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Adult male. Head, neck, and breast dark vinous purple; no 

 metallic scales on neck ; upper back, scapulars, and tertials brown 

 with a slight bronze gloss ; lower back, rump, upper and under tail- 

 coverts, vent, and flanks lead-grey ; smaller and middle wing- 

 coverts purple-chestnut ; outer and under wing-coverts lead-grey, 

 the greater ones with narrow whitish edges ; quills blackish brown, 

 with lighter edgings ; tail dark slate-grey, almost black : " bill 

 coral-red at base and for rather more than two-thirds of its length, 

 the tip being whitish (in dry skins yellow) ; iris bright orange ; 

 the bare space round the eye and legs coral-red" (Dresser). 

 Length about 14 inches, wing 7*50-8, tail 4 - 75, bill 0*56, tarsus 

 0-87. 



Female. Similar to the male, but duller and more dilute in 

 colour, the vinous red and lead-grey more ashy. 



Young. Differs in being much duller; head, neck, and breast 

 brown tinged with reddish ; patch on the median wing-coverts 

 rufous chestnut. 



Bab. Southern border of the United States, from Arizona and the 

 Rio Grande Valley south to Costa Rica. 



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Brownsville, Texas, March, 



April (Armstrong). 

 Hidalgo, Texas, April (Arm- 

 strong). 

 Matamoros, Mexico, August. 

 Los Escobas, N.Leon, Mexico, 



April, May (Armstrong). 

 Santa Ingracia, N. Leon, May 



(Armstrong). 

 Hadadi, Santa Ingracia, N. 



Leon, May (Armstrong). 

 Hadadi, Los Trevinos, N. 



Leon, May (Armstrong). 

 Villa Grande, N. Leon, May 



(Armstrong). 

 Monte Morelas, N. Leon, May 



(Armstrong). 

 Aldama, Tamaulipas, March 



( W. B. Richardson). 

 Tamaulipas, Mexico ( W. B. 



Richardson). 

 Tampico,Mexico,Feb.,March, 



June ( W. B. Richardson). 

 Northern Vera Cruz, June 



(W. B. Richardson). 

 Misantla, Mexico, March (F. 



D. Godman). 

 Vega del Casadero, Vera 



Cruz, Dec. (M. Trujillo). 

 Atoyac, Mexico, May (D. W. 



Smith). 

 S. Lorenzo, Canton de Cor- 



dovR,June(Ferrc(ri-Peres). 



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