BIRDS OB^ NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 145 



Immature male. — Similar to the adult female, and not always dis- 

 tinguishable, but usually more rufescent in coloring; sometimes russet- 

 brown above, the primaries and rectrices decidedly russet, crown-patch 

 deep tawny, and under parts sti'ongly tinged with tawny, especially on 

 throat and chest. 



Young {first plumage). — Above plain olive-brown, the crown with- 

 out any distinct patch, or none, of ochraceous; primaries and rectrices 

 lighter, more yellowish olive or raw umber brown; under parts plain 

 buffy olive, the abdomen, under tail-coverts, and throat buffy wood 

 brown, the last paler. 



Southern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz (Jalapa, Paplanta, Cor- 

 dova, etc.), Oaxaca (Playa Vicente, Guichicovi, etc.), and southward 

 through Guatemala to Honduras^ (San Pedro; Omoa to Chilomo). 

 Salt[^i(tor^ ruMcoides Lafkesnaye, Rev. ZooL, vii, 1844, 41 (Mexico). 

 Ph\_o(:nicothraupis\ rubkmdes Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 24 (Mexico). 

 PhoenicotJiraupis ruhicoides Sclater, Ann. & Mag. N. H., 2d ser., xiii, 1854, 25; 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 120, part (monogr. ; Papantla and Jalapa, Vera 

 Cruz; Guatemala), 303 (Cordova, Vera Cruz); 1859, 364 (Jalapa), 377 (Playa 

 Vicente, Oaxaca); 1864, 173 (Valley of Mexico); Synop. Av. Tanagr., 1856, 

 44; Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 83 (Mexico; (Tuatemala). — Sclater and Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1859, 15 (Guatemala); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 836 (San Pedro, 

 Honduras). — Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 58 (Omoa to Chilomo, 

 Honduras). — Salvin and Sclater, Ibis, 1860, 32 (Yzabal, Guatemala).— 

 Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., v, 1866, 173 (City of Mexico).— Sum i- 

 chrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 549 (tierra caliente. Vera Cruz). — 

 Salvin, Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 193 (Guatemala). — Salvin and (todman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 300 (Yzal)al, Choctum, Alotenango, Savana 

 Grande, Escuintla, Costa Grande, and Ketalhuleu, Guatemala; Omoa, Hon- 

 duras, etc.)— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 27 (Jalapa, Vera 

 Cruz). 

 IFhcenicothraupis] rubicoides Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 22, part. 

 PhaenicoOiraupis vhiacea (not of Lawrence) Boucard, Liste Ois. Guat., 1878, 33. 

 FhxnicotJiraupis ruhicoides Lawrence, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 19 



(Guichicovi, Oaxaca). 

 Fltaiilcothruupis r-uhicoidcs Boucard, Liste Ois. Guat., 1878, 33. 

 Saltator rabicus (not of Vieillot) Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 1865, 90 



(foot of Cofre del Perote, Vera Cruz). 

 Tanagra ignicapiUa Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1831, 2 {nornai iiaduni; 



Papantla,^ Vera Cruz, Mexi(;o); Journ. fi'irOrn., 1863, 56. 

 FlfKcnU-uihnmpisI ignlaqnlla Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 581, in text 

 (Guatemala). 



PHCENICOTHRAUPIS RUBICA NELSONI Ridgway. 

 NELSON'S ANT TANAGER. 



Similar to P. r. ruhicoides but smaller and nuich duller in color, with 

 underparts much paler; adult male with back, etc., reddish chestnut 

 instead of deep brick red, liver brown, or bay, the throat pale coral 



^ No Honduras specimens have been seen by me. 



^According to Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 300. 



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