624 FRINGILLIB^!. 



Carduelis luxuosus, Less. Rev. Zool. 1832, p. 415. 

 Fringilla lazulina, Licht. in Mus. Berol. (teste Bp.). 

 Spiza lazulina, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Berol. p. 45 (1854). 

 Cvanospiza versicolor, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 503, pi. lvi. fig. 2 

 "(1858) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 379 ; Scl. $ Salv. Ibis, 1859, 



p. 17 ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 107 (1802) ; Sumichr. Mem. Bost. 



Soc. N. H. i. p. 551 (1869) ; Cooper, B. Calif, p. 234 (1870) ; 



Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 149 (1872) ; Scl. § Salv. Nomencl. Av. 



Neotr. p. 29 (1873) ; Baird, Brewer, £f Ridgw. Hist. N. Amer. B. 



ii. p. 86 (1874) ; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. E. ii. p. 276 (1874) ■ 



Merrill, Pi: U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 128 (1878) ; Sennett, Bull. U.S. 



Geol. Sun: iv. p. 20 (1878), v. p. 393 (1879) ; Sah. Cat. Strickl. 



Coll. p. 224 (1882) ; Salv. $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 361 (1886). 

 Passerina versicolor, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 97, no. 7438 (1870) ; 



Uidgio. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 27 (1881) ; Coues, Check-l. 



p. 59 (1882) ; id. Key N Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 391 (1884) ; A. O. 



U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 288 (1886). 



Adult male. General colour above purplish red, the lower back,rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts lilac-blue ; lesser wing-coverts lilac-blue ; 

 median coverts purplish red, with black bases ; greater coverts 

 blackish, edged and tipped with purplish red ; bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills dusky blackish, externally edged with greyish 

 blue, the inner secondaries washed with dull purplish red ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, edged with blue ; crown of head vinous-red, 

 lighter than the purplish-red mantle ; forehead lilac-blue, extending 

 backwards over the eyes, and also forming a collar round the hind 

 neck ; lores and base of forehead, feathers under the eye, and base 

 of cheeks black ; eyelid scarlet ; ear-coverts, cheeks, and sides of 

 neck lilac-blue ; under surface of body purplish red, the chin black ; 

 throat dull scarlet ; fore neck and breast purplish red, becoming 

 more distinctly purple on the abdomen, sides of body, and flanks ; 

 thighs and under tail-coverts purplish blue, with pale sandy edges 

 to the feathers ; under wing-coverts and axillaries purplish blue, 

 the edge of the wing purplish red ; quills below dusky, ashy on their 

 inner web : " bill horn-colour ; feet hazel-brown " (Salvin and 

 Goclman). Total length 5 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2-6, tail 2*1, 

 tarsus 0-7. 



The adult male in winter pltmiage preserves the coloration of the 

 summer plumage, but has the whole of the feathers obscured by 

 sandy-coloured edges, which apparently wear off when the full dress 

 is assumed. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 dark sandy brown, rather more ashy on the upper tail-coverts ; 

 lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and greater coverts dusky, 

 edged and broadly tipped with pale sandy brown; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills dusky, edged with ashy grey, the inner 

 secondaries with pale sandy brown ; tail-feathers dusky, edged with 

 ashy grey ; crown of head like the back ; lores and eyelid buffy 

 whitish ; ear-coverts dark brown, with shaft-lines of buffy whitish ; 

 cheeks and under surface of body deep sandy buff, paler on the chin, 



