BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. (U7 



{^Cardinalis cardinalis.] Subsp. /3. Cardinalis igneus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Rrit. 

 Mus., xii, 1888, 164, part (Camp Lowell, Arizona). 



Cardinalis cardinalis .swj3er6t<.s- Ridgway, Auk, ii, Oct., 1885, 344 (Tucson, Arizona; 

 U. S. Nat. Mus.). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 

 593o.— Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 204 (Santa Catalina Mts., Arizona, up to 5,000 

 ft. ; song). — Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892, 121 (Tucson, Arizona). — 

 Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., v, 1893, 39 (Oputo, n. e. Sonora). 



C. [ardirudisl cardinalis ^uperhus Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 442. 



C.[ardinalis'] superbus Ridgway, Auk, ii, Oct., 1885, .345. 



Cardinalis snperbas Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 165, footnote. 



CARDINALIS CARDINALIS IGNEUS (Baird). 

 SAENT LUCAS CARDINAL. 



Similar to O. c. sujwrhvs but smaller, with relatively shorter and 

 thicker ))ill; adult male rather deeper red; adult female paler, both 

 above and below, with capistrum obsolete, very pale grayish or gray- 

 ish white, and general color of under parts light clay-bufl', the chest 

 and sides of head never (?) touched with red. 



Adult mah'.—LQwgth (skins), 194.31-215.90 (209.80); wing, 90.93- 

 96.52 (92.71); tail, 103.63-111.76 (107.41); culmen, from base, 18.03- 

 22.35 (20.57); depth of bill at base, 15.75-17.27(16.51); width of man- 

 dible at base, 12.45-13.46 (12.95); tarsus, 24.89-27.18 (25.65); middle 

 toe, 16.00-19.05 (17.78).^ 



Advlf fen ude.— Length (skins), 190.50-215.90 (202.44); wing, 88.90- 

 91.95 (89.92); tail, 101.60-106.17 (103.89); culmen, from base, 18.29- 

 20.83 (19.81); depth of bill at base, 15.24-16.51 (16.00); width of man- 

 dible at base, 12.4.0-13.21 (12.70); tarsus, 23.11-25.65 (24.89); middle 

 toe, 15.75-17.78 (16.76)."' 



Lower California (Cape St. Lucas district). 



Cardinalis igneus Baird, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Nov., 1859, .301, 304, 305 (Cape 

 St. Lucas, Lower California; U. S. Nat. Mus. ). — Elliot, Illustr. NewandUnfig. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1869, pi. 4.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 238, part (Cape St. 

 Lucas).— Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hi.st. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, pi. 30, 

 fig. 10. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1884, 341, part (in 

 synonymy). — Bartlett, Mon. Ploc. and Fring., pt. iii, 1889, part (La Paz 

 and San Jos6, Lower California). 



\_Cardinalis'\ igneus Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 102, no. 7532. 



ICardinalis virginianus.'] Var. igneus Coues, Key, 1872, 151, part. 



Cardincdis virginianus . . . var. igneus Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 203a, part. 



Cardinalis virginianus var. igneus Ridgway, Am. Journ. Sci., v, Jan., 1873, 39, 

 part; Am. Nat., vii, Oct., 1873, 617, part (Cape St. Lucas). — Baird, Brewer, 

 and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 103, part, pi. 30, fig. 10. 



\_Cardinalis virginianus'] c. igneus Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 172, part (in 

 synonymy) . 



Cardinalis virginianus igneus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 

 181, 218, part; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 242a, part.— Belding, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1883, 541 (La Paz, Lower California). 



^ Fifteen specimens. ^ Six specimens. 



