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(id. Under parts (lull vinaceous-pink, clearer pink on throat. (Pacific coast, 



territory of Tepic.) Phoenicothraupis rubica roseus, adult male (p. 147) 



bh. Scarlet crown-patch not margined laterally with a line of black or blackish 

 brown; lores and suborbital region dusky or sooty grayish; chin and sides 

 of upper throat dusky or sooty grayish. 

 c. Back, etc., reddish dusky; tail not distinctly reddish. ( Southeastern Nicaragua 

 to northeastern Colombia. ) . .Phoenicothraupis fuscicauda, adult male (p. 152) 

 cr. Back, etc., brownish red, grayish red, or reddish brown. {Phccnicothraupis 

 salvini, adult male. ) 

 d. Back, etc., brownish red or grayish red; under jiarts of body but slightly 

 tinged with gray. 

 e. Paler; light grayish red al)ove. 



f. Paler and more grayish. (^lugeres and Meco islands, Yucatan. ) 



Phoenicothraupis salvini insularis, adult male (p. 152) 

 _//'. Darker and less grayish. (Peninsula of Yucatan. ) 



Phoenicothraupis salvini peninsularis, adult male (p. 151) 

 ee. Darker; deep brownish red above. 

 /. Throat poppy red; more purplish red above and below. (Coast plain 

 of eastern Mexico, from southern Tamaulipas to Tabasco.) 



Phoenicothraupis salvini littoralis, adult male (p. 149) 



ff. Throat vermilion red or scarlet; more Ijrownish red above and below. 



(Southeastern Mexico, except coastal plain, to northern Honduras.) 



Phoenicothraupis salvini salvini, adult male (p. 148) 



dd. Back, etc., reddish brown; under parts of body strongly tinged with 



grayish. (Southern Honduras to eastern Nicaragua.) 



Phoenicothraupis salvini discolor, adult male (p. 150) 

 t. General color olive or brownish, the throat yellow or yellowish. (Adult females 



and immature males. ) 

 b. Center of crown and occiput distinctly yellowish, ochraceous, or tawny, or else 

 throat not yellowish or salmon color. 

 c. Darker; moredecidedly olivaceous below ; crown-patch more tawny-ochraceous. 

 d. Back, chest, etc., ochreous olive; crown-patch ochraceous or tawny. 



Phoenicothraupis rubica rubicoides, adult female and young male (p. 144) 

 dd. Back, chest, etc., more greenish olive; crown-patch more yellowish ocher. 

 e. Darker above, paler below, the abdomen pale buff; smaller (wing aver- 

 aging 82, tail 69.5). 



Phoenicothraupis rubica nelsoni, adult female {p. 146) 

 ee. Paler above, darker below, the abdomen olive-buff or buffy olive; larger 

 (wing averaging 85.3, tail 77.2). 



Phoenicothraupis rubica vinacea, adult female (p. 146) 

 cc. Paler; mo"e ochraceous or buffy below; crown-patch more buffy, less dis- 

 tinct (sometimes obsolete). 

 d. Deeper colored; larger (wing 91.9, tail 85.1, exposed culmen 17.0). 



Phoenicothraupis rubica affinis, adult female and young male (p. 147) 

 dd. Paler; smaller (wing 81.5-83.8, tail 78.2-80.0, culmen 14.7-15.2). 



Phoenicothraupis rubrica roseus, adult female and young male (p. 147) 

 bb. Center of crown and occiput not yellowish, ochraceous, or tawny, but concolor 

 with rest of pileum, or else tinged with red; throat yellowish or salmon color, 

 in more or less strong contrast with color of chest. 

 c. Above brown; chest tawny brown or cinnamon-brownish 



d. Throat yellow; chest tawny brown; back darker brown; tail bistre or sepia 

 brown; occiput not tinged with red. 



Phoenicothraupis salvini salvini, adult female and young male (p. 148) 

 Phoenicothraupis salvini discolor, adult female and young male (p. 150) 



