KKINGILLID.E — THE FINCHES. 99 



Species and Varieties. 



Common CiTARArrKii?. M,tk. \\v\'^\y\ vfinuli.tii-rcMl, more dusky purplish on 

 upper surface ; fejitlicrs a<ljoiiiin<,' bas«; of bill black tor jireater or less extent. 

 Female. Above olivaceous, ilic win,<,'s, tail and crest redtlisli ; beneath olivuceo"S 

 whitish, slitiiitly tinged on jiimilum \vi!ii n'd. 



C. virgiuianus. Cuhncn nearly sirai-dit ; coinnjissin-e with a .'iliirht lobe; 

 upper niandilile as drej) as the lower, perfectly .smooth. Bill red. Black 

 patch covering whole throat, its posterior outline convex. Female. Lining 

 of wing deep vermilion. Oiivaceous-grav above, the wings and tail strongly 

 tinged with e<l ; crest only (lull ivd, without darker shaft-streaks. Beneath 

 wholly light ochraceous. No black around bill. 

 A. Crest-feathers soft, blemled. Hump not lighter red than ba'-k. 



a. Black of the lores passing broadly across forehead. Crest brownish- 

 red. Bill moderate. 



Cuhnen, .7;"); gonys. .41; depth of bill, .04. Feathers of dorsal 

 region broa«lly margined with grayisa. Wing, 4.05; tail, 4.50; 

 crest, 1.80. Hah. Eastern Province of T'niie<l States, south of 

 40°. Bermudas ....... var. v irg i7iia n v s. 



b. Black of the lores not meeting across forehead; crest pure vermilion. 

 Bill robust. 



Cuhnen, .84 : gonys, .47 • depth of bill, .70. Feather.*? of dorsal 

 region without grayish borders : nvl beneath more intense; wing, 

 3.G0; tail l.'JO; cnvst. 2.00. Hah. Eastern Mexico (Mirador; 

 Yucatan; ••Honduras"). ..... var. coccinen s ^ 



Cuhnen. .S^.' ; gonys. .47 : depth of bill, .05. Feathers of dorsal 

 region with distinct gray borders; red beneath lighter. Wing, 4.00; 

 tail, 5.00; crest. 2.0(). Unh. (\ipe St. Lucas, and Arizona; Tres 

 ]\[arias I.-^lands. (Perhaps all of Western Mexico, north of the Kio 

 (Irande <le Santiago.) ....... var. igneus. 



B* Crest-feathers stilV. compact. Rump decidedly lighter red than the back. 



Cuhnen, .75; gonys. .41: (h-pth of bill, .57. Donsal feathers 



without trravish nmriiins; red as in the last. Wing, 3.40* tail, 



3.80; crest, "J.OO. Hah. Western Mexico; Colima. ''Acapulco 



et TIealeio." ........ var. came us} 



C. phceniceus.^ Cu^ ,n nuich arched; commissure arched ; upper mandi- 

 ble n(^t as dee{) as lower, and with grooves forwar<l from the nostril, parallel 

 with the curve of the <ulmen. Bill whitish-brown. Black patch restricted 

 to the chin, its posterior outline deeply concave. 



1 Cardimtli's virtyhu'anus, vnr. rorriurus, Ripnw.w. 



*^ Cardituilis viftjinlavus, var. crriun.^. H'ardinaliscnrncns, Less. R. Z. 1842, 209. — BoxAP. 

 Con.ip. I, 501. 



According to the locality quoted (" Acapulco ct Roalcjo"^ this name is the one to be api»lied 

 to the variety diagnosed in the .sviuipsis ; it is dillieult, however, to make anything out of the 

 description, a.s it is evidently taken from a female or immature bird. If the locality quoted be 

 correct, this form ranges along the Paiitic Coast, jirobably from latitude 20° south, as far at least 

 as Niearagmv. North of 20'', and on the Tres Maiias Islands, it is replaced by var. ig^ncns, and 

 on the Atlantic coast, from Tam]>ieo south to Hondui-a-s, is represented by the var. coccincna. 



In the very long, stitf crest-feathers, and light red rinn]>, this variety of C. virginiavu.s closely 

 appro .ximates to C. plufiiiirus, but in otiier respects is very distiiu't. 



* Cardbuilis phonihri/^, (Ooi-i.n,> P)onai'. P. Z. S. 1S37. p. Ill ; t'onsp. I, 501. — Sclater & 

 Salvin, Ex. Orn. Pt. Vlll, 1S(58, pi. Ixiii. 



