 2 07 | .37 | May 13, 1892 | " | 1981 | " | |
| "" | 2 94 | 2 22 | .35 | Oct. 13, 1891 | " | 1996 | " | |
| "" | 2 66 | 2 16 | .38 | May 11, 1894 | " | 1994 | " | |
| "" | 2 68 | 2 09 | .35 | May 16, 1892 | " | 1982 | " | |
| Raleigh, N. C. | 2 78 | 2 09 | .33 | Apr. 24, 1893 | H H & C S Brimley | 1983 | " | |
| Average | 2 70 | 2 10 | .35 | |||||
Dendroica auduboni. |
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| Males taken at Palo Alto by T. J. Hoover. | 3 00 | 2 18 | .38 | Apr. 10, 1898 | 1986 | |||
| 3 05 | 2 28 | .40 | " | 1987 | ||||
| 3 06 | 2 30 | .35 | " | 1985 | ||||
| 2 98 | 2 22 | .39 | Apr. 13, 1898 | 1997 | ||||
| 3 09 | 2 25 | .37 | Jan. 4, 1899 | 1984 | ||||
| Average | 3 03 | 2 24 | .37 | |||||
