TANACKlD.i: — Till-: TAXA( IKliS. 403 



2. P. erythromelaena. Wiiii,'' with two baixls of fmn' wliitr. ^. 

 Briijhl .^(•aiiri ; \viii->, l;iil. aiiil li>i-('s intense l>lu<-k. 9* * >liv<--L;i»MMi 

 al>ove, VflliAV lit'Ut'uth : wiiii^s aiMl tail slaty. 



Forchrad. t'Vt lids, ami anterior half ot' i-Ikm k^ vrh fty-hlarU : rcij 

 ol' a carniint' slijulc. JLih. Middle Anifiica, noiih to Mira<l«)r. 



\ ar. e r 1/ 1 li r n m t hi )i a } 

 Forehead, eyelids, and anterior hall" of cheeks scarlet (lores oidy 

 hlack) ; red uf a .scarlet j^hade. JJuh. Xortherii South America. 



\ ar. (I /■ il (' II s .* 



117//. ,s hrnirni'sJi-dnslii lit the ^ ." Iinrh atretlhfd irUli liUtvl;. 



o. P. bidentata.' Win- with two hand- of pinkish-white ( ^), or yel- 

 lowish-white ( 9 *• $• Al»ove reddish-hrown ; head and heneath niin- 

 iinn-S(\arlet. 9* Ahove oHve-j.-'reen : head and heneatli yelli>w. Unh. 

 Middle America (both coasts) fronj Costa Ilica to Middle ^fexieo. 

 6. Body always yellow ; head I'ed in the ^. 



l.issir ir/tii/-''i>i'('ifs })la''J,' i>i' iliiskif. 



4. P. ludoviciana. Wim: with two liirht yellow hands. ^. Hnek. 

 wind's, and tail intense hl;ick : head crimson. 9- Aliove olive-L'"reen, 

 tinirod with ashy on the hack: heneath pale irreenish-yellow : wincfs 

 and tail dnsky olive-green ; no red on head. IlnJ). \Ve>tern Province 

 of I Tiited Slate.s. 



Lesser irinrf-rorerfs ami miililJi' crrr-rfs i/eJJoir. 



5. P. rubriceps.* Winu- witlu)nt liiiht han<ls. ^. Hack and rump 

 olive-^reen : wings and tail black: hea<l crimson. J/uh. Xew Tlranada. 



B* Winir and tail rt'ddish or greenish, of the .same general color of the npper 

 parts: wing without any light bands. 



a. Wing. o.<H>. Dody always yellow : head red in the ^. 



(). P. erythrocephala.^ Above olive-irrcen. beneath yel!i>w. ^. Head 

 red. Wing, o.UO: tail. L'.Ti*. Ilah. Mexico (Teinisealtipec). 



b. Wing 3.50 or more. Body and head red in ^. 



C^/mmfasure n'ifh a Jisfinrf foofh : hill lihnsh. 



7. P. hepatica. Bill small, not swollen laterally : culnien gently enrved 

 terminally, straight basally ; commissural tooth small. ^. Above red- 

 dish-a.<hy, becoming brighter reddish on the hea<l alio\f: beneath 

 minium-scarlet medially, much tinged with ashy laterally. 9- Ashy- 

 green and greenish-yellow, insteatl of reddish. Jur. ^. .^imihir, but 

 throat tinged with orange-red. 



1 Pi/rmi'i'i iriff/inni)rhr,ni, Sci.ATF.i:, P. Z. S. bond. 18.')<5, 12(1. (Tiiiiinirii enjtlirinnchi^, 

 LicuT. Prei.s.-Vciv. d. Saiig. u. Viig. no. «'.;i ; is:',i.» 



- pin'f'Ufj:! aniens, ScLATr.K, P. Z. S. l,s.')('.. I'Jii. {Pha'.inmma nyden.% Tsciiri>i. Wicg. Arcliiv, 

 1844, 207. ^ 



•^ fiprniffn h'uhuif'ifi, Swains. Pliilos. ^big. b<i'7, 4"2s. 



* Piinniffa rirhricfps, Ciiav. (Jen. P>. lei. p. :><t4, i>l. Ixxxi.v, 1S41». 



^ PjiriDujii frtttlrri>ri'j)h<il'i, Bonai'. \\. Z. bS.'il, 178. {S/imiKitjra criithrocephoh, Swains. 

 Pliil. ^big. 1827, 4:57. Wen- it not for the -^uiall si/.c, one w.ndd. without seeing a sptiinicn, he 

 iiiclint'd to .suspect thi> as being a young male of P. asfioi, whii h oftiu occurs in very similar 

 plumage. 



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