BIBDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. l5l 



Phcmicothraupis rubicoides (not SnUator rubicoides Lafresnaye) Nutting, Proc. 

 _U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1883, 382 (Sucuyii, Nicaragua; habits). 



Phcenicothraupis salvini (not of Berlepsch) Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 

 1888, 585 (Segovia R., Honduras). — Rich.mond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 

 1893, 490 (Rio Escondido and Greytowu, Nicaragua; habits). 



Pliomicothraupis salvini discolor Ridgw.w, Proc. Wa?ii. Acad. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 

 1901, 150 (Rio Escondido, Nicaragua; (»11. U. R. Nat. Mus.). 



PHCENICOTHRAUPIS SALVINI PENINSULARIS Ridgway. 



YUCATAN ANT TANAGER. 



Adult male. — Similar t'j that of /\ ;. .salvini ^ but much paler; abc>*e 

 dull brick red, paler and more tinged with grayish on .sides of pileum 

 and on forehead, especiallj' the latter; wings gra3'ish brown or drab, 

 tinged with dull reddish, the coverts and secondaries with more decid- 

 edly reddish edgings, the primaries edged with pale reddish gray; tail 

 similar in color to back, but lighter (light dul 1 vi naceous-ruf ous) ; median 

 portion of crown and occiput scarlet, the feathers with brownish tips; 

 lores, suborbital region and anterior portion of malar region sooty 

 brownish; chin and lateral margin of upper throat soot}' gi'ayish; 

 throat and chest light vermilion red, becoming gradual^ duller pos- 

 teriorly, when gradually becoming paler and more tinged with gray, 

 the flanks dull vinaceous; length (skins), 186-200 (193.8); wing, 98-10-4 

 (101.2); tail, 82-101 (90.4); exposed culmen, 15-lY (16); tarsus, 21-28 

 (26.4); middle toe, 16-18 (17).' 



Immature male. — Ver};' much paler than the immature male or adult 

 female of P. s. salvini and much grayer above; upper parts plain light 

 brown (broccoli brown with a tinge of wood brown), becoming more 

 ochreous or tawny brown (light raw umber) on rump and upper tail- 

 coverts; pileum (except laterally) brighter, more ochraceous (ochra- 

 ceous-cinnamon) ; throat pale ocher yellow; rest of under parts dull 

 ochraceous, darker across chest, browner (grayish cinnamon) on sides 

 and flanks, paler (buff-yellowish) on abdomen. 



This form seems to be very close to P. in.vilaris., which I have not 

 seen; but since the describers of P. inmlaris compare it with Yucatan 

 specimens, which they refer to P. salmjii, though the paler color of 

 Yucatan specimens is alluded to, I can only conclude that the main- 

 land and island birds are different. 



Peninsula of Yucatan (Izalam; Calotmul; Puerto Morelos^; La 

 Vega). 



Phcenicothraupis! rubicoides (not SidKdor rubicoides Lafresnaye) Boucard, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, 443 (Izalam, n. Yucatan). 

 Phoenicothraupvs salvini BKRLEPScn, Ibis, 1883, 487, part (Izalam, n. Yucatan).— 



Salvin and GoDMAN, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 303, part (Izalam, n. 



Yucatan).— ScLATER, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 200, part (Izalam). 

 Phcmi-eoihraupis salvini peninsularis Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., iii, Apr. 



15, 1901, 150 (Izalam, n. Yucatan; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



' Seven specimens. Two adult males from Canasayat, Campeche, average, wing, 

 104.5; tail, 90.5; exposed culmen, 16.5; tarsus, 25.5; middle toe, 16.5. 



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