344 Ridgway on a New Cardinal Grosbeak. [October 



I therefore propose for it the name Cardinalis cardinalis 

 superbits, with the following characters : — 



Cardinalis cardinalis superbus, subsp. now 



Subsp. char. ■ — Similar to C. cardinalis igneus, but decidedly larger, 

 and the female more richly colored. 



Adult $ i» breeding season (No. 98,942; U. S. Nat. Mas., Fuller's Ranch. 

 Arizona, May 30, 1SS4; E. W. Nelson) : Head, neck, and entire lower 

 parts, including lining of wing, pure, rich, scarlet-vermilion, becom- 

 ing gradually but slightly paler posteriorly. Nape, back, scapulars, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, wing, and tail, much duller, more brownish, red. the 

 dorsal region tinged or mixed with light grayish brown; terminal portion 

 of primaries clear grayish brown. Chin, upper part of throat, anterior 

 part of malar region, lores, and narrow line from latter to base of culmen, 

 black. Bill deep orange-red (bright vermilion in life): legs and feet 

 horn-brown. Wing, 4.15; tail, 5.00; culmen, .85; bill from nostril, .60, 

 depth at base, .70; tarsus, 1.10; middle toe. .72. 



Adult J in -viuter (No. 61,541, U. S. Nat. Mus., Colorado River. Ari- 

 zona, Nov. 30, 1S71 ; F. Bischoff) : Similar to summer plumage, but all 

 the feathers of the nape, back, scapulars, rump, and the upper tail-coverts 

 conspicuously bordered terminally with brownish gray, and those of the 

 lower parts similarly, but much more narrowly and indistinctly, bordered 

 with brownish white. Wing, 4.15; tail, 5.10; culmen, .90; bill from nos- 

 tril, .60; depth at base, .70; tarsus, 1.0S; middle toe, .75. 



Adult 5 (No 98,944, Tucson, Arizona, Jan. 30, 1SS4) : Head (except 

 capistrum and crest), sides of neck, and lower parts in general, deep tawny 

 buff, the top and sides of the head, and middle of jugulum, much tinged 

 with dull vermilion; crest dull vermilion, the feathers tipped with light 

 brown, or deep grayish buff. Capistrum dull gray, becoming nearly white 

 on chin and upper throat. Lining of wing, including inner edges of 

 remiges, pure light vermilion; tibia;, crissum, and lower tail-coverts 

 strongly tinged with vermilion. Nape. back, scapulars, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts uniform grayish broccoli-brown, lighter and more buffy on the 

 nape, all the feathers tinged with dull red beneath the surface. Wings and 

 tail dull brownish red, the greater coverts and tertials broadly edged with 

 the color of the back, the tips of primaries light grayish brown, and rec- 

 trices narrowly edged with the same. Bill, orange-red (bright vermilion 

 in life); legs and feet horn-brown. Wing, 3. So; tail, 470; culmen, .So; 

 bill from nostril, .52, depth at base, .65; tarsus, 1.00; middle toe, .65. 



Another adult female (No. 98,945, Lowell, Arizona, April 2, 1S84, 

 E. W. Nelson), has still more red than that described above, the entire top 

 and sides of the head being strongly tinged with this color, as are also the 

 lower throat, jugulum, breast, belly, and lower tail-coverts. The ochra- 

 ceous-buff of the lower parts is paler, the feathers being somewhat worn 

 and faded. 



An adult female in Mr. Henshaw's collection (No. 911, Coll. H. W. H., 

 Gila Co., Arizona, Nov. 18, 1881), differs from either of the National Mu- 



