618 ON SOME NEW FORMS OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 
the var. Arizone, which is undoubtedly referable to that species ; 
thus we have in one province these two different forms, which 
therefore are probably distinct. 
The P. Cassini is hardly less distinct from the races of estivalis 
than is rujficeps ; and we should be as willing to consider the lat- 
ter as a race of estivalis, as to take the same view in regard to 
Cassini. 
Synopsis of the genus 
CARDIN AMIE N Bonar. 
By ROBERT RIDGW. 
COMMON CHARACTERS. Male. Bright vermilion-red, more reps purplish 
on upper auld supr adjoining base of bill black for greater or e 
extent. Female. Above olivaceous, the wings, tail and crest min ; be- 
neath K ARRES whitish, slightly tinged on jugulum with red. 
C. Virgini s. Culmen nearly straight; commissure sent a slight lobe; 
as lower, pe tly smo 
per le as d the lower, perfec ill red. 
Black patch covering whole throat, its posterior outline convex. Female 
Lining of eep vermilion. Ol a ve, th ngs and 
i o ove wi 
tail strongly tinged with red; crest only dull red, without darker shaft- 
streaks. Beneath wholly light ochraceous. No black around bill. 
A. e's soft, blended. Romp not lighter red man back. 
Crest brown- 
aed Bill ig z 
Culmen, 7; Fe s, °41; oes il -54. Feathers of dor- 
ny 
sal region ie oa margined with grayish. Wing, 4°05; tail, 
450; Hab. cli province of United States. 
~ -WIRGINTANUS- 
so ath: a yg T 
6. Black of the lores scarcely meeting across 5 Woreboad : crest pure 
vermilion. Bill T st. 
men, ‘84; gonys, ‘47; depth of bill, -70. Feathers of 
dorsal era Sipin grayish borders; red beneath more 
intense; wing, 3-60; tail, 4-20; crest, 2°00. . Eas 
Mexico (Mirad ; tan; “Hon ” : var. COCCINEUS.* 
C 
—— all of western Mexico, north of the Rio Grande de 
yar. IGNEUS.{ 
Santiago 
B. neha feathers stiff, compact. ane decidedly lighter red ‘than the 
ack. 
Culmen, -75; gonys, a PA x bill, 57; Darse feathers 
without grayish margin in the lasi ing, 3°40; 
tail, 3°80; crest, 2-00. Hab. eas pes San “Aca- 
pulco et Realejo. geen var. C. 
cae 
_*Cardinalis Virginianus, var. coccineus Ridgw Am. Jour. Arts & 
Sci., Dec.. 1872. : i F 
Baird, P. A.N +1859, p. 305. ba. 
es BALI A nus, var. carneus gasy ay, Am. Jour. Arts an nd p 
; raira ca r ei Less., R. Z. 1842, 209.— Bonap., Co nsp., i, 
grr a the cate quoted (** Acapulco et Reale} om this name is the one paea 
me osed in the synopsis; it is difficult, however, to make any 
femal mature bird. 
on, as it is evidently taken from a female or im 
quoted be correct, this form paian along the Pacific coast southward, 
