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capistrum deep black; wing (adult males) 3.30-3.40 
(3.32), tail 3.25-4.10 (3.98), culmen .80-.85 (.81), depth 
of bill at base .62-.65 (.63), tarsus .95-1.00 (.97). Hab. 
Yucatan. 
C. cardinalis yucatanicus Ripgw. Yucatan Cardinal. 
jf’. Darker colored, the adult female with breast, etc. dull 
tawny, back deep broccoli-brown, the capistrum 
blackish slate; wing (adult males) 3.55, tail 4.00, cul- 
men .80-.82, depth of bill at base .67-.70, tarsus 1.00. 
Hab. Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. 
C. cardinalis saturatus Ripagw. Cozumel Cardinal.? 
. Feathers of crest stiffish, more distinctly outlined (crest much as in C. phe- 
niceus); male with crest light scarlet-vermilion, back light brownish 
red, the rump decidedly lighter and purer red; tail not more than 
3.80 (?). (Female unknown.) . 
Wing (adult males) 3.35-3.45, tail 3.80, culmen .70-.75, depth of bill at 
base .58 (the bill more depressed and with more curved culmen than 
in any of the races of C. cardinalis) ; tarsus .90. Hab. Southwestern 
Mexico (Colima, etc.). 
C. carneus (Luss.). Colima Cardinal.3 
a’, Culmen much arched; upper mandible not as deep as lower, grooved anterior 
to nostril, its edge not lobed, and the angle very abrupt; anor of bill in life 
(and in dried skins also) whitish brown; feathers round base of bill red, ex- 
cept on chin and anterior border of alae region. Adult female with under 
wing-coverts buff. 
Adult male: General coloration much like that of C. carneus, but red of a 
rather lighter hue, the chief difference consisting in the much more re- 
stricted black capistrum and the totally different color (as well as shape) 
of the bill; wing 3.30-3.55, tail 3.30-3.90. Hab. Northern coast of 
South America (Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, etc.). 
C. pheeniceus GouLD. Venezuelan Cardinal.4 
Genus PYRRHULOXIA Bonaparte. (Page 382, pl. CXIL,, fig. 2.) 
Species. 
Adult male: Crest, feathers bordering base of bill all round, tail-feathers, and 
basal portions of quills and secondaries, dark brownish red, or burnt-carmine ; 
throat and median lower parts pure carmine-red, the lateral lower parts light 
grayish; rest of upper parts plain grayish; bill bright yellow or orange in sum- 
mer, more horn-colored in winter or young birds. Adult female: Upper parts as 
in the male, but red of crest, wings, and tail more restricted, as well as duller; lower 
1 New subspecies. 
2 Cardinalis saturatus Rivew., Deser. New Sp. B. Cozumel, Feb. 26, 1885, 4. 
8 Cardinalis carneus Lxss., Rev. Zool. 1843, 209. 
4 Cardinalis phoeniceus Gouin, P. Z. 8. 1837, 111. 
