. A monograph of the weaver-birds, Ploceidae, and arboreal and terrestrial finches, Fringillidae . inguishable. I therefore propose for it the name Cardinaliscardinalis supcrbus. Although Mr. Ridgway kindly lent me specimens ofthis, his new form, I have united it with C. igneus, to which it is mostclosely allied ; the bill is not so robust, but the vermilion is much brighterthan in the latter bird. Specimens examined. Var. Cardinalis igneus, Baird. Locality. La Paz, Lower California. La Paz, Lower California. San Jose, North America. San Jose, North America. Var. Cardinalis siiperbus, Ridgway.
. A monograph of the weaver-birds, Ploceidae, and arboreal and terrestrial finches, Fringillidae . inguishable. I therefore propose for it the name Cardinaliscardinalis supcrbus. Although Mr. Ridgway kindly lent me specimens ofthis, his new form, I have united it with C. igneus, to which it is mostclosely allied ; the bill is not so robust, but the vermilion is much brighterthan in the latter bird. Specimens examined. Var. Cardinalis igneus, Baird. Locality. La Paz, Lower California. La Paz, Lower California. San Jose, North America. San Jose, North America. Var. Cardinalis siiperbus, Grant, Arizona (Dr. Palmer)Tucson, Arizona (E. W. Nelson). The specimens Nos. 1 to 4 were kindly lent to me by Mr. R. Ridgway,of the Smithsonian Institution, for examination, Nos. 3 and 4 being histypes of Cardinalis superbus. No. Sex. Mus. a. <? E. B. b <? 1. <? Smithn. Inst. 2 ? „ 3. <? 4. ? 1 „ „ Length. Wing. Tail. Tars. Culm. 8-5 3-85 4-5 1-0 0-7 8-4 3-6 4-4 0-95 0-65 8-25 3-65 4-4 0-95 0-7 7-95 3-45 3-9 0-95 0-7 1. 8-65 3-7 4-6 10 0-7 7-7 3-8 4-5 0-9 0-7 ■ PHRYGILUS PRUTICETI PHRYGILUS FRUTICETI,THE ORCHARD FINCH. PLATE I. Fringilla campestris, Bona2). MS. Fringilla campestris. Griff. Cuv. An. Kingd. Aves, ii. p. 303. pi. dated 1828 (1829).Fringilla campestrls, Russ, Stubenvogel, p. 476 (1879).Fringilla fruticeti, Kittl. Kupf. der Vog. p. 18. pi. xxiii. fig. 1 (1833) ; Gould, Darwins Zool. Beagle, iii. p. 9-4 (1841); Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 113 ; Russ, Stubenvogel, p. 476 (1879).Euspiza fruticeti, Gray et Mitch. Gen. Birds, ii. p. 376 (1844).Chlorospiza fruticeti, Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, p. 357 (1847) ; Philippi, Zool. Chilena, An. Univ. Chile, xxxi. pp. 264, 304 (1868).Phrygilus fruticeti, Bonap. Con&p. Gen. Av. p. 476 (1850) ; Cass. Gillisss Exped. ii. p. 179 (1855) ; Burm. Syst. Uebers. iii. p. 232 (1856) ; Eyton, Cat. Birds, p. 251 (1856) ; Burm. Reise La Flata- staaten, ii. p. 487 (1861) ; Scl. Cat. Am
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