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[Phoenicosoma] bidentatum Giebel, Thesaurus Orn., iii, 1876, 110, part. 

 Pyranga sanguinolenta Lafkesnaye, Rev. Zool., 1839, 97 (Mexico; coll. Charles 



Brelay). — Bonapakte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 241. 

 Plyranga} sanguinolenta Gkay, Gen. Birds, ii, 1844, 364. 

 Piranga sanguinolenta Nelson, Auk, xv, 1898, 157, 158, 159 (crit.; descr.; 



synonymy) . 



PIRANGA ROSEO-GULARIS ROSEO-GULARIS Cabot. 

 ROSE-THROATED TANAGER, 



Adult male. — Pileum dull brownish red;' wings grayish brown with 

 broad edgings of brownish red (nearly brick red), the lesser coverts 

 nearly uniformlj^ of this color; upper tail-coverts and tail brownish 

 red (similar to color of wing-edgings) ; hindneck, back, scapulars, and 

 rump brownish gray, the back and scapulars more or less tinged with 

 dull red; sides of head and neck brownish gray (rather lighter than 

 color of hindneck), becoming paler on malar and orbital regions, the 

 eyelids dull white; anterior portion of chin dull white; lower part of 

 chin, throat, and upper part of chest light red (intermediate between 

 peach-blossom pink and flesh color) ; under tail-coverts and anal region 

 paler, more flesh colored; rest of under parts light brownish gray, 

 becoming dull white on abdomen; maxilla horn btown, paler along 

 tomia, mandible much paler; legs and feet horn brownish; length 

 (skins), lM.8-160 (153.2); wing, 76.Y-82.6 (80); tail, 63.5-69.3 (67.1); 

 exposed culmen, 14.6-16.2 (15); depth of bill at base, 8.9-10.2 (9.7); 

 tarsus, 20.6-22.1 (21.1); middle toe, 12.2-14 (13).' 



Ad'ult female. — Similar to adult male, but the reddish of pileum, 

 wings, and tail replaced by yellowish olive-green, that of throat by 

 pale yellow (naples yeUow), the under tail-coverts pale buffy; length 

 (skins), 150-164 (152.1); wing, 76.2-79 (77.4); tail, 62-64.8 (63.3); 

 exposed culmen, 15-16 (15.3); tarsus, 20.3-21 (20.8); middle toe, 

 12.7-15 (13.9).» 



Immainire male. — Identical in coloration with the adult female. 



Peninsula of Yucatan (Chichen Itza; Calotmul; between Chemax 

 andYalahoo; Izalam; Chem Jonat forest; La Vega; Puerto Morelos). 



Pyranga roseo-gularis Cabot, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., ii, Dec, 1846, 187 



(between Chemax and Yalahoo, Yucatan; coll. S. Cabot, jr.); Journ. Bost. 



Soc. N. H., V, pt. iii, 1846, 416; Am. Journ. Sci., iii, 1847, 436; Ann. and 



Mag. N. H., XX, 1847, 143. 

 Pyranga roseogularis Solater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 6; Ibis, 1873, 125, 



pi. 3. — ScLATEK and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 15. 

 Pyranga roseigularis Ridgway, Ibis, 1873, 126 (description of type). — Salvin, 



Ibis, 1874, 327 (crit.). — Ridgway, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway' a Hist. 



' There is no hue in my Nomenclature of Colors which closely approximates this 

 olor; that nearest to it is perhaps madder brown, though a mixture of madder brown 

 and poppy red would probably come much' nearer to it. 



^ Seven specimens, from Chichen Itza and Calotmul, Yucatan. 



' Three specimens. 



