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wing-coverts, and edges of inner webs of secondaries uniform salmon- 

 pink; bill more or less dusky in dried skins, in life with basal half 

 grayish blue or plumbeous, the terminal portion dusky; legs and feet 

 dusky (grayish or grayish blue in life?). 



Imiruiture inale and cidvlt female. — Head (all round), foreneck, and 

 chest uniform black; upper parts (except pileum) plain olive-green, 

 brighter or more yellowish on hindneck, duller on wings and tail, the 

 middle and greater wing-coverts usually very narrowly tipped with 

 pale yellowish; under parts (posterior to chest) yellowish olive-green 

 or olive-yellow, sometimes narrowly streaked with grayish olive or 

 dusky, the flanks more grayish olive; under tail-coverts light grayish 

 olive margined with pale yellow; axillars and under wmg-coverts 

 uniform clear light chrome or canary yellow; bill and feet as in adult 

 male. 



AdMUmale.—\i^\^^\s. (skins), 204.47-209.55 (206.76); wing, 102. 36- 

 107.95 (105.41); tail, 92.96-102.11 (96.27); exposed culmen, 18.64- 

 20.07 (19.30); depth of bill at base, 12.95-14.48 (13.72); tarsus, 22.86- 

 23.88 (23.62); middle toe, 16.26-17.02 (16.76).' 



JL<^w/^/em«fe.— Length (skins), 203.20-215.90 (210.06); wing, 99.57- 

 105.92 (102.36); tail, 89.92-96.27 (92.96); exposed culmen, 18.03-19.56 

 (18.80); depth of bill at base, 12.70-13.46 (13.21); tarsus, 22.86-24.89 

 (24.38); middle toe, 15.49-17.27 (16.51).' 



Eastern Mexico, in states of Puebla (Metlaltoyuca), Vera Cruz 

 (Papantla; Misantla), San Luis Potosi (Valles; Jilitla), andTamaulipas 

 (Tampico; Alta Mira; Victoria). 



YFanagrd\ celaeno Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1831, 2 (Mexico; see 

 Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 57). 



Fitylus celseno Sclatbr, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 65 (monogr.; Papantla, 

 Vera Cruz); 1864, 174 (Valley of Mexico); Synop. Av. Tanagr., 1856, 3 

 (monogr. ) ; Oat. Am. Birds, 1862, 99 (Mexico) ; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 

 305.— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Avea, i, 1883, 332, pi. 24; Ibis, 

 1889, 238 (Misantla, Vera Cruz; Tampico and mts. bet. Ciudad Victoriaaiid 

 Montemorelos, Tamaulipas). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 1896, 

 631 (Alta Mira, Tamaulipas). 



[Pilyltis'] calamo Sclatee and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 26. 



FUylus atro-purpuratus Laeresnaye, Eev. Zool., 1838, 224 (Mexico). 



[Periporphyrusl atro-purpuratus Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i, 1850, 503. 



Fitylus atro-olivaceus Lafeesnaye, Eev. Zool., 1838, 224 (Mexico;=female). 



ICaryothramtes] atro-olivaceus Bon apaete,- Consp. Avj, i, 1850, 503. 



Pyranga mexicana Lesson, Bev. Zool., 1839, 41 (Mexico). 



P.lyranga'] mexicana Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1844, 364.— Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 

 i, 1850, 241. 



mens the under parts are almost unbroken red. Occasionally the middle and greater 

 wing-coverts are narrowly tipped with light red or pink, producing two more or less 

 distinct bands across the wing. These variations are found among specimens from 

 the same locality, and they do not appear to be seasonal, 

 ' Six specimens, 



