406 MNIOTILTID^. 



g. S ad. sk. Remedios (Salmon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



X. cJad. sk. Santa Cruz, PfTuvian E. Bartlett, Esq. [C.]. 



Amazons, ^lav 31. 

 {. iS ad. sk. Chyavetas, E. Peru, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i9 (£. Bartlett). 



18. ERGATICUS. 



Type. 



Ergaticus, Baird, Review Arner. B. i. pp. 237, 264 (1865)*. . E. ruber. 

 Ergaticus, Sd. ^ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 11 (1873). 



Bill of Ergaficiis ruber. 

 Range. Highlands of Mexico and Guatemala. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Upper and under surface nearly uniform red, with a 



silvery patch on the ear-coverts ruber, p. 406. 



b. Head and nape of a sUvery rose-coloiu', like the sides 



of the head, throat, and breast, contrasting with 

 the back, which is dark crimson, and with the 

 under siu'face, which is brighter crimson versicolor, p. 407. 



1. Ergaticus ruber. 



Setophaga rubra, Swains. Phil. Mag. ser. 2, i. p. 868 (1827) ; id. 

 An. in. Menag. p. 293 (1837) ; B2}. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 118 ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. 265 (1846) ; Baird in Stamb. Rep. Great Slave L. 

 p. 329 (1852) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 65. 



Sylvia miniata (wee Siv.), Lafr. Mag. Zool. 1836, pi. 54. 



Parus leucotis, Giraud, Sixteen B. Texas, pi. 4. fig. 1 (1841). 



Sylvia argyi-otis, Illiger, teste Bp. Consp. i. p. 312 (1850). 



Cardellina rubra, Bp. Consp. i. p. 312 (1850) ; Cass. El. B. Calif. 

 p. 265, pi. 43 (1856) ; Sol. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 292, 1858, p. 299, 

 1859, pp. 368, 874; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 38 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1864, p. 178 ; Baird, Revieiv Amer. B. p. 264 (1865) ; Duges, La 

 Natur. i. p. 140 (1868) ; Sumichr. Mem. Bast. Soc. K H. i. p. 546 

 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 244, no. 3532 (1869) ; Finsch, Ab- 

 handl. 7iat. Ver. Bremen, ii. p. 329 (1870). 



Basileuterus ruber. Cub. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 18 (1850). 



Ergaticus ruber, Scl. Sj- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 11 (1873) ; Salt: 

 Sf Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 165 (1881) ; Ridgiv. 

 Bull. U.S. nat. 3Ius. no. 21, p. 19 (1881). 



Cardellina (Ergaticus) ruber, Coues, B. Color. Vail. p. 331 (1878). 



Adult. General colour above dark crimson, the mantle and back 



* Subgenus of Cardellina. Cf. Salv. & Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 

 p. 164. 



