148 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Pacific coast district of western Mexico, in Territory of Tepic (San 

 Sebastian; Arroyo de Juan Sanchez). 



Phmiicothraupis rubicoides roseus Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. AVash., xii, Mar. 24, 

 1898, 60 (Arroyo de .Tuan Sanchez, Jalisco, Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



PHCENICOTHRAUPIS SALVINI SALVINI Berlepsch. 

 SALVIN'S ANT TANA6ER. 



Sinailar to P. fitscicauda in absence of distinct black lateral border 

 to the scarlet crest, brown or dusky tips to feathers of the latter, and 

 conspicuously yellow throat and absence of colored crown-patch in 

 adult females, but coloration much redder in adult males, much 

 browner, or less olivaceous in females. 



Adult tnale. — Above plain brick red or liver brown (more purplish 

 than in P. rnhicoides), the remiges deep grayish brown terminally; 

 median portion of crown and occiput bright vermilion or scarlet, the 

 feathers tipped with dark reddish brown; lores, suborbital region, and 

 anterior portion of malar region dusky, the chin similar but paler 

 (dull brown or grayish brown); throat clear vermilion red, changing 

 on under parts of body to brownish red, this changing on flanks to 

 much duller grayish red or dusky vinaceous; under tail-coverts light 

 vermilion red, duller (pale grayish red) medially; bill black; legs and 

 feet light horn brownish; length (skins), 17Y.8-209.6 (198.1); wing, 

 93.7-109 (102.1); tail, 85.6-99.6 (94.5); exposed cuhnen, 14.7-17.5 

 (16.5); depth of bill at base, 7.9-9.4 (8.6); tarsus, 25.9-28.5 (26.9); 

 middle toe, 16.3-18.8 (17.5).' 



Adult female. — Above, including sides of head, plain deep umber 

 brown, without lighter or difi'erently colored space in center of 

 pileum; lores, suborbital region, anterior portion of malar region, 

 chin, and lateral margin of upper throat brownish gray or dusky; 

 throat ocher-yellow or dull cadmium yellow, sometimes approaching 

 orange-ochraceous; chest tawny-olivc, russet, or orange-russet, the 

 sides and flanks similar but duller, the abdomen paler (light tawny- 

 olive or raw umber, sometimes tinged with yellow); under tail-coverts 

 cinnamon; bill and feet as in adult male; length (skins), 180.3-190.5 

 (182.4); wing, 86.9-97 (90.4); tail, 81-87.1 (88.6); exposed culmen. 

 16-18 (16.8); depth of bill at base, 7.9-9.1 (8.4); tarsus, 25.1-26.i( 

 (25.7); middle toe, 16.3-17.3 (16.8).' 



Immature male. — Similar in coloration to the adult female and often 

 not distinguishable. 



Southern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz (Orizaba; Motzorongo), 

 Oaxaca (Guichicovi; Santo Domingo; Tuxtepec), and Chiapas (San 



' Eleven specimens. 



'^ Six specimens from southern Mexico (Vera Cruz and Oaxaca). 



