BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 147 



Phamwolhraupis rinacca Zeledon, Anal. Mup. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 110 



(Tamborde, Alajuela, and Guaitil, Oosta Rica). 

 Pfiomicothrau]ns ruUcaf (not Saltator rubicus Vieillot) S.\lvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



Lond., 1867, 139 (Santa F6, Veragua; crit). 



PHCENICOTHRAUPIS RUBICA AFFINIS (Nelson). 

 OAXACA ANT TANAGEE. 



Similar to P. r. rubicoides, but much paler. 



Adult maZe.— Grayish brick red above, dull flesh color below, 

 slightly brighter on throat, darker and duller on chest, the sides and 

 fianks still duller and strongly tinged with bi'ownish gray. 



Advlt female. — Light olive above (more yellowish on tail and outer 

 webs of primaries) the crown with an indistinct dusky stripe along 

 each side and the central portion, indistinctly, light ochraceous; under- 

 parts nearly uniform brownish buff or clay color, lighter, more decid- 

 edly buffy on throat, abdomen, and under tail-coverts, darker on flanks. 



Adult male. — Length (skin), 190.5; wing, 91.9; tail, 83.3; exposed 

 culmen, 17; depth of bill at base, 9.9; tarsus, 25.4; middle toe, 15.5. 



Adultfemale. — Length (skin), 185.4; wing, 91.9; tail, 85.1; exposed 

 culmen, 17; depth of bill at base, 9.9; tarsus, 25.4; middle toe, 16.2. 



Pacific slope of Oaxaca (Pinotepa) and Guerrero(?). 



Phomicothraupis rubicoides affinis Nelson, Auk, xiv, Jan., 1897, 66 (Pinotepa, 

 Oaxaca, s. w. Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. ). 



PHCENICOTHRAUPIS RUBICA ROSEUS (Nelson). 

 ROST ANT TANAGER. 



Similar in coloration to J*, r. affinis, but still paler, the adult male 

 more pinkish, the adult female more greenish above and more yel- 

 lowish below. 



Adult male. — Above similar to P. r. affinis, but crest poppy red 

 rather than scarlet, and general color of back, wings, etc., rather 

 warmer reddish; beneath deep vinaceous-pink, clearer and deeper on 

 throat and chest, paler on abdomen and under tail-coverts, much grayer 

 on sides and flanks; length (skin), 182.9; wing, .92.7; tail, 85.9; 

 exposed culmen, 16.5; depth of bill at base, 9.9; tarsus, 24.9; middle 

 toe, 15.5.^ 



Adult fe^nale. — Above light greenish olive, the median portion of 

 crown indistinctly ochraceous (this sometimes obsolete); beneath vary- 

 ing from pale dull clay color (more buffy on throat, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts) to pale dull buff-yellowish, tinged on chest, sides, 

 and flanks with pale grayish olive; length (skins), 175.3-177.8 (176.5); 

 wing, 81.5-83.8 (82.6); tail, 78.2-80 (79); exposed culmen, 14.7-15.2 

 (15); depth of bill at base, 8.9-9.9 (9.4); tarsus, 24.1; middle toe, 

 16-15.2.^ 



' One specimen (the type). ^ Two specimens. 



