150 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATp:;^ NATIONAL MliSEUM. 



flanks russet; under tail-eoverts clear tawny; maxilla hlackish, mandi- 

 ble brownish or blackish, or the former basally, the latter terminally; 

 leu-s and feet as in adult male; length (skins), 179.8-197.1(187.7); 

 wino-, S9.4-98 (93.5); tail, 82-87.9 (84:.()); exposed culmen. 15.7-18 

 (17.H); depth of bill at base, 9.4-10.4 (9.9); tarsus, 25.1-2().4 (25.7); 

 tarsus, 25.1-26.4 (25.7); middle toe, 1.5-1(15 (10).' 



liiniudiirc iii(ili\ — Similar to the adult female, l)ut usually(^) more 



reddish (throat dull saturn red to pale dull vernulion), under parts 



tinged with red, and median portion of crown and occii)ut dull reddish. 



Coast plain of eastern Mexico, from southern l''ainauli})as (Alta 



Mira; Tampico) to Chiapas (El Salto) and Tabasco (Frontera). 



J^hwnicoUmi aj}l!< fHtieiv<ni(lit S(drinl liKHMoyiiy, Vroc U. 8. Nat. Mas., xviii, Aug. 



12, 1896, G'M (Alta Mira, Tainaulipas). 

 Phcenicotliranpis littoralis Nelson, Auk, xviii, Jan., 1891, 48 (Frontera, Tal)aHco, 

 s. e. Mexico; coll. U. i^. Nat. Mus. ). 



PHCENICOTHRAUPIS SALVINI DISCOLOR Ridgway. 



NICARAGUAN ANT TANAGER. 



Adult male. — Similar to I*, .v. st/lrhii, but upper parts much duller 

 in color (chocolate instead of ])urplish ])rick red or liver brown); 

 throat paler vermilion or scarlet, and under parts of body paler and 

 much more tinged with gray, the flanks decidedly g-rayish; length 

 (skins). 180.3-190.5 (185.9); wing, 92..5-99.1 (9t).5): tail, 84.8-90.9 

 (87.1); exposed culmen, 17.3-19.1 (17.8); depth of bill at base, 8.1-9.7 

 (8.9); tarsus, 25.4-26.2 (25.7); middle toe, 15.2-17.3 (16.5).' 



Adult ft'imde. — Not always distinguishable from that of P. x'. ml- 

 vin.l, but sometimes a little more olive in coloring, espcn-ially the tail; 

 length (skins), 170.2-195.6 (181.4); wing, 84.1-92.2 (8S.9); tail, 76.2- 

 84.3 (81); exposed culmen, 16.3-17 (16..5); depth of bill at base, 8.4-9.1 

 (8.6); tarsus, 24.i»-27.7 (25.7); middle toe, 15.7-16.5 (16).' 



Young iiudr [jirxt j>luiiia<jr). — Pileum, liindiuH-k, and under parts 

 brownish vinaceous-cinnamon, darker on the flrst, the last indistinctly 

 clouded on chest, ])reast, etc., with vandykc^ brown; back and other 

 upper parts warmer sepia brown, becoming clearer sepia on tail and 

 primaries, the latter with nuich paler (>dges; feathers of back with 

 paler shaft-streaks; bill horn l)i'ownish, pahn- at tip.* 



Southern Honduras (Rio Segovia) and Nicaragua (Rio Kscondido; 

 Los Siibalos; Managua). 



(?) I'kaenicotliraiipis fuscicdudd (not of Cahanis ?) Salvin, Ihis, IS?"-', 'Al'A. '.'>\(i 

 (Chontales, Nicaragua). — Sclater, Cat. Birds l'.rit. Mns., xi, ISSH, 199, 

 part (Chontales). 



' Six specimens. 

 '■* Five specimens. 

 ■' Four specimens. 



* Probably not different from the same stage of P. .f. i^alrini, wliich, liowcver, I 

 have not seen. 



