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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



dusky brownish terminally, the shafts of all black on upper surface: 

 longer feathers of crest dull red; forehead, chin, throat, and other 

 median lower parts, thighs, and most of under side of wing, pure red 

 (geranium red to poppy red), the lores and orbital region duller red* 

 lateral under parts light brownish gray, paler and more or less tinged 

 with buffy posteriorly; bill yellowish in summer, horn colored, paler 

 on mandible, in winter; iris brown; legs and feet brownish. 



Adult female. — Similar to adult male, but lacking the red of face 

 and median under parts (or with it but slightly indicated), the general 

 color of the under parts of a decided buffyhue; bill j'^ellow in summer, 

 grayish brown in winter. 



Young male. — Similar to the adult female, but paler, especially the 

 under parts, which are dull light grayish buffy, nearly white on 

 abdomen ; middle and greater wing-coverts narrowly tipped with pale 

 grayish buffy; loral, orbital, and malar regions reddish or tinged with 

 red, and median under parts more or less tinted with red. 



Yomig female. — Similar to the young male, but without trace of red 

 on face or under parts. 



Adult ma^e.— Length (skins), 189.23-213.61 (199.64); wing, 89.41- 

 98.55 (93.47); tail, 94.49-107.95 (102.11); culmen, 14.99-16.00 (15.49); 

 depth of bill at base, 13.46-14.99 (14.48); tarsus, 22.35-26.92 (25.16); 

 middle toe, 17.02-19.05 (18.03).' 



Adult female.— hQTXgt}! (skins), 175.26-201.68 (195.83); wing, 87.88- 

 93.22 (90.93); tail, 93.73-97.03 (95.00); culmen, 14.73-15.75 (14.99); 

 depth of bill at base, 13.72-14.22 (13.97); tarsus, 23.11-25.40 (24.38); 

 middle toe, 16. 26-18. 03 (17. 27) . ' 



' Sixteen specimens. 



^ Ten specimens. 



Specimens from the State of Sinaloa, Mexico, seem to have a shorter wing and 

 tarsi than those from Arizona, and the coloration perhaps very slightly more brown- 

 ish, but the series is too small to render it certain whether the differences are con- 

 stant. Average measurements are as follows: 



Locality. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Eleven adult males from Arizona (including one 

 from western Texas) 



Three adult males from Sonora .(Alamos and 

 Camoa) 



Two adult males from near Mazatlan, Sinaloa 



FEMALES. 



Six adult females from Arizona (including one 



from western Texas) , 



One adult female from Sonora (Alamos) 



Three adult females from near Mazatlan 



17.27 



17.27 

 18.29 

 17.83 



