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Adu/f female, -hength {tikin), 1^15.90; wino-, 87. (J3; tail, 100.33; 

 culraen, from base, 21.34; depth of bill at base, 18.29; width of man- 

 dible at base, 13.21; tarsus, 25.91; middle toe, 17.27.' 



"The moist, hot, coast lowlands of Vera Cruz, near Coatzocoalcos 

 and iVIinatitlan, and undoubtedly ranging' into the adjacent parts of 

 Tabasco.'' (Nelson.) 



Cardinal^ cardinalis litiorcdw Nelson, Auk, xiv, Jan., 1897, 64 (Coatzocoalcos, 

 coast s. Vera Cruz; U. S. Nat. Mus. ). 



CARDINALIS CARDINALIS YUCATANICUS Ridgway. 

 YUCATAN CARDINAL. 



Similar to C. c. coccineus but decidedly smaller; adult male with 

 the red of a slightly lighter hue; adult female not obviously different 

 in coloration from that of C. c. coccineus^ but at once distinguishable 

 by the smaller size, the bill especially. 



Adult male.— h^ngih (skins), 171.45-199.39 (186.94); wing, 80.77- 

 86.36 (83.82); tail, 83.82-101.60 (93.98); culmen, from base, 18.03- 

 20.83 (19.81); depth of bill at base, 15.49-16.26 (15.75); width of 

 mandible at base, 11.43-12.95 (12.45); tarsus, 23.37-25.40 (24.64); 

 middle toe, 15.49-17.53 (16.51).- 



Adult female.— Ij^ngih (skins), 165.10-195.58 (179.83); Aving, 77.47- 

 86.11 (81.53); tail, 85.85-97.03 (92.20); culmen, from base, 17.78-20.07 

 (18.54); depth of bill at base, 14.99-15.75 (15.32); width of mandible at 

 base, 11.68-12.95 (12.19); tarsus, 23.11-25.15 (24.13); middle toe, 

 15.24-17.53 (16.00).=' 



Peninsula of Yucatan; British Honduras (?). 



{?) Cardinalis virginianus {not oi^o\v^^.])axt^i) Salvin, Ibis, 1866, 193 (Belize, British 

 Honduras) . 



Cardinalis virginianus (not of Bonaparte) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 201 

 (Merida, Yucatan). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, 444 (Chable, 

 Yucatan). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1884, 340, part 

 (Merida and Chable, Yucatan; Belize and Corosal, British Honduras?.) — 

 Bartlett, Mon. Ploc. and Fring., pt. ii, 1888, 1, part. 



Cardinalis virginianus var.coccineus'RiDGWAY, Am. Jour. Sci., v, Jan., 1873, 39, part 

 (Yucatan; British Honduras?); Am. Nat., vii, Oct., 1873, 617, part (Yuca- 

 tan); in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway's Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 99 part 

 (do.). 



ICardinalis virginianus] b. coccineus Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 172, part (in 

 synonymy) . 



\_Cardincdis cardinalis.} Subsp. « Cardinalis coccineus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., xii, 1888, 163, part (Chable and Merida, n. Yucatan; Corosal and Belize, 

 British Honduras?). 



Cardimdis coccineus Saixi^!, Ibis, Apr., 1888, 260, part (Yucatan). 



C.[ardinalis'] cardinalis yucatanicxis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 443 

 (Merida, n. Yucatan; U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



^ One specimen. ^ Eighteen specimens. * Nine specimens. 



