30 Bangs A New Race of the Hepatic Tanager. 



Piranga hepatica dextra subsp. nov. 



Type From Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico, adult c?, No. 2090, coll. of E. 

 A. and O. Bangs. Collected April 18, 1897, by C. B. Isham. 



Characters. Similar to true P. hepatica, but smaller; the adult & much 

 more richly colored ; back much redder, less grayish ; pileum darker, 

 more intense red dull scarlet vermilion; under parts, darker, deeper 

 red deep orange vermilion ( flame-scarlet in true P. hepatica). Adult $ 

 darker in color throughout with the back decidedly less grayish. 



Measurements. Type, adult cT, wing, 96.; tail, 74.5; tarsus, 23.; cul- 

 men, 38.5. 



