CARDELLINA. 



2G5 



Jacale, Mex.) ; 1858, 209 (Oasaca) ; 1859, 3C3, 374 (Xalnim 

 Oaxaca) ; 1864, 173 (City of Mexico).— Ib. Catal. 1861, 38, no. 230. 

 — Basileuterus ruber, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1851, 18. 



Sylvia miniata, Lafr. Mag. Zool. 1836, pi. liv. 



Pants leucotis, Giraud, Birds Tex. 1841, pi. iv, fig. 2 (N. E. Mexico). 



Hab. Mexico. 



(No. 13,606.) Rich carmine red, rather darker on the back. Ear coverts 

 silvery white. Wing and tail feathers brown, edged externally with the 

 colors of the back. Larger inner wing coverts rosy white. Bill pale horn 

 color, dusky above. Legs pale. Sexes similar. 



Length, 4.70 ; wing, 2.40 ; tail, 2.55, its graduation, .20 ; difference between 

 1st and 4th quills, .30 ; bill from nostril, .27, gape, .50 ; tarsus, .77 ; middle 

 toe and claw, .56. 



(561.) Type specimen- of P«r«s Zewco^i*, Giraud. 



Cardelliiia versicolor. 



CardelUna versicolor, Salvix, P. Z. S. May, 1863, 188, pi. xxiv, fig. 4 

 (Volcan de Fuego, height of 8,000 feet, and Totouicapam). 



Hab. Highlands of Guatemala. 



(No. 30,703, 9 •) Greneral color red ; darker on back, paler on the rump and 

 beneath ; the feathers of the head and neck all round, and the breast tipped 

 with silvery rose-color. Wing and tail feathers dark brown, edged externally 

 with red ; lining of wings rosy white. Bill and legs dark horn color. Male 

 probably similar, or with colors more intense. 



Length, 4.80; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.50, its graduation, .24; difference between 

 1st and 4th quills, .32 ; bill from nostril, .27 ; tarsus, .74. 



This species is very similar in size and form to C. rubra, differing 

 in color mainly in having a silvery tinge to the red of the whole 

 head, neck, and breast, instead of pure silvery ears. 



