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capiritrum deep black ; wing (adult males) 3.30-3.40 

 (3.32), tail 3.S5-1.10 (3.98), culmen .80-.85 (.81), depth 

 of bill at base .62-.G5 (.03), tarsus .9 J-1.00 (.97). Ilab. 

 Yucatan. 



C. cardinalis yucatanicus Kidow. Yucatan Cardinal.' 

 /'. Darker colored, the udull I'eiiiale with breai^t, etc., dull 

 tawny, back deep broccoli-brown, the capistrum 

 blackish slate; wing (adult males) 3.55, tail 4.00, cul- 

 meu .80-.82, depth of bill at ba.se .G7-.70, tarsus 1.00. 

 Hab. Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. 



C. cardinalis saturatus Kiouw. Cozumel Cardinal.^ 



v. Feathers of crest stiflSsh, more distinctl}' outlined (crest much as in C. phce- 



niceus) ; male with cre.st light scarlet-vermilion, back light brownish 



red, the rump decidedly lighter and purer red ; tail not more than 



3.80 (?). (Female unknown.) 



"Wing (adult males) 3.35-3.45, tail 3.80, culmen .70-.75, depth of bill at 

 base .58 (the bill more depressed and with more curved culmen than 

 in any of the races of C. cardinalis') ; tarsus .90. Hab. Southwestern 



Mexico (Golima, etc.). 



C. carneus (Less.). Colima Cardinal.' 



a-. Culmen much arched ; upper mandible not as deep as lower, grooved anterior 

 to nostril, its edge not lobed, and the angle ver}^ abrupt; color of bill in life 

 (and in dried skins also) whitish brown ; feathers round base of bill red, ex- 

 cept on chin and anterior border of malar region. Adult female with under 

 wing-covcrts buff. 



Adult male : General coloration much like that of C. carneus, but red of a 

 rather lighter hue, the chief difference consisting in the much more re- 

 stricted black capistrum and the totally different color (as well as shape) 

 of the bill ; wing 3.30-3.55, tail 3.30-3.90. Hob. ISTorthern coast of 

 South America (Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, etc.). 



C. phoeniceus Gould. Venezuelan Cardinal.* 



Gents PYRRHULOXIA Bonapahte. (Page 382, pi. CXII., fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Adult male: Crest, feathers bordering base of liill all round, tail-feathers, and 

 basal portions of quills and secondaries, dark brownish red, or burnt-carmine; 

 throat and median lower parts pure carmine-red, the lateral lower parts light 

 grayish ; rest of upper parts plain grayish ; hill bright yellow or orange in sum- 

 mer, more horn-colored in winter or young birds. Adult female : Upper parts as 

 in the male, but red of crest, wings, and tail more restricted, as well as duller ; lower 



' New sabspecios. 



' Cnrrttnaliii •nfiirafiM Rinow.. Dcscr. New Sp. E. Cozumcl, Feb. 20, ISSJ, i. 



> Cnr<i:„nl!> cnrneiu Lkk.0., Rer. Zool. 1843, 209. 



* Cardinali, pha^nictu, GoiLD, P. Z. S. 1S37, 111. 



