BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. ()45 



\_Cardmal'tS cardinalis.] Snbsp. fi. Cardimilisyucatunicus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 



Mus., xii, 1888, 820. 

 Cardinalis cardinalis yucatanicus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 592; 2d ed., 



1896, 614.— Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phila., 1890, 209 (Tekanto, Ticul, 



and Progreso, Yucatan). — Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., viii, 1896, 279 



(Chichen-Itza, Yucatan). 



CARDINALIS CARDINALIS SATURAHUS Ridgway. 

 COZUMEL CARDINAL. . 



Similar to 0. c. yucnfanlcns l)ut wing" averaging- longer, bill stouter, 

 and feet larger; adult male darker, the back, etc., quite as dark as in 

 C. e. llttoralu, the breast, etc., as in C. c. coccineus ,' adult female 

 scarcely different in coloration from that of C. e. yucatanicus^ but 

 averaging rather duller. 



Admit male.— L^ngih. (skins), 187.96-203.20 (196.09); wing, 85.85- 

 88.39 (87.12); tail. 90.93-97.03 (98.98); culmen, from base, 19. 30-20.07 

 (19.50); depth of bill at base, 17.27; width of mandible at base, 12.19- 

 12.70 (12.15); tarsus, 25.65-26.67 (25.91); middle toe, 17.27-17.78 

 (17.53).^ 



Adult fernale.—hewgih (skins), 185.42-187.96(185.93); wing, 82.55- 

 86.61 (84.84); tail, 91.95-94.49(93.47); culmen, from base, 18.80-20.57 

 (19.81); width of mandible at base, 11.43-12.70 (12.45); tarsus, 25.15- 

 27.43 (25.91); middle toe, 16.51-18.29 (17.53).' 



Cozumel Island (also Holbox, Meco, and Mugeres islands?), Yucatan. 



Cardinalis saturatns Ridgway, Descr. New Sp. Birds Cozumel, Feb. 26, 1885, 4 



(Cozumel I., Yucatan; U. S. Nat. Mus. ) ; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., iii, 1885, 24. 

 Cardinalis cardinalis saturatus Ridgway, Proc. L^. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Oct. 17, 1885, 



568 (Cozumel; descr.; crit. ). 

 C-lardinalisI cardinalis saturatus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 443. 

 \_Cardinalis cardincdis.'\ Subsp. a. Cardinali.s coccineus (not Cardinalis virginianns . 



var. coccineus Ridgway) Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 163, part 



(Cozumel; Mugeres I.?; Holbox I. ?). 

 Cardinalis coccineus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 820, part (Cozumel 



I.; Meco I.?).— Salvin, Ibis, 1888, 260, part (Cozumel I.; Holbox I.?; Meco 



I.?; Mugeres I.?). 

 Cardinalis virginia7ius (not of Bonaparte) Bartlett, Mon. Pl(jc. and Fring., pt. ii, 



1888, 1, part. 



CARDINALIS CARDINALIS SUPERBUS Ridgway. 

 ARIZONA CARDINAL. 



Similar to C. c. cardinalis but much larger, with relatively stouter 

 bill; adult male paler red, with black of lores not meeting across fore- 

 head; adult female more deeply colored than that of C c. cardinalis — 

 almost exactly similar in coloration to the same sex of C. c.floridanus, 

 but back, etc. , much grayer, and size much greater. 



^ Four specimens. '■' Six specimens. 



