19. CAEDElLISrA. 409 



externally edged with, slaty grey, whitish towards the ends of the 

 outer web ; bastard- wing, primary-coverts, and quills dusky, edged 

 with slaty grey ; upper tail-coverts dull slaty grey, the shorter ones 

 with a slight white tip; tail-feathers dusky brown, with ashy 

 edgings ; crown of head and ear-coverts black, the nape crossed 

 with a line of white, separating the black crown from the grey 

 back ; forehead, lores, and eyelid rich crimson, the hinder edge of 

 the latter black where it adjoins the ear-coverts ; cheeks and entire 

 throat rich crimson, extending backwards behind the ear-coverts 

 along the sides of the neck ; fore neck and remainder of under 

 surface of body white, with a blush of rose-colour on the fore neck 

 and breast ; the sides of the neck and sides of upper breast light 

 slaty grey, extending a little way down the sides of the bocfy ; 

 thighs slaty grey ; under tail-coverts white, the longer ones mottled 

 with dusky bases ; axillaries ashy white ; under wing-coverts 

 whitish, ashy near the edge of the wing ; quills dusky bro\ra below, 

 edged with white along the inner web. Total length 5-2 inches^ 

 culmen 0-4, wing 2-75, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, but all the tints 

 duller, the crimson less pronounced on the face and throat, and the 

 white nape-band obscured with dusky margins to the feathers. 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-6, tail 2-25, tarsus 0-7. 



"Young (newly fledged). Ash of the upper parts shaded with brown, 

 and white of the underparts the same ; rump snowy white, as in 

 the adult, but the nuchal patch obscure or inappreciable ; wings 

 and tail as in the adult, but with browner edgings ; black cap 

 restricted to top of head, and of a dull sooty cast. Red parts of the 

 adult, including those parts of the side 'of the head which are 

 occupied in the adult with the extension of the black cap, dull 

 greyish brown, tinged or irregularly slashed with red, especially on 

 the forehead and throat. Bill light brown ; feet pale." (Cones.) 



Hah. The same as that of the genus. 



a. cJad.sk. Santa Rita Mts., Ai-izona, U.S. Nat. Museum 



Jidy 1 (E. W. Nelson). [P.]. 



h. cJ ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



c. S ad. sk. Parada, Mexico, Dec. M. A. Salle [C ] 



d. [ cJ ] ad. sk. S. Mexico (Salle). Sclater Collection. 



e. Ad. sk. Valley of Mexico (H. S. Le Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Strm^ge). 



f. 2 ad. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman CoH 



Nov. (O. *S'.). 

 (J. S ad. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Jan. (0. S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



S>-F.D.G.). 

 It, i. d" $ ad. sk. Calderas, Volcan de Fuego, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sept. (O. S.). 

 k,l. cS 2 ad.sk. Calderas, Oct.' (0. S.). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



m,}i. c? 2 ad. sk. Calderas, Oct. (O. S.). Sclater CoUection. 



