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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



dusk}^ ])rowni.sh terminally, the .shafts of all l)lack on upper surface; 

 longer feathers of crest dull red; forehead, chin, throat, and other 

 median lower parts, thighs, and most of under side of wing, pure red 

 (geranium red to poppy red), the lores and orbital region duller red; 

 lateral luider parts light brownish gray, paler and more or less tinged 

 with l)uti'y posteriorly; bill j^ellowish in summer, horn colored, paler 

 on mandible, in winter; iris brown; legs and feet brownish. 



Adult female. — Similar to adult male, but lacking the red of face 

 and median under parts (or with it but slightl}^ indicated), the general 

 color of the under parts of a decided buffyhue; bill yellow in summer, 

 grayish brown in winter. 



Young viale. — Similar to the adult female, but paler, especially the 

 under parts, which are dull light grayish bufty, nearly white on 

 abdomen; middle and greater wing-coverts narrowly tipped with pale 

 grayish buffy; loral, orbital, and malar regions reddish or tinged with 

 red, and median under parts more or less tinted with red. 



Young female. — Similar to the young male, but without trace of red 

 on face or under parts. 



Adult male.—hQx\gt\\ (skins), 189.23-218.61 (199.64); wing, 89.41- 

 98.55(93.47); tail, 94.49-107.95 (102.11); culmen, 14.99-16.00(15.49); 

 depth of bill at base, 13.46-14.99 (14.48); tarsus, 22.35-26.92 (25.15); 

 middle toe, 17.02-19.05 (18.03).' 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 175.26-201. 68 (195.83); wing, 87.88- 

 93.22 (90.93); tail, 93.73-97.03 (95.00); culmen, 14.73-15.75 (14.99); 

 depth of bill at base, 13.72-14.22 (13.97); tarsus, 23.11-25.40 (24.38); 

 middle toe, 16.26-18.03 (17.27).' 



^ Sixteen specimens. 



- Ten specimens. 



Specimens from the State of Sinaloa, JNIexieo, seem to have a shorter wing and 

 tarsi than those from Arizona, and the coloration perhaps very sUghtly more brown- 

 ish, but the series is too small to render it certain whether the differences are con- 

 stant. Average measurements are as follows: 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Eleven adult males from Arizona (includiTig one 

 from western Texas) 



Three adult males from Souora (Alamos and 

 Camoa) 



Two adult males from near Mazatlan, Sinaloa . . . 



FEMALES. 



Six adult females from Arizona (including one 



from western Texas) 



One adult female from Sonora (Alamos) 



Three adult females from near Mazatlan 



Wing. 



92. 71 

 91.19 



91.44 

 91.44 



85.85 



Tail. 



104.90 

 102. 11 



95.00 

 98.81 

 93.98 



Culmen, 

 from 

 base. 



15.75 

 16.00 



15.24 

 15. 24 

 15. 24 



Depth 



of bill Tarsus. 



at base. 



14. 22 

 13. 72 



13.97 

 13. 21 

 13. 21 



24. 13 

 24.13 



24. 38 

 25. 65 

 24.38 



Middle 

 toe. 



IS. 03 



18.03 

 17.27 



17.27 

 18.29 

 17.33 



