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g. With relatively shorter and more swollen bill. (Southern Lower 



California. ) Cardinalis cardinalis ignens, male (p. 647) 



gg. With relatively longer and narrower bill. 

 h. Larger (wing averaging 94.23, tail 109.22). (Coast district of 

 southern Sonora, northern Sinaloa, and western Chihuahua.) 

 Cardinalis cardinalis a£Snis, male (p. 648) 

 hh. Smaller (wing averaging 91.95, tail 104.14); red slightly brighter, 

 (Coast of central and southern Sinaloa. ) 



Cardinalis cardinalis sinaloensis, male (p. 648) 

 ff. With shorter tail and larger feet (tail averaging less than 101. 60' 

 tarsus averaging 28.19). (Tres Marias islands, western Mexico.) 

 Cardinalis cardinalis mariae, male (p. 649) 

 hh. Rump and upper tail-coverts conspicuously paler reddish than back. (South- 

 western Mexico. ) ^ Cardinalis oarneus, male (p. 650) 



act. General color olivaceous or olive-grayish above, paler, more tawny beneath, 

 with abdomen more or less whitish; tail and (usually) wings more or less 

 reddish. (Females.) 

 h. Capistrum grayish, more or less indistinct, 

 c. Wing averaging less than 91.44, tail less than 104.14. 



d. Bill more slender (depth at base averaging not more than 15.24) ; capistrum 

 usually well defined and distinctly grayish, 

 e. Larger (averaging, wing 88.39 or more, tail 99.57 or more) and paler. 

 /. Averaging deeper colored, more olivaceous above, more tawny below, 

 with the capistrum usually deep grayish. 



Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis, female (p. 635) 

 ff. Averaging paler, more gray above, more huffy below, with the capistrum 

 often very pale grayish, especially on gular portion. 



Cardinalis cardinalis canicandus, female (p. 639) 

 ee. Smaller (averaging, wing 84.84, tail, 91.19) and darker. 



Cardinalis cardinalis floridanns, female (p. 641) 

 dtl. Bill stouter (depth at base averaging more than 15.24) ; capistrum obsolete, 

 the gular portion grayish white. 

 e. Tail averaging more than 101. CO. 

 /. Bill relatively shorter and thicker (culmen averaging 19.81; depth at 

 base, 16.00); wing (averaging 89.92) and tail (averaging 103.89) 

 shorter; more olive above, clearer tawny beneath. 



Cardinalis cardinalis ignens, female (p. 647) 

 ff. Bill relatively longer and narrower (culmen averaging 20.07; depth at 

 base, 15.49; wing (averaging 91.95) and tail (averaging 106.17) 

 longer; grayer above, duller tawny beneath. 



Cardinalis cardinalis affinis, female (p. 648) 

 ee.. Tail averaging less than 101.60. 

 /. With shorter wmg (85.85), longer tail (94.49), and smaller feet (tarsus, 

 25.40; middle toe, 16.51); coloration darker. 



Cardinalis cardinalis sinaloensis, female (p. 649) 



ff. With longer wing (averaging 89.66) , shorter tail (averaging 92.71), and 



larger feet (tarsus averaging 26.92; middle toe, 17.78); coloration 



paler Cardinalis cardinalis mariee, female (p. 649) 



cc. Wing averaging 98.55, tail averaging 117.09. (Back grayer than in C. e. 

 canicaudus, but under parts more deeply buff or tawny than in C. c. car- 

 dinalis. ) Cardinalis cardinalis superbns, female (p. 646) 



bh. Capistrum black or grayish black, very distinct. 

 c. Outer surface of wings largely brownish red; tarsus averaging 24.13 or more. 



