BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



97 



(97); tail, 78.5-87.6 (81); exposed culmen, 16.3-17.3 (16.8); depth of 

 bill at base, 8.4-10.2 (9.4); tarsus, 19.8-22.1 (21.1); middle toe, 11-16 



Adult female.— l^ength (skins), 167.6-177.8 (177.3); wing, 90.2-93 

 (91.7); tail, 76.2-80.5 (78.7); exposed culmen, 16.5-18 (17.5); depth 

 of bill at base, 9.1-9.7; tarsus, 21.8-22.1 (22.1); middle toe, 14.5-14.7.' 

 Eastern Mexico, in States of Nuevo Leon (Monterey), Vera Cruz 

 (Jalapa; Mirador), and southward through Central America to Chiri- 

 qui and Veragua. 



Pyranga bidentata (not of Swainson) Sclater, Proo. Zool. Soo. Lond., 1856, 126, 

 part (Jalapa, Vera Cruz); 1857, 205 (Jalapa); 1859, 364 (Jalapa); Synop. 

 Av. Tanagr., 1856, 50, part; Cat. Am. Birdn, 1862, 82, part (Jalapa; Volcan 

 de Fuego, Guatemala); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 190, part (Jalapa and 

 Orizaba, Vera Cruz ; Volcan de Fuego, Duenas, and Barranca Honda, Guate- 

 mala; Irazu and Parita, Costa Rica; s. slope Volcan de Chiricjui, Chi- 

 riqui). — Salvin and Sclatek, Ibis, 1860, 32 (Volcan de Fuego, 5,500 ft.) — 

 Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 171 (Costa Rica). — Lawrence, Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 99 (Dota Mts., Birris, San Jose, and Rancho Redondo, 

 Costa Rica). — Salvador:, Atti Roy. Ac Sci. Torino, iv, 1868, 177 (Costa 

 Rica). — SuMicHRAST, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 549 (temperate region, 

 Vera Cruz). — Frantzius, Journ. ftir Orn., 1869, 299 (Dota Mts., Rancho 

 Redondo, SanJos^, Candelaria, and Cervantes, Costa Rica). — Salvin, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 187 (Volcan de Chiriqui). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1878, 55 (Navarro and Volcan de Irazu, Costa Rica). — Nutting, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 495 (Irazu, Costa Rica). — Salvin and God- 

 man, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 296, part (Jalapa, Vera Cruz; Volcan 

 de Fuego, Barranca Honda, and San Geronimo, Guatemala; Dota Mts.; 

 Rancho Redondo, Barranca, San Jos6, Candelaria, Cervantes, and Birris, 

 Costa Rica; Volcan de Chiriqui). 



IPyrangal twZoifota Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 22, part. 



P^yranga] bidentata Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 

 433, part. 



P[;iranga'] bidentata Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 456, part. 



Piranqa bidentata Zeledox, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 110 (San Jos6, 

 Cartago, El Zarcero de Alajnela, Volcan de Irazu, and Monte Redondo de 

 San Jos^, Costa Rica). — Cherrie, Auk, ix, 1892, 25 (San Jos^, Costa Rica; 

 resident).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 27 (Jalapa; song, etc.). 



Ph[oenicosoma] bidentata Cabanih, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 24 (Jalapa). 



^ Seventeen specimens. 



'■'Three specimens, frona Costa Rica (2) and Chiriqui (1^ 

 of adult males from different localities are as follows: 



Locality. 



Average measurements 



Middle 

 toe. 



Seven adult males from Vera Cruz (5) and Nuevo 

 Leon (2) 



Three adult males from^ Guatemala 



Seven adult males from Costa Rica (5) and Chi- 

 riqui (2) 



15.2 

 14.5 



The most richly colored specimens seen are from Jalapa, Vera Cruz. 

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