184 TANAGRID^. 



2. Pyranga cooperi. 



Pyrangacooperi, Ridgw. Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. LS60, p. 130 ; Salv. et Godm. 



'Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i. p. 290. 

 Pyranga sestiva, var. cooperi, Baird, Brew., et. Ridgiv. N. A. B. i. 



p. 444 ; Laicr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 273 (Mazatlan). 

 Pyranga jestiva, Finsch, Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, ii. p. 338 (N.W. 



Mex.). 



Like P. (estiva, but rather larger in size ; bill longer ; head, rump, 

 and body below rather brighter : whole length 8 inches, wing 4-2, 

 tail 3-5. Female. Similar to P. astiva, but paler in colour. 



Hah. Western Mexico, and Eio Grande and Colorado districts of 

 the United States. 



I consider this barely more than a subspecies of P. cfstiva, but I 

 follow Messrs. Salvin and Godmau in allowing it the higher rank. 



a. c? ad. sk. Presidio, Mexico {Forrer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. d ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



c. $ ad. sk. Mexico. J. Gould, Esq. 



3. Pyranga testacea. 



Pyranga testacea, Scl. et S'alu. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 388 (Veragua), 

 et 1879, p. 502 (Antioquia) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 22 ; Ridqw. Pr. Ac. 

 Sc. Phil. 1869, p. 133 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 187 (Veragua) ; 

 Zeledon, Cat. Aves Costa Rica, p. 7 ; Salv. et Godm. Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, i. p. 292, t. xix. figg. 1, 2. 



Pyranga hepatica, Salv. P. Z. -S. 1867, p. 139 (Veragua). 



PhcBnisoma azarae, Tsch. Faun. Per., Aves, p. 206. 



PjTanga azarje, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 514, 1877, p. 332, 1879, 

 p. 227, 1880, p. 195, et 1882, p. 14; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 495 

 (Peru). 



Above nearly uniform dark testaceous red ; wings dark ashy, with 

 margins like the back : below brighter, almost scarlet, rather darker 

 on the sides ; under wing-coverts rosy ; tail testaceous red through- 

 out ; biU dark, with a strong median tooth on the commissure ; feet 

 brown : whole length 7 inches, wing 3-6, tail 3-1. Female. Yel- 

 lowish olive ; below yellow, more cinereous on the flanks. 



Hah. From Nicaragua and Costa Eica southwards to Colombia, 

 Ecuador, and Bolivia. 



Southern males (from Bolivia and Peru) are rather brighter in 

 colour, but not otherwise distinguishable. 



a. S jr- sk. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). Salvin-Godman Coll, 



b. 5 ad.sk. Costa Rica rFa?i Paf'few). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Calovevora, Veragua (Aree). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. e. (S ad. sk. Chitra, Veragua {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. (S ji'- sk. Santa F6, Veragua {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 g, h. S 2 ad. sk. Concordia, U. S. C. {Salmon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 i. 2 ad. sk. Antioquia {Scdmon). Sclater Coll. 



;. tS ad. sk. Concordia, U. S. C. {SaU Sclater Coll. 



mon). 



