794 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



aa. Smaller (male averaging: Wing 117.8, tail 112.8, tarsus 16, inner anterior toe 

 14.4; female averaging: Wing 117.6, tail 113.6, tarsus 16.4, inner anterior toe 

 14.4); bill relatively larger and broader; red of under parts lighter. (Isle of 

 Pines, south of Cuba.) Priotelus temnurus vescus (p. 795). 



PRIOTELUS TEMNURUS TEMNURUS (Temminck). 



CUBAN TE.OGON. 



Adult ma?e. —Pileum dark metallic blue, more violaceous on occi- 

 put; loral, suborbital, and auricular regions black; back, scapulars, 

 and rump metallic green or slightly bronzy green, passing into more 

 bluish green on hindneck and upper tail-coverts; six middle rec trices 

 glossy blue-black or dark violaceous blue, the middle pair with outer 

 webs brighter and less violaceous blue, passing into dark violet-blue 

 terminally, their inner webs bronze-green or greenish bronze, passing, 

 through blue, into dark violet-blue terminally; three outer rectrices 

 (on each side) extensively white terminally, blue-black basally, the 

 outer web of second and third with one to three white spots on black 

 portion of outer web, the inner web sometimes with one or two trans- 

 verse spots of white; lesser and middle wing-coverts dark metallic 

 green, broadly margined with much brighter green; greater coverts 

 very dark bluish green narrowly edged with brighter ])luish green, 

 the outer web with a very large terminal subc[uadrate spot of white; 

 alula and primary coverts black, the former with three white sjiots 

 on outer web, the latter with a subterminal spot of white; proximal 

 secondaries (tertials) dark metallic bluish green; other secondaries 

 black, edged witli metallic bluish green and with a very large sub- 

 terminal quadrate spot of white on outer web; primaries black, the 

 terminal half (more or less) of outer web with quadrate spots of 

 white, the basal portion continuously white, except the two outer- 

 most, which are spotted to the base; chin, throat, and malar region 

 white, passing into clear gray (no. 7) on chest, breast, and upper 

 abdomen and sides, the remaining under parts pure geranium red, 

 the line of demarkation between the red and the gray forming a ver}^ 

 sharp transverse line; thighs grayish white, the feathers dark grayish 

 basally; maxilla brownisli black, except rietal portion, which, together 

 with the mandible, is dull vermilion red; iris carmine red;'* feet dark 

 brownish (in dried skins); length (sldns), 247-260 (255); wing, 

 117-128 (123.6); tail, 105.5-124.5 (116.4); culmen, 16.5-18 (16.8); 

 tarsus, 16-18 (16.8); inner anterior toe, 15-16.5 (15.3).^ 



Adult female. — Precisely like the adult male, but averaging slightly 

 smaller; length (skins), 248-258 (251); wing, 118-125 (121.8); tail, 

 106-120 (114.4); culmen, 16-18 (17.2); tarsus, 16.5-17.5 (17); inner 

 anterior toe, 14-16 (15.2).'^ 



a Palmer and Riley. ^ Ten specimens. ^ Six specimens. 



