18. EEGATICUS. 407 



duller and overshaded with dusky, the rump brighter ; lesser wing- 

 coverts like the back : median and greater coverts blackish, the 

 former tipi^ed, the latter edged with pale crimson ; bastard- wing 

 and primary-coverts blackish brown, with paler brown edges ; quills 

 also blackish brown, margined with paler brown, tinged with rosy ; 

 upper tail- coverts dark crimson, with dusky brown bases ; tail- 

 feathers dusky brown, very much pointed, and edged with rosy ; 

 head a little richer crimson than the back, and shaded with dusky 

 towards the nape ; lores, cheeks, and sides of neck, as well as the 

 entire under surface of the body, dark crimson, becoming paler and 

 more rose-coloured on the breast and abdomen ; thighs also rosy ; 

 the ear-coverts silvery white, forming a conspicuous patch ; axU- 

 laries pale rosy, with dusky ash-coloured bases ; under wing-coverts 

 dusky, with rose-coloured margins, the greater series silky white ; 

 quills dusky brown below, ashy white along the edge of the inner 

 web. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0'4, wing 2-5, tail 2-35, 

 tarsus 0*75. 



Hah. Highlands of Mexico. Said by Bonaparte to have come 

 from Guatemala, but this fact is considered doubtful by Messrs. 

 Salvin and Godman. Also included by Giraud amongst his ' Sixteen 

 Birds of Texas,' but has not been recently observed within the 

 United-States border. 



a. Ad. sk. Mexico ( White). Sclater Collection. 



b. Juv. sk. Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Near the City of Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Jalapa {De Oca). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Oaxaca, Mexico (Feiiochio). Sclater Collection. 



f. S ad. sk. Oaxaca (Fenochio). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g. (S ad. ; h. 5 Ciudad Durango, Mexico, Jmie Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 juv. sk. {A. Furrer). 



i. Juv. sk. Ciudad Durango, July {A. ■ Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Forrer), 



2. Ergaticus versicolor. 



OardeUina versicolor, Sah. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 188, pi. 24. fig. 1 ; id. 



Ibis, 1866, p. 192 ; Saird, Review Amer. B. p. 265 (1865) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 244, no. 3533 (1869). 

 Ergaticus versicolor, Scl. 4" Salv. Nomencl. Ac. Keotr. p. 11 (1873) ; 



Salv.^-Godm.Biol.Centr.-Ame)-., Aves, i. p. 165, pi. 11. fig. 1 (1881). 



AcJtdt male. General colour above dark rich crimson, rather 

 obscured with dusky on the back and mantle, the feathers having a 

 subterminal shade of blackish ; lower rump paler, and forming a 

 band of pale rose-colour ; lesser wing-coverts like the mantle ; 

 median and greater coverts black, with light rose-coloured edges, 

 darker towards the base of the latter series ; bastard-wing, prunary- 

 covei-ts, and quills blackish brown, edged with lighter brown, washed 

 slightly with rose-colour ; upper tail-coverts darker crimson, with 

 blackish bases ; tail-feathers dusky blackish, with a narrow margin 

 of faint rose-colour ; crown of head and nape of a silvery rosy tint, 



