426 FRINGILLIDA. 
1. Coccothraustes vespertinus. 
Fringilla vespertina, Cooper, Ann. Lye. N. Y. i. p. 220°. 
Hesperiphona vespertina, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 505*; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H.i. p. 550°; 
Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B.i. p. 449*; Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. p. 65°; 
Key N. Am. B. ed. 2, p. 342°. 
Coccothraustes vespertinus, Scl. P. Z. 8S. 1860, p. 2517; Salv. Cat. Strickl Coll. p. 211°. 
Coccothraustes vespertina, Check-List N. Am. B. p. 255°. 
Coccothraustes bonapartii, Less. Ill. Zool. t. 34 °°. 
Supra oleagineo-brunneus, vertice postica, margine frontali, alis et cauda nigris, fronte et superciliis et scapula- 
ribus flavis, secundariis sordide albis ; subtus oleagineo-flavus, capitis lateribus, gula et cervice brunnescen- 
tioribus, crisso pure flavo; tectricibus caude superioribus nigris ; rostro viridescente-corneo, apice et tomiis 
flavis, pedibus carneis. Long. tota 6:5, ale 4:2, caude 2°4, rostri a rictu 0-9, tarsi 0-9. (Deser. maris 
ex Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 
@ supra fusca, capite saturatiore; alis et cauda nigris, speculo alari et rectricum apicibus albis; tectricibus 
caude superioribus quoque albo maculatis ; subtus dilutior, stria rictali nigra. (Descr. exempl. ex Mexico. 
Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Norta America, Western United States, Michigan!, and eastwards to the great 
lakes, New York, and Canada.—Mexico (Mann®*), Monte Alto (Sumichrast *), 
Orizaba (Sallé*). 
This well-marked species was divided into two races by the authors of the ‘ History 
of North-American Birds,’ the southern and Mexican form being called “ montana.” 
This attempted separation has since been given up as untenable. Moreover, in the 
same work C. vespertinus is said to be found in Guatemala upon Salvin’s authority ; 
but some mistake has been made here, the only Coccothraustes found in that country 
that we have any knowledge of is C. abeillai. 
C. vespertinus cannot be called a common bird in Mexico, though skins of it not 
unfrequently occur in collections from that country. Sumichrast knew little of this 
species; he speaks of it as a probable inhabitant of the alpine region of Vera Cruz, and 
as having met with it in May 1857 in the pine-woods of Monte Alto, about twelve 
leagues from Mexico®. Other writers merely record its presence within the limits of 
the republic. 
In the United States C. vespertinus is much better known, though always observed 
with interest. An excellent biography has been given of it from the pen of Dr. Coues® ; 
Brewer’s account of the history of the species is also very full 4. 
In 1884 its nest and eggs still remained undiscovered °. 
2. Coccothraustes abeillzi. 
Guiraca abeillii, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 41°. 
Hesperiphona abeillii, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 505°; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 550°. 
Coccothraustes abeillii, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p.19*; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 865°; Ibis, 1861, 
pe 852°; 1866, p. 206". 
