BIRDS OF MIDDLE AND NORTH AMERICA. 699 



(/. lirctist (locpcr buff, not touclied with red; l)ack, etc., l)ro\vner gray. 



Granatellus francescae, adult feuiale (p. 701) 

 lid. Breast paler liuff, or w liitisli, with toucheH of red; back, ete., clearer gray. 



Granatellus francescae, imuiature male (p. 701 ) 

 I'll. Lateral rectriee.s not extensively white, the terminal portion, only, dull white, 

 not sharply defined. 

 c. Darker, with supra-auricular stripe and ehest deep buff or ochraceous-buff. 



Granatellus sallaei sallaei, adult female (ji. 702) 

 cc. Paler, with supra-auricular stripe and chest cream buff. 



Granatellus sallaei boucardi, adult female (p. 70."]) 



GRANATELLUS VENUSTUS Bonaparte. 

 DU BUS' RED-BREASTED CHAT. 



A(htlf nude. — Pileiim,exe«>pt hiterallv undantorioiiy, hindneck, .side.^ 

 of neck, Inick, scapular.s, wing-coverts, tortials, runi}), and upper tail- 

 coverts plain l)lui.sh <iray <>r deep plumbeous, slightly more Iduish on 

 crown and occiput, the concealed portion of tertials darker; ])rimarie.s 

 and proximal secondaries dusky, edged with l)luish o-ray; tail l»lack, 

 the outermost rectrix with outer web white, except at base, the inner 

 we)) with nearly the terminal half white, this (extending nuich farther 

 toward base next to the shaft than on edge of the web; second rectrix 

 with a large wedge-shaped terminal pat'-h of white, the third with a 

 smaller terminal spot, the fourth som(>times with a very small white 

 spot at tip; forehead, sides of crown and occijnit, lores, su])orbital and 

 auiicular legions, and collar extending from the latter across upper 

 chest, black; a broad supra-aui iciUar stripe (or elongated patch), malar 

 region, chin, throat, sides, and Hanks white; lower chest, breast, abdo- 

 luen, and under tail-coverts pure vermilion red; thighs slate color; 

 maxilla dusky horn color with ])aler tomia; mandible ])aler (bluish 

 gray in life 0; ■''■■'■^ white;' legs and feet dusky horn color (in dried 

 skins); length (skins), i:;(i-135 (133); wing, C.O-i;;-! ((U.;!); tail, (\1~^':s 

 (()7.S); expo.sed ctdmen. l-2-12.r> (12.2); tarsus, l!»-20 (20); middle toe, 

 10.5-12 (11.2).- 



Aihilt ft'iiudc. — Above plain slate-gray, the remiges more brownish 

 gray; tail as in the adult male, but duller black, with the white areas 

 on lateral rectrices somewhat more restricted; for(>head and lores 

 wood l>rown, blending gradually into the gray of the crown; a supra- 

 auricular stripe of light ochraceous-l»uti'; auricular region l»utiy gray- 

 ish; malar region, chin, and throat dull white, tinged with buff, 

 especially the first; chest, 1)reast, and abdomen buff, the tii-st slightly 

 tinged with pink along the upper margin; under tail-coverts salmon 

 pink or ffesh color; sides and flanks buffy white; bill and feet as in 



^ Xantus, manuscript. (Probably an error.) 

 ^ Three specimens. 



