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specimens procured by Mr. Scott in May and June are in this 

 curious parti-coloured stage. 



In autumn, according to Mr. Ridgway, " the bill is light plum- 

 beous on the basal half, the terminal half being black ; lores and 

 eyelids very pale dull greenish ; legs and feet uniform pea-green, 

 darker at the joints ; iris suljAur-yeUow." 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. General colour above bluish 

 slate-colour, the long ornamental scapular plumes of the same 

 colour as the back ; wings and tail also slaty grey ; head and neck 

 all round dark maroon, including the ornamental nape-feathers ; the 

 head washed with slaty grey, of which there is also a slight appearance 

 on the throat ; the long ornamental plumes on the throat and fore- 

 neck bluish slate-colour ; remainder of under surface of body dingy 

 slate-colour, lighter and more bluish grey on the under wing-coverts 

 and axiUaries : " bill ultramarine-blue at the base, the end black ; 

 lores and eyelids ultramarine-blue ; tibia, tarsi, and toes black ; iris 

 pale yellow " {R. Ridgway). Total length about 22 inches, culmen 

 3, wing 11, tail 4, tarsus 3*8, middle toe and claw 2*9. 



Adult female in breeding-plumage. Similar to the male in colour, 

 but the ornamental plumes not quite so long. Total length about 

 21 inches, culmen 2-95, wing 10-7, tail 3-8, tarsus 3-5, middle toe 

 and claw 2-6. 



Mr. Ridgway says that old birds are also sometimes entirely pure 

 white. 



Hab. Central and Temperate portion of Eastern United States, 

 south to the West Indies and Central America, to Guiana, Colombia, 

 Ecuador, and Brazil. 



a. Juv. sk. Mound City, HUnois, Aug. 28 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{E. W.Nelson: Hensh. Coll.). 



b. S ad. sk. Bermuda, May 4. Capt. Savile Reid 



fc.]. 



c. Juv. sk. Florida. Wl B. Dismore, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 (l-(l" ■ 6 , h"-.v^. Tarpon Springs, Florida, March Salvin-Godman CoU. 



2 ad. et iuv. to November ( JF. E. D. Scott), 



y^. $juv. sk. Cedar Keys, Florida, Dec. 2 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(^Hensh. Coll.). 

 z^-e\ S ad. ;/>, g*. Brownsville, Texas, Feb., March, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2 ad. etjuv.sk. April, Nov. {F. B. Arm- 

 strong), 

 h^-k'. cJ juv. sk. Corpus Chvisti, March, Oct. (F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



JJ. Armstronf/). 

 Z'.cJad. ; m*,n*. Presidio, Mexico, Jan., Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



S 2 juv. sk. {A. Forrer). 



o*. (S ad. ; ^j*. 5 Mazatlan, Nov., Jan. {A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



juv. sk. Forrer). 



q*. Juv. sk. Tonala, Chiapas, Dec. 6 (F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Siimichrast). 

 r\ d ad. sk. Teapa, Feb. (I). W. >Smifh). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



s'. Juv. sk. Acapulco (A. H. Markham). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



tK (S ad. sk. La Antigua, Vera Cruz, Sept. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(M. Trujillo). 



