63. otanospiza. 615 



1865 p 491 j a* p. z. & 1867, p. 142; Beard, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 276 j Law,- Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. pp. 103 (1868), 201 (1869)- 

 Duges La Nat. i. p. 140 (1869); Frantz. J.f. O. 1869, p 301 

 Sumichr .Mm Bost Soc N. H. i. p. 552(1869); Salv. P. Z. 8. 



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P n • , k lS ' 2 )'> ScL $ Sal °- Komencl. Av. Neotr. p. 29 (1873) • 

 Baird, Breiver, $ Ridgw. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p 87 (1874) • 

 Laivr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 276 (1874) ; id. Bull. U.8 Wat 

 Mus .no £ p 20 (1874); Hensh. Rep. Zool, Spec. p. 301 (1875);' 

 Gundl Orn Cuba, p. 93 (1876) ; Sennett, Bull, US. Geo). Surr. 



r; p i£ ( S % p - 392 , ( i 87 ^ ); Merrm > Pr - u - 8 - Nat - m% 



A P< l2 i ( l 8 i 8) > Bouca >- d > P - z - S. 1878, p. 57, 1883, p. 444; 

 Cory B.Bahamas, p. 89 (1880); Nutting % Ridgw. Proc. US 

 JSat. 31m. vi. pp 383 392 (1884); Salv. Sf Godm. Biol. Cenir.i 

 Amer., Aves, l. p. 365 (1886). 



Adult male. Back and scapulars golden yellow with a greenish 

 tinge and here and there a slight wash of reddish ; lower back 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts dull vermilion, glossed with lilac- 

 lesser wing-coverts dull purplish blue; median coverts dull ver- 

 milion with a purplish shade; greater series green ; bastard-win°- 

 and primary-coverts dusky purplish, the latter washed with red° 

 quills dusky, externally dull reddish, some of the secondaries edo-ed 

 with green ; tail-feathers dusky, externally dull red ; entire crown 

 and hind neck, sides of face, sides of neck, cheeks, and ear-coverts 

 glossy purplish blue ; lores dusky ; round the eye a ring of ver- 

 milion: entire under surface of body bright vermilion, fading 

 slightly on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; sides of fore neck 

 and lower throat washed with lilac-blue ; axillaries dull reddish • 

 under wing-coverts ashy washed with purplish ; quills dusky 

 below, ashy along the edge of the inner web : " bill dark brown 

 above, light blue beneath; feet light blue; iris hazel" {Audubon) 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-9, tail 2-15, tarsus 0-75. 

 Adult female. Different from the male, and much duller in 

 colour. Entirely green above with a slight olive-golden gloss ; wino-- 

 coverts like the back; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 dusky, externally green like the back, a little more ashy on the 

 primaries; centre tail-feathers dull green, the remainder dusky 

 externally dull green ; crown of head like the back ; lores ashy •' 

 feathers round the eye yellowish buff; sides of face and ear-coverts' 

 greenish washed with dull red ; under surface of body pale reddish 

 mixed with yellowish green ; sides of body, and flanks and thighs 

 oliye-brown tinged with reddish : under tail-coverts olive-yellowish ; 

 axillaries like the sides of the breast ; under wing-coverts ashy 

 washed with greenish ; quills dusky below, ashy along the inner 

 web. Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-9, tail 2-2 

 tarsus 0-75. 



Young. Brown above, with only a faint tinge of olive-green on 

 the quills, upper tail-coverts, and tail-feathers; wing-coverts and 

 bastard-wing- feathers and inner secondaries edged with sandy 

 brown at the ends ; ear-coverts brown ; lores, feathers round the 

 eye, and under surface of body dull whitish, washed with sandy 

 buff: the sides of the body browner. 



