126 Note on the Pyranga roseogularis of Cabot. 



through the kindness of Dr. Cabot, and came to the conclusion 

 that it belonged to a species distinct from any then known to 

 me. Time has rolled on, and our acquaintance with Central 

 American ornithology has greatly increased ; indeed it may 

 be almost said that there is now hardly any portion of the 

 tropics of which the bird-life is better known to us; yet I 

 believe no further information has yet reached us concerning 

 the Pyranga roseogularis. I have therefore great pleasure 

 in reproducing a figure of this rara avis, taken from the ty- 

 pical specimen by Mr. Ridgway. The original coloured draw- 

 ing was sent to Mr. Salvin by Prof. Baird, with a suggestion 

 that it would be desirable to publish it. Prof. Baird states 

 that the drawing is perhaps a little stiff, but that the details 

 are rigidly correct. 



Mr. Ridgway adds to his drawing a full description of the 

 typical specimen, which I think it desirable to give in extenso. 



Pyranga roseigularis. 



Sp. Char. — Prevailing colour brownish ashy, darker on the 

 dorsal region, where it has a faint reddish cast, and paler on 

 the lower parts. Lores, eyelids, cheeks, and breast with a 

 dingy yellow tinge ; ashy beneath, deepest across the jugulum 

 and along the sides, palish on the abdomen. Whole pileum 

 (from bill to nape, and down to the upper edge of the lores and 

 auriculars) , wings, upper tail-coverts, and tail, dusky purplish 

 red, in marked contrast with the ashy tints. Whole throat 

 dilute vermilion or rose-pink ; lining of wing and crissum a 

 paler shade of the same ; tibia tinged with pinkish. Wing 

 3-05, tail 2*75, bill from nostril -45, its depth *40, breadth -35, 

 tarsus -80. 



I trust that this notice will result in some further infor- 

 mation being obtained concerning this interesting bird. It 

 is singular that Dr. Arthur Schott during his scientific mis- 

 sion to Yucatan does not seem to have come across it*. 



* See Eeport on his Bird-collections by Mr. Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. 

 Y. ix. p. 198 el seq. 



