tinged with red ; rump distinctly russet ; upper tail-coverts brownish scarlet ; remiges 

 and rectrices blackish brown edged with brownish scarlet, as also are the upper 

 wing-coverts. Beneath, dull white tinged with pale scarlet ; sides of the body reddish 

 brown, and wing-lining white tinged with scarlet. 



Dimensions. — Total length 5 inches, wing from carpal joint 2*5, culmen "5, tarsus "75, 

 tail 2. 



Obs. — Differs from L. coccinea not only in its much larger size, but in the intense 

 purity of its scarlet, which replaces the scarlet-orange of that bird. 



