642 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Peninsula of Florida. - 



Cardmalis virginianiis {not of Bonaparte) Baikd, Rej:). Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 



1858, 509, part (Amelia I. and Key Biscayne, Florida) ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 



1859, no. 390, part.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., ii, 1871, 280 (e. Florida; 

 crit.). — CouES, Check List, 1873, no. 203, part. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridg- 

 WAY, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 100, part. — Merriam, Am. Nat., viii, 1874, 

 87 (St. Johns and Ocklawaha rivers, Florida). — Maynard, Birds Florida, pt. 

 iv, 1878, 108.— RiDGWAY, Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 203, part.— (?) Cory, 

 Revised List Birds W. I., 1886, 35 (Cuba; fide Gundlach, Repert. Fisico-Nat. 

 Cuba, 1866, 397) ; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 123.— Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 324 

 (Gulf coast Florida). — Bartlett, Mon. Ploc. and Fring., pt. ii, 1888, 1, part. 



{Cardinalis'] virginianus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 151, part. 

 ClardinaUs'] virginianus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 393, part. 

 Cardinalis virginiana Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 299, part. 

 [Cardinalisvirginimms'] var. virginianus Ridgway, Am. Nat., vii, 1873, 617, part. — 



Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 99, j^art. 

 Cardinalis cardinalis (not Loxia cardinalis Linn;eus) American Ornithologists' 



Union, Check List, 1886, no. 593, part.— Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 324 (Key 



West and Gulf coast, Florida) . 

 C. [ardinalis'] cardinalis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 442, part. 

 Cardinalis cardinalis floridanus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 606, 



614 (Enterj^rise, Florida; U. S. Nat. Mus. ).^ — American Ornitholocusts' 



Union Committee, Auk, xiv, 1897, 122 (no. 593r/) . 



CARDINALIS CARDINALIS COCCINEUS Ridgway. 

 JALAPA CARDINAL. 



Similar to C. c. cardinalis but smaller, with stouter ])ill and nmch more 

 intense coloration; adult male with back, etc., deep, dusk}" red, almost 

 or entirely without gra3dsh or brownish margins to the feathers; head, 

 neck, and under parts intense pure vermilion, the crest but slightly if 

 any duller than under parts; adult female with capistrum dull black 

 or grayish black, very conspicuous; back, etc., buli'y wood brown, 

 under parts deep tawnj^-butf, deeper (almost tawny) on chest. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 193.04-21S.-J:-i (202.44); wing, 86.11- 

 91.41: (88.90); tail, 98.55-105.92 (101.85); culmen, from base, 20.07- 

 21.84 (20.83); depth of bill at base, 16.00-17.78 (17.02); width of man- 

 dible at base, 12.45-13.97(13.09); tarsus, 25.15-27.43 (26.16); middle 

 toe, 15.75-18.29 (17.27).' 



Adxdt female.^\iQ\\^t\\ (skins), 195.58-208.28 (201.93); wing, 82.55- 

 86.36 (84.07); tail, 88.90-102.87 (98.30); culmen, from base, 19.05-20.32 

 (20.07); depth of bill at base (three specimens), 16.51; width of man- 

 dible at base (one specimen), 12.70; tarsus, 22.86-26.67 (25.15); middle 

 toe, 17.27-17.78.' 



eventually become necessary to separate the Louisiana l>ird as a different subspecies. 

 Many additional specimens will be necessary, however, and especially a good series 

 of females, to determine its status. 



' Ten specimens. 



''■ Three specimens. 



