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and more white on the outer one ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, 

 and quills black ; tail-feathers black, the two outermost ones white, 

 with an oblique black mark across the base of the outer web and 

 the lower part of the inner web, the third feather with a wedge- 

 shaped mark of white at the end of the inner web and a white tip 

 to the outer ; head, sides of face, lores, ear-coverts, cheeks, and 

 throat black like the back ; upper and under edge of eyelid white ; 

 remainder of under surface from the lower throat downwards deep 

 crimson, the sides of the body and flanks being jet-black ; vent, 

 thighs, and under tail- coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries white ; qmlls ashy blackish below, whitish along the edge of 

 the inner web : " bill and feet black "{Co^les). Total length 5 inches, 

 culmen 0-5, wing 2-75, tail 2*3o, tarsus 0'65. 



Adult female. Not particularly different from the male, though 

 rather less richly coloured. ( Cones.) 



In poor plumages the black is not so lustrous ; the red of the 

 belly is less extensive and of a more brick-red tone, and the white 

 of the wings and tail more restricted. (Cones.) 



Mexican specimens, instead of having the third tail-feather white 

 at the end only, have almost as much white on it as the penultimate 

 feathers ; the greater part of the outer web is white, as well as an 

 oblique mark across the inner one. This difference does not seem 

 to be caused by age, as the young Mexican bird shows the pecu- 

 liarity in as great a degree as the old birds. 



Some adult males have the inner secondaries edged with white ; but 

 whether this is a sign of age I cannot say ; it is more pronounced in 

 examples from Mexico than in those from Guatemala. Coues speaks 

 of Arizona specimens as having a broad white edging to the inner 

 secondaries. 



Young. Dusky or sooty black above where the adult is jet-black ; 

 inner secondaries edged with white ; tail as in adult, the third 

 feather also for a great part white, nearly the whole of the outer 

 web and the terminal third of the inner web near the shaft being 

 white also ; sides of head and under siirface of body sooty brown 

 with grey bases, the lower abdomen washed with sandy buff ; thighs 

 and under tail-coverts ashy, tipped with white ; under wing-coverts 

 white ; quills dusky below, whitish along the edge of the inner web. 

 Total length 5 inches, wing 2'65, tail 2-4, tarsus 0*G5. 



Hub. Central America : Mexico, extending into New Mexico and 

 Arizona in North America. 



a. 2 juv, sk. Santa Rita Mts., Arizona, U.S. Nat. Museum [P.]. 



July 5 (K W. Nelson). 



6. Ad. sk. Mexico. J.Taylor,_Esq. [P]. (Tj-pe 



of species.) 



S. Mexico. _ _ M. A. Salle [C.]. 



Near the City of Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Oaxaca {FenocMo). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Ciudad Dm-ango, June 15 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (A. Forrer). 



