428 FRINGILLIDA. 
wings are long, the first, second, and third quills forming the wing-point; the tail is 
moderate, and rather deeply furcate. C. mexicana, in having a shorter, stouter, and less 
acute bill and shorter tail, departs considerably from C. notata, and for it and C. psaltria 
and C. colombiana Cassin proposed the sectional name Pseudomitris. C. xanthogaster 
occupies a somewhat intermediate position, and we doubt the convenience of using 
sectional names for the different groups of this genus. Chrysomitris, as a whole, has a 
very wide range, being spread over nearly the whole of both continents of America; it 
also occurs in Europe, Northern Asia, and the slopes of the Himalayas. 
a. Corpus omnino fusco striatum. 
1. Chrysomitris pinus. 
Fringilla pinus, Wils. Am. Orn. ii. p. 188, t. 17. f. 1’. 
Chrysomitris pinus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 174°; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 550°; 
Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 362*; Baird, Brewer, & Ridgw. N. Am. B. i. p. 480°. 
Carduelis microptera, DuBus, Esq. Orn. t. 23°. 
Chrysomitris microptera, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 515”. 
‘Supra fusca, plumis singulis pallide fusco utrinque limbatis; alis et cauda nigricante-fuscis olivaceo extus 
limbatis, speculo alari et fascia ad basin secundariorum flavis; subtus alba undique fusco striata, remi- 
gibus subtus in pogonio interno flavis; rostro corneo, pedibus corylinis. Long. tota 4°5, alee 2:9, caudee 
rect. med. 1:5, lat. 1°85, rostri a rictu 0°55, tarsi 0°6. (Descr. exempl. ex Jalapa, Mexico. Mus. 
nostr.) 
- Hab. Nortu America, generally distributed >—Mextco (le Strange *), valley of Mexico 
- (White*), plateau and alpine region of Vera Cruz (Snmichrast ®). 
Chrysomitris pinus has been noticed by most of the collectors who have worked in 
the Mexican highlands, but Sumichrast is the only one who does more than give a bare 
record of its occurrence ; he says that it especially frequents the plateau of Mexico, and 
is also found in the alpine region of Vera Cruz, where it reaches to an altitude of 6500, 
_and not descending below 3300 feet ®. In the United States it is a well-known species, 
_ being found the whole way across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In 
the winter its migrations are irregular and apparently of limited extent. Its breeding- 
. ground in summer extends to the British Provinces and the more northern of the United 
States. It is a bird that chiefly frequents the pine-woods, and its nest is principally 
‘constructed of pine-twigs with a lining of various materials; the eggs are of a light 
green colour, spotted chiefly at the larger end, with light rusty brown ®. 
b. Corpus supra plus minusve olivaceum, capite summo nigro. 
2. Chrysomitris notata. 
Carduelis notata, DuBus, Bull. Ac. Brux. xiv. pt. 2, p. 106’; Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 2477, 
Chrysomitris notata, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 516°; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p- 160°; DuBus, Esq. Orn. 
t. 87°; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 804°; 1858, p. 3037; 1859, pp. 865 *, 880°; 1864, p.174°°; 
