BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 147 



I'lurnicolhraiipis riiuicra Zei-edox, Anal. ^lus. Nac. Costa Rit-a, i, 1887, 110 



(Tamborde, Alajuela, and Guaitil, Costa Rica). 

 Phcenicothraupw rubvcaf (not Saltator nihicus Vieill.)t) iS.M.viN, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1867, 139 (Santa Fe, Veragua; crit. )• 



PHCENICOTHRAUPIS RUBICA AFFINIS (Nelson). 

 OAXACA ANT TANAGER. 



Siniihir to I*, r. ruMcoides^ but much paler. 



Adult luidc. — CTra3dsh brick red above, dull flesh color below, 

 .slit^hth' brighter on throat, darker and duller on chest, the sides and 

 flanks still duller and strongly tinged with l)rownish gray. 



Adult fei)talc. — Light olive above (more yellowish on tail and outer 

 webs of primaries) the crown with an indistinct dusk}" stripe along 

 each side and the central portion, indistinctly, light ochraceous; under- 

 parts nearly uniform brownish l)uii' or clay color, lighter, more decid- 

 edly butty on throat, al)domen, and under tail-coverts, darker on flanks. 



Adult male. — Length (skin), 190.5; wing, 91.9; tail, 83.3; exposed 

 culmen, 17; depth of bill at base, 9.9; tarsus, 25.4; middle toe, 15.5. 



AduUfemale. — Length (skin), 185.4; wing, 91.9; tail, 85.1; exposed 

 culmen, 17; depth of bill at base, 9.9; tarsus, 25.4; middle toe, 15.2. 



Pacific slope of Oaxaca (Pinotepa) and CTuerrero(^). 



Plia'Hicothra'uph riihlcoide-s nffinis Nelson, Auk, xiv, Jan., 1897, Bfci (Pinotepa, 

 Oaxaca, s. w. Mexico; coll. V. B. Nat. Mus. ). 



PHCENICOTHRAUPIS RUBICA ROSEUS (Nelson). 

 ROSY ANT TANAGER. 



Similar in coloration to /*. /'. uffiru'.s, but still paler, the adult male 

 more piidcish, the adult female more greenish above and more yel- 

 lowish below. 



Adult male. — Above similar to P. r. ajjlnis, but crest poppy red 

 rather than scarlet, and general color of back, wings, etc., rather 

 warmer reddish; beneath deep vinaceous-pink, clearer and deeper on 

 throat and chest, paler on a])d()men and under tail-coverts, much grayer 

 on sides and flanks; length (skin), 182.9; wing, 92.7; tail, 85.9; 

 exposed culmen, 16.5; depth of bill at base, 9.9; tarsus, 24.9; middle 

 toe, 15.5.^ 



Adult female. — Above light greenish olive, the median portion of 

 crown indistinctly ochraceous (this sometimes obsolete); beneath vary- 

 ing from pale dull clay color (more Inifiy on throat, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts) to pale dull bufi-yellowish, tinged on chest, sides, 

 and flanks with pale grayish olive; length (skins), 175.3-177.8 (176.5); 

 wing, 81.5-83.8 (82.6); tail, 78.2-80 (79); exposed cuhiien, 14.7-15.2 

 (15); depth of bill at base, 8.9-9.9 (9.4); tarsus, 24.1; middle toe, 

 15-15.2." 



^ One specimen (the type). ^ Two specimens. 



