16G fetngillid^e. 



c r? ad sk. San Jose, Nov. 13 (J. Xan- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



tus; Sin. no. 3360). . 



A J ad. sk. San Jose. Capt. Kellettand Lieut. 



Wood [P.j. 

 erfad.sk. California. Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 



Wood [P.J. 

 /. rf ad. sk. Cape S. Lucas (J. Xantus ; Sclater Coll. 



Sm. no. 530). 



a. Large-billed form. 



a. <3 ad. sk. Trea Marias Islands, Feb. 26 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(A. Forrer). 



b. J ad. sk. Tre* Marias Islands, Mar. 20 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(A. Forrer). 



/3. C. superbus. 

 a b (J iuv. sk. Camp Lowell, Arizona, Aug-. R. B. Sliarpe, Esq. [P.]. 



' 1884 (F. Stephens), 



c cJ ad. sk. Western Mexico. G. Barclay, Esq. [P.J. 



d, e. rf $ ad. sk. Presidio, Mexico, June 2 (A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Forrer). 



Subsp. y. Cardinalis carneus. 



Coccotbraustes (Cardinalis) carneus, Less. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 210. 

 Cardinalis carneus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 358 (1844) ; Bp. Consp. l. 



p. 501 (1850); Salvin 8f Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, l. 



p. 341 (1884). 

 Cardinalis virginianus, var. carneus, Cones, B. N. -71 est, 1874, p. 17_ ; 



Laicr. Mem. Bust. Soc. N. B. ii. p. 275 (1874) ; Baird, Brewer, $ 



Ridgw. B. N. Amer. ii. p. 99 (1874) ; Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. 



Mm. no. 4, p. 20 (1876). 

 Cardinalis virginianus (nee L.), Salvin, P.Z. S. 188-_>, p. 4^1. 

 Cardinalis ruber carneus, Stejneger, Auk, i. p. 172 (1883). 



Adult male. Similar to 0. igneus, but of a mucb more rosy red, 

 and witbout any indication of ashy margins to tbe dorsal plumage ; 

 the crest-feathers elongated and stiffened. ^ Total length 7 inches, 

 culmen 0-75, wing 3-2, tail 3-55, tarsus 0-85. 



Female unknown. 



Hab. Western Mexico, from Acapulco to the Colima district. 



a. 3 ad. sk. Acapulco, Mexico, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(A. II. Markham). 



2. Cardinalis phoeniceus. 



Cardinalis phoeniceus, Bp. P. Z.S. 1837, p. Ill (ex Gould, MSS.); 

 Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 358 (1844) ; Bp. Consp. l. p. 501 (1850) ; 

 Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 83; Scl. $ Salt). P. Z. S. 1868, p. 170, 1869, 

 v. 251 : ltd. Exotic Orn. pi. 63 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. n. p. 102, 

 no. 7533 (1870) ; Finsch, P. Z S. 1870. p. 582 ; Scl. ty Salv. 

 Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 27 (1873) ; Baird, Brewer, $ Ridgw. 

 Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 99 (1874). 



