150 FICID^. 



quills black, most of the primaries with a large basal patch of white 

 on both webs, the secondaries having their inner webs spotted on 

 tlie apical half with white, the spots frequently confluent, the inner- 

 most secondaries unspotted ; shafts of quills black ; tail and the 

 shafts black ; nasal plumes, feathers at the base of upper and 

 lower mandible, chin, and part of the throat black ; forehead and a 

 line downwards in front of the eye white, this uniting with the 

 white of the malar region : crown and occiput crimson ; orbital 

 region and upper part of the face, also the posterior part of the side 

 of the neck, nape, and hind neck glossy black ; hind portion of the 

 malar region and the lower part of the throat and fore ueck more 

 or less pale sulphur-yellow ; underparts white, the abdomen uniform, 

 the remainder broadly striped with black, the stripes on the chest 

 and breast being very close and making these parts appear as though 

 black striped with white, the chest having a small central spot of 

 red ; under tail-coverts white with narrow shaft-stripes of black ; 

 under wing-coverts greyish white striped with black, the edge of 

 the wing black varied with pure white. Total length 8-S inches, 

 culmen 1"12, wing 5-62, tail 3-1, tarsus 0-9 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior O'To, outer posterior 0"7S, inner anterior 057, inner 

 posterior 0"36. 



The young males very much i-esemble the adult of the same sex. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the anterior half 

 of the crown black, glossed with greenish blue, this forming a broad 

 band about half an inch in width. Total length 8'5 inches, culmen 

 1-03, wing 5-4, tail 3-2, tarsus <>8(). 



Hub. Central America, south to Yeragua, north to British Hon- 

 duras ; Southern and Eastern Mexico into Tamaulipas. 



H. Smith). 



