BIBDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. (')47 



\_Cardmalis cardinalis.] Subsp. /3. Cardinalis igiinis Sharpe, Oat. Birds lirit. 

 Mus., xii, 1888, 164, part (Camp Lowell, Arizona). 



Cardinalis cardinalis SMpcr6«s Ridgway, Auk, ii, Oct., 1885, o44 (Tucson, Arizona; 

 TJ. S. Nat, Mus.). — American Ornitholoqists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 

 593a.— Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 204 (Santa Oatalina Mts., Arizona, up to 5,000 

 ft.; song). — Rhoads, Proc. Ac.Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892, 121 (Tucson, Arizona). — 

 Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., v, 1893, 39 (Oputo, n. e. Sonora). 



C. [ardinalis] cardinalis superbus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 442. 



Clardinalw} superbus 'Ribqw ay, Auk, ii, Oct., 1885, 345. 



Cardinalis superbus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 165, footnote. 



CARDINALIS CARDINALIS IGNEUS (Baird). 

 SAINT LUCAS CARriNAI.. 



Similar to O. c. sii,j)erbuH but smaller, with relatively shorter and 

 thicker bill; adult male rather deeper red; adult female paler, both 

 above and below, with capistrum obsolete, very pale grayish oi' gra}^- 

 ish white, and general color of under parts light cla^'-bufl', the chest 

 and sides of head never (?) touched with red. 



AcImU v« «/('.— Length (skins), 194.31-21^.90 (ii09.s()); wing, 90.93- 

 96.52 (92.71); tail, 103.63-111.76 (107.44); culmen, from base, 18.0.3- 

 22.85 (20.57); depth of bill at base, 15.75-17.27(16.51); width of man- 

 dible at base, 12.45-13.46 (12.95); tarsus, 24.89-27.18 (25.65); middle 

 toe, 16.00-19.05 (17.78).^ 



Adult female.— Lo^rygth. (skins), 190.50-215.90 (202.44); wing, 88.90- 

 91.95 (89.92); tail, 101.60-106.17 (103.89); culmen, from base, 18.29- 

 20.83 (19.81); depth of bill at base, 15.21r-16.51 (16.00); width of man- 

 dible at base, 12.45-13.21 (12.70); tarsus, 23.11-25.65 (24.89); middle 

 toe, 15.75-17.78 (16.76).' 



Lower California (Cape St. Lucas district). 



Cardinalu igneus Baird, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Nov., 1859, 801, 304, 305 (Cape 

 St. Lucas, Lower California; U. S. Nat. j\lus. ). — Elliot, lUustr. NewandUnflg. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1869, pi. 4.— Cooper, Orn. CaL, 1870, 238, part (Cape St.' 

 Lucas). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, pi. 30, 

 fig. 10.— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1884, 341, part (in 

 synonymy). — Bartlett, Mon. Ploc. and Fring., pt. iii, 1889, part (La Paz 

 and San Jos6, Lower California). 



[Cardinalisl igneus Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 102, no. 7532. 



[Cardinalis virginianus.] Var. igneus Coues, Key, 1872, 151, part. 



Cardinalis nrg'mianus var. igneus Codes, Check List, 1873, no. 203a, part. 



Cardinalis virginianus var. igneus Ridgway, Am. Journ. Sci., v, Jan., 1873, 39, 

 part; Am. Nat., vii, Oct., 1873, 617, part (Cape St. Lucas).— Baird, Brewer, 

 aftd Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 103, part, pi. 30, fig. 10. 



ICardinalis virginianus^ c. igneus CouES, Birds N. W., 1874, 172, part (in 

 synonymy). 



Cardinalis virginianus igneus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. J\Ius., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 

 181, 218, part; Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 242</, part.— Belding, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1883, 541 (La Paz, Lower California). 



' Fifteen specimens. ^ Six specimens. 



