30 bulletut 50, ttnited states kational museum. 



immaculate (or nearly so) centrally, broadly barred or transversely 

 spotted -mth black laterally; upper tail-coverts white, broadly barred 

 •with black, the black bars about as wide as the white interspaces, 

 sometimes wider; upper surface of tail black, the inner web of middle 

 pair of rectrices narrowly edged with pale brownish, or sometimes 

 slightly spotted or indented along edge with the same, the shafts 

 bright, orange-red (flame scarlet) basaUy, the shafts of other rectrices 

 clearer flame scarlet for most of their length; primaries brownish 

 black or blackish brown, margined at tip (except in worn plumage) 

 with whitish and sometimes with middle portion spotted or indented 

 with pale brownish, their shafts bright, clear flame scarlet; rictal and 

 auricular regions, sides of neck, chin, throat, and foreneck plain gray 

 (nearest mouse gray) ; malar region bright red (between poppy red 

 and carmine) ; a large, broadly reniform, patch of uniform black on 

 chest, this margined anteriorly (next to gray of foreneck) by a more 

 or less distinct narrow band of pale vinaceous-pinkish; rest of under 

 parts pale vinaceous-pink or vinaceous-white, passing into white on 

 lower abdomen, anal region, and under tail-coverts, thickly spotted 

 with black, these spots very sharply defined, mostly roundish or sub- 

 cordate, larger on flanks, still larger and more transverse on under 

 tail-coverts; under wing-coverts pale sahnon-pink or flesh color, those 

 along edge of wing still paler (pinkish white) and barred or flecked, 

 more or less, with dusky ; inner webs of remiges mostly deeper salmon- 

 pink or flesh color (in closed wing) , the outermost and longer primaries 

 darker orange-reddish, passing into dusky on edge, but proximaUy 

 broadly edged with the general saLmon-pink color, the secondaries 

 with distal half or more broadly barred with dusky, the pinkish inter- 

 spaces forming broad spots along edge of inner web; under surface of 

 tail dull orange-red (between coral red and orange chrome, but 

 nearer the former) for the greater part but broadly and abruptly 

 black terminally, the shafts within the red portion brighter and 

 purer red (flame scarlet or orange chrome), the lateral rectrices 

 usually with a small terminal spot of dull whitish or pale brownish 

 and the outer web blackish exteriorly, with or without dull whitish 

 or pale brownish bars or indentations; bill dull black or slate- 

 blackish; iris reddish brown to dark brownish red; legs and feet 

 dull grayish (grayish blue or bluish gray in life); length (skins), 

 252-290 (274); wing, 153-162 (157.4); tail, 97-116.5 (105.6); 

 culmen, 32.5-37.5 (35.1); tarsus, 26-29 (27.5); outer anterior toe, 

 19-23 (21.1)." 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, but malar region gray, 

 like throat, etc. (usually light brownish anteriorly); length (skins), 



" Twenty specimens. 



