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others greyish at the base, black at the end, and with a brown edge 

 at the tip, tho outer one tipped with white : " bill and feet yellow, 

 the former tipped with brown " (Baird) : " beak purplish black ; 

 iris bright red ; legs flesh-colour " (Dresser). Total length 6"3 

 inches, wing 3"5, tail 2*8, bill (>42, tarsus 0-55. 



Female. With little or none of the purplish red. 



Tonus/. " Duller than the adult female ; the feathers of tho upper 

 parts with a narrow terminal bar of white." (Baird, Brewer, <Sf 

 llidr/way.) 



Hab, South Atlantic and Gulf States, Texas, New Mexico, 

 Arizona, and California, south to the West Indies, and through 

 Central America to South America, as far as Peru and Paraguay. 



Chamcepelia passerina shows a good deal of individual variation, 

 and also according to locality, and these varieties have been re- 

 garded as distinct subspecies or even species, and named accordingly. 

 After having examined a very large series of specimens from dif- 

 ferent localities, from Southern United States, California, Central 

 America, Antilles, and South America, as far south as Peru and 

 Paraguay, I have arrived at the conclusion that there is only one 

 species, which, probably on account of the different conditions of 

 the soil, dampness, vegetation, and climate, varies a little in the 

 depth and intensity of the vinous tinge and also of the brown 

 back ; the most intense form seems to inhabit the Socorro Islands, 

 but the Jamaica birds also appear to be rather brightly coloured. 

 The American ornithologists lay much stress on the different 

 colouring of the base of the bill, a character which I have been 

 unable to test, and which almost entirely fails as regards the South 

 American specimens, for want of information. 



a. S a d. sk. N. America. Hardwicke Bequest. 



b, c. S 2 a d- sk. Beaufort Co., S. C, Aug., Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Sept. (W. Ho.vie). 

 d. $ ad. ak. Arizona, May (F. Stephens). Sharpe Coll. 



c >/> !/■ d ? a d- ct Camp Lowell, Arizona (H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



rf hum. sk. W. llenshaio). 



ft, i. Juv. sk. Tucson, Arizona, Sept. (H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Broun). 

 k-p. d 5 ad. sk. Brownsville, Texas, March, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April, Dec. (F. B. Arm- 



strong). 

 q. 3 ad. sk. Cameron Co., Texas, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(F. B. Armstrong). 

 r. cJad.sk. Hidalgo, Texas, April (F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



B. Armstrong), 

 s, t. 2 a d- sk. Corpus Clnisti, Texas, Feb., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



.March (F. B. Armstrong). 

 u-x'. c? J ad. et Tarpon Springs, Florida, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 juv.sk. April, May, Aug., Sept., 



Oct. ( W. E. I). Scott), 

 y' . J a d. sk. St. Augustine, Florida, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(G. A. Board inn ii ). 

 z. d ad. sk. Titusville, Florida, Aug. ( /(*. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Ho.vie) 



