FHINGILLID.'E — THE FINCHES. 99 



Species and Varieties. 



Common CirAUArTr.its. Mule. 1!i\l;1iI vi'iiiiilioii-ifil, more dusky purplish on 

 upper surlaco ; loiilliiMs adiniiiinj; bnse of liiU liliick lor greater or less extent. 

 Female. Above oliviireous, Uk; \viui;s, tiiil, iiml crest reihlisli ; beuoatli olivaeeous- 

 wliitisli, slightly tinged on jiiguluni willi red. 



C. virginianuB. ("hIimcu nearly straight; eonnnissure with a slight lobe; 

 upper niaudilile as deep as the lower, perli'ctly smooth. Bill red. Hhiek 

 pateli covering whole throat, its [lostcrior outline; convex. Female. I/ming 

 of wing deep vermilion. ()livaci!Ous-gray above, the wings and tail strongly 

 tinged with red; crest only dull red, without darker sh.'d't-streaks. Beneath 

 wholly light oehraceous. No black aroinid bill. 

 A« Crest-feathers soft, blended. Uumii not lighter red than b.ick. 



a. Black of the loi'cs passing broadly across forehead. Crest brownish- 

 red. Bill moderate. 



Cuhnen, .75; gouy.s. .11; d<>pth of bill, .04. Feathers of dorsal 

 region broadly margined with grayish. Wing, 4.05; tail, 4.50; 

 crest, 1.80. Hah. Eastern Province of 'died States, south of 

 40°. Bernnidas van virginianus. 



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

 Bill robust. 



Cuhnen, .81 : gonys, .47- dejith of bill, .70. Feathers of dorsal 

 region without grayish Ixirders; red beneatli more intense; wing, 

 3.()0; tail, l.'Jd; crest, 2.00. llah. Eastern Mexico (Mirador; 

 Yucatan; "noiidin-as") var. coccin e ns ' 



Cuhnen, .W ; gonys. .17; depth of bill, .05. Feathers of dorsal 

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

 t.ail, 5.00; crest, 2.00. //"/). Cape St. Lucas, and Arizona; Tres 

 Marias I.slands. (Perhaps .all of Western Mexico, north of the Rio 

 Grande de Santiago.) • . var. /,7»eM,s. 



B. Crest-feathers still', compact. Rump decidedly lighter red than the back. 



Cuhnen, .75; gonys, .41; depth of bill, .,57. Dorsal feathers 

 without grayish margins; red as in th.' last. Wing, 3.40- t.ail, 

 .3.80; crest. 2.O0. Ilab. Western Mexico; Colinia. "Acapulco 

 ct Realejo," ....••.• 



C. phoeniceuB.' (^ulmen nmch arched; conunissure arched ; upper mandi- 

 ble not as deep as lower, and with grooves forward from the nostril, par.allel 

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

 to the chin, it.s posterior outline deeply concave. 



1 CariUvdlia riviiiiiiiiiDin, v,ir. m-i-itinm. liinnwAY. 



'■i CardhwUs vinjininiiiis, var. ctriinis. i t',inliii((li,i eanu-KS, Less. R. Z. 1842, 209. — RoXAl". 



Consp. I, ."iOl. 



Aeconling to tlio locality iniotcd (" .\ciipuleo et Roaliijo'") this name is the one to l.(> applied 

 to the variety iliagniiscd in the synojisis ; it is (liUleult, however, to make anything out of the 

 deseri])tiou, as it is evidently taken I'niiM a f.'Uiale or iinuiatiire bird. If the locality nuoted be 

 correct, this form ranges along the Paeilie Coast, iirnbably from latitude 20° .south, as far at least 

 ns Nicaragua. North of 20°, ami on tin' Tres Jlarias Islands, it is replaced by var. vjiiciis, and 

 on the Atlantic, coast, from Tampieo south to Ilonchnas, i.s rei)rpsentP(l by the var. coccuieK.t. 



In the very long, stilf erest-feathers, and light reil rump, this variety of C. vmjinianu.i closely 

 aiiproximates to r. plneiiiirii.i, hut in other respects is very distinct. 



3 Cardiiialh iiliieniWii^', (Covlv,) Wnww 1'. Z. S. 18;i7. 11. HI ; Consp. '., 501. — Sci.ATEK & 

 Sai.vin, Ex. (Irn. Pt. VIII, ISliS, pi. Ixiii. 



