BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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aa. Under parts mostly gray. {Adult females .) 



h. Lateral rectrices blackish to extreme base; gray of under parts paler; under (ail- 

 coverts white. (Riccordia ricordii.) 

 c. Tail averaging 38.5, average deptli of fork 15.S. 



Riccordia ricordii ricordii, adult female (p. 543). 

 (T. Tail averaging 36.9, average de])th of fork 12. S. 



Riccordia ricordii seneoviridis, adult female (p. 545). 

 66. Lateral rectrices with basal half or more bronzy; gray of \iiiil<>r parts darker; 

 under tail-coverts brownish gray. 



Riccordia swainsonii, adult female (p. 546). 



RICCORDIA RICORDn RICORDD (Gervais). 



RICORD'S EMERALD. 



Adult male. — Above rather dark metallic bronze-green, darker and 

 decidedly duller on pileum; four middle rectrices dark metallic bronze 

 or greenish bronze, the next pair similar but with inner webs greenish 

 black; two outer pairs of rectrices greenish black, or black faintly 

 glossed with bluish green or greenish blue, the outer web of next to 

 outer pair slightly bronzed; remiges dark brownish slate or dusky, 

 faintly glossed with violaceous; imtler parts brilliant metallic green 

 (yellowish emerald green) ; femoral tufts and under tail-coverts white, 

 the latter sometimes with a few small spots or streaks of grayish on 

 lateral feathers; maxilla dull black; mandible brownish (pinkish or 

 reddish in life?), with tip dusky; iris dark brown; feet dusky; length 

 (skins), 97-105 (100); wing, 50-55 (52.3); tail, 36-47.5 (43.4); middle 

 rectrices, 18.5-22 (20.4); culmen, 14.5-18.5 (17.1)." 



Adult female. — Above similar in color to adult niale; beneath 

 brownish gray (between drab-gray and smoke gray), the sides, from 

 neck to flanks inclusive, metallic green, with feathers gray beneath 

 surface; anal tufts wliite; a grayish white postocular spot; bill, etc., 

 as in adult male; length (skins), 92-101 (96); wing, 48-52.5 (50 .7); 

 tail, 36-42.5 (38.5) ; middle rectrices, 21-24.5 (22.7); culmen, 17.5-19 

 (18.1).^ 



a Thirteen specimens. 



& Twelve specimens. 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Ten adult males from eastern Cuba 



One adult male from western Cuba 



Two adult males from Isle of Pines 



J'ifteen adult males of R. r. xncoviridis from Baliamas 



FEMALE.S. 



Two adult females from eastern Cuba 



Eight adult females from western Cuba 



Two adult females from Isle of Pines 



Nine adult females oi R. r. smeoviridis from Baliamaw. 



Wing. 



52. G 



49.6 

 50.9 

 5L5 

 51.8 



Lateral 



rec- 

 trices. 



43.2 



44 



44..-) 



4LC. 



39. 5 

 38. 

 37.2 

 .36.9 



Middle 



rec- 

 trices. 



20.4 

 22.5 

 19.2 

 22. 



21.5 

 22.8 

 23.2 

 24.4 



Ex- 

 posed 

 culmen. 



17.2 

 IS 



Hi. 2 

 17.4 



17.5 

 '18.1 

 18.2 

 18.4 



