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dorsal region equally wide, but tbey are decidedly larger birds. A male 

 from Waller County, Texas (No. 70963, Kumlieu and Earll), agrees in 

 every resp*;t with Illinois examples. An adult female from Southern 

 Illinois (Mount Carmel, October 18, 1879), has the occiput red, like the 

 nape, while there are several red feathers in the middle of the crown. 



2. CENTUBUS TEICOLOR. 



Pkus tricolor, Wagleu, Isis, 1829, 512 ( $ ad. ; "Mexico"). 



Centurus tricolor, Light. Nomencl. 1854, 76.— Scl. Cat. 1862, 343, no. 2049 (Bo- 

 gota; Venezuela).— Taylok, Ibis, 1864, 93 (Venezuela). — SCL. & Salv. P. 

 Z. S. 1864, 307 (Isth. Panama) ; Nom. Neotr. 1873, 100 (Venezuela, Colombia, 

 Veragua).— Salvix, P. Z. S. 1867, 157 (Veragua) ; 1863, 169 (Venezuela).— 

 Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, 381 (Sta. Marta, Colombia). 

 Zchrapicm tricolor, Malii. Mou. Pic. ii, 1862, 247 ; iv, pi. cvi, figs. 1, 2 ( <? and $ 



ad.). 

 Centurus caroUnus var. tricolor, B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. ii, 1874, 554. 



*' Centurus suhelef/ans" Reich. Handb. 1851, 411, pi. dclxv, figs. 4415-16 (nee Bonap, 

 1837).— Scl. p. Z. S. 1855, 162 ; 1856, 143. 



" Centurus rubriventris", Laavr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii, 1861, 299 (Panama; nee Swains. 

 1838). 



Le Fiozebre tricolore, ? j^j^^h I c 



Piczebre tricolor, ' 



Adult i : Forehead dull smoky whitish, more or less tinged with yel- 

 low anteriorly (on the frontal feathers) ; crown, occiput, and nape, bright 

 crimson- scarlet, lighter posteriorly, occasionally interrupted by a band 

 of smoky gray or light drab across the occiput ; remainder of head and 

 neck, with lower parts, smoky drab, the head lighter anteriorly ; middle 

 of the abdomen bright scarlet ; tibite and crissum marked with broad 

 V-shaped bars of black. Back and scapulars broadly barred with black 

 and white, the bars of the latter narrower than the black ones ; wings 

 black, the coverts and secondaries broadly barred with white ; prima- 

 ries border^d terminally with white, and blotched with the same near 

 the base. Upper tail-coverts and most of the rump white, often im- 

 maculate, sometimes irregularly and scantily barred with dusky. Tail 

 black, both webs of the intermeduc broadly barred or transversely spot- 

 ted with white ; lateral rectrices hoary smoky drab on the under sur- 

 face, the terminal portion with several more or less complete whitish 

 bars. Adult 9: Similar to the <?, but red of the pileum replaced by 

 light drab, growing gradually paler anteriorly. Bill blackish; feet 

 dusky (olivaceous in life"?). Young 9: Similar to the adult, but all the 

 markings less sharply defined, and the colors duller. Young 9 : More 

 dully colored than the adult, the nape dull orange-fulvous, instead of 

 scarlet, the bars of the back, etc., more indistinct, and tinged with light 

 brownish. Wing, 4.05-4.55; tail, 2.50-2.70; culmen, .75-1.10; tarsus, 

 .75-.80. 



In general appearance this species is quit« a miniature of C. caroUnus, 

 but it is probably distinct specifically. Close inspection reveals many 

 points of difference besides the very much smaller size. The frontlet is 



