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capistruni deep black ; wing (adult males) 3.30-3.40 

 (3.32), tail 3.85-4.10 (3.98), culmen .80-.85 (.81), depth 

 of bill at base .62-.65 (.63), tarsus .95-1.00 (.97). Hah. 

 Yucatan. 



C. cardinalis yucatanicus Kidgw. Yucatan Cardinal.* 

 p. Darker colored, the adult female with breast, etc., dull 

 tawny, back deep broccoli-brown, the capistrum 

 blackish slate; wing (adult males) 3.55, tail 4.00, cul- 

 men .80-.82, depth of bill at base .67-.70, tarsus 1.00. 

 Hab. Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. 



C. cardinalis saturatus Ridgw. Cozumel Cardinal.^ 



6^ Feathers of crest stiflfish, more distinctly outlined (crest much as in C. phoe- 



niceus) ; male with crest light scarlet-vermilion, back light brownish 



red, the rump decidedly lighter and purer red ; tail not more than 



3.80 (?). (Female unknown.) 



Wing (adult males) 3.35-3.45, tail 3.80, culmen .70-.75, depth of bill at 



base .58 (the bill more depressed and w4th more curved culmen than 



in any of the races of C. cardinalis^ ; tarsus .90. Hab. Southwestern 



Mexico (Colima, etc.). 



C. carneus (Less.). Colima Cardinal.^ 



rt*. Culmen much arched; upper mandible not as deep as lower, grooved anterior 

 to nostril, its edge not lobed, and the angle veiy abrupt ; color of bill in life 

 (and in dried skins also) whitish brown ; feathers round base of bill red, ex- 

 cept on chin and anterior border of malar region. Adult female with under 

 wing-coverts buff. 



Adidt male : Genei'al coloration much like that of C. carneus, but red of a 

 rather lighter hue, the chief difference consisting in the much more re- 

 stricted black capistrum and the totally different color (as well as shape) 

 of the bill ; wing 3.30-3.55, tail 3.30-3.90. Hab. Northern coast of 

 South America (Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, etc.). 



C. phceniceus Gould. Venezuelan Cardinal.* 



Genus PYRRHULOXIA Bonaparte. (Page 382, pi. CXII., fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Adult male : Crest, feathers bordering base of bill all round, tail-feathers, and 

 basal portions of quills and secondaries, dark brownish red, or burnt-carmine ; 

 throat and median lower parts pure carmine-red, the lateral lower parts light 

 grayish ; rest of upper parts plain grayish ; bill bright yellow or orange in sum- 

 mer, more horn-colored in winter or 3'oung birds. Adult female : Upper parts as 

 in the male, but red of crest, wings, and tail more restricted, as well as duller ; lower 



1 New subspecies. 



2 Cardinalis saturatus RiDGW., Descr. New Sp. B. Cozumel, Feb. 26, 1885, 4. 



3 Oardinalis carneus Less., Rev. Zool. 1843, 209. 

 * Cardinalis phceniceus Gould, P, Z. S. 1837, 111. 



