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Trmnature 7na^<'.— Similar to the adult female, and not always dis- 

 tinguishable, but usually more rufescent in coloring; sometimes russet- 

 brown above, the primaries and rectrices decidedly russet, crown-patch 

 deep tawny, and under parts strongly tinged with tawny, especially on 

 throat and chest. 



Yaung {first plumage).— Ahoya plain olive-brown, the crown with- 

 out any distinct patch, or none, of ochraceous; primaries and rectrices 

 lighter, more yellowish olive or raw umber brown; under parts plain 

 buflfy olive, the abdomen, under tail-coverts, and throat buffy wood 

 brown, the last paler. 



Southern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz (Jalapa, Paplanta, Cor- 

 dova, etc.), Oaxaca (Playa Vicente, Guichicovi, etc.), and southward 

 through Guatemala to Honduras^ (San Pedro; Omoa to Chilomo). 



iialt[ator'] rubicoides Lafresnayb, Rev. Zool., vii, 1844, 41 (Mexico). 



Phloenicothraupis'] rubicoides Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 24 (Mexico). 



Phcmicothraupis rubicoides Sclatek, Ann. & Mag. N. H., 2d ser., xiii, 1854, 25; 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 120, part (monogr. ; Papantla and Jalapa, Vera 

 Cruz; Guatemala), 303 (Cordova, Vera Cruz); 1859, 364 (Jalapa), 377 (Playa 

 Vicente, Oaxaca); 1864, 173 (Valley of Mexico); Synop. Av. Tanagr., 1856, 

 44; Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 83 (Mexico; Guatemala).— Sclatee and Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1859, 15 (Guatemala) ; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 836 (San Pedro, 

 Honduras).— MooRE, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 58 (Omoa to Chilomo, 

 Honduras).— Salvin and Sclatee, Ibis, 1860, 32 (Yzabal, Guatemala).— 

 Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., v, 1866, 173 (City of Mexico).— Su.mi- 

 CHRAST, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 549 (tierra caliente, Vera Cruz).— 

 Salvin, Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 193 (Guatemala).— Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 300 (Yzabal, Choctum, Alotenango, Saxana 

 Grande, Escuiutla, Costa Grande, and Retalhuleu, Guatemala; Omoa, Hon- 

 duras, etc.)— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 27 (Jalapa, Vera 

 Cruz). 



IPhomicothraupiji] rubicoides Sclatee and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 22, part. 



Phaenicothraupis vinacea (not of Lawrence) Boucaed, Liste Ois. Guat., 1878, 33. 



Phsenieothraupis rubicoides Lawrence, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 19 

 (Guichicovi, Oaxaca). 



Phsenieothraupis rubicoides Boucard, Liste Ois. Guat., 1878, 33. 



Saltator rubicus (not of Vieillot) Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 1865, 90 

 (foot of Cofre del Perote, Vera Cruz). 



Tanagra ignicapilla Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1831, 2 [novien nudum; 

 Papantla,^ Vera Cruz, Mexico); Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 56. 



P[hoenic.othraupis} ignicapilla Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1870, 581, in text 

 (Guatemala). 



PHCENICOTHRAUPIS RUBICA NELSONI Ridgway. 

 NELSON'S ANT TANAGER, 



Similar to P. r. rubicoides but smaller and much duller in color, with 

 underparts much paler; adult male with back, etc., reddish chestnut 

 instead of deep brick red, liver brown, or bay, the throat pale coral 



' No Honduras specimens have been seen by me. 



''According to Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 300. 



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