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Cat. Am. B. p. 124"; Scl..& Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 275"; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. 
i. p. 550"; Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 22"; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 214”. 
g supra oleaginea, uropygio flavescentiore, capite toto cum gutture et tectricibus supracaudalibus nigerrimis ; 
alis et cauda nigris, illarum remigibus ad basin (preter rhachides) flavis, hujus rectricibus (preter duarum 
mediarum bitrientem basalem) flavis; subtus a pectore usque ad crissum flava, hypochondriis oleagineis ; 
rostro plumbeo, tomiis pallidis, pedibus corylinis. Long. tota 4:1, alee 2°5, caude rect. med. 1°4, lat. 1-7, 
rostri a rictu 0-5, tarsi 0-5. (Descr. maris ex Santa Barbara, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
© mari similis. 
Av. juv. capite toto haud nigro, gula cum ventre et vertice cum dorso concoloribus. (Descr. exempl. ex 
Calderas, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Muxtco, valley of Mexico (White 1°), temperate region of Vera Cruz (Sumichrast 8), 
Orizaba (Botteri"), Jalapa (de Oca), La Parada ®, Totontepec® (Boucard), Gineta 
Mountains (Swmichrast *); Guatemaua (Constancia), Volcan de Fuego, Volcan 
de Agua, hills near Antigua, Santa Barbara, Coban (0. S. & F. D. G.). 
Chrysomitris notata was described and figured by the late Viscomte DuBus from 
Mexican specimens, and it has since been found pretty generally distributed over the 
whole of the southern portion of that country, where, Sumichrast tells us, it is chiefly 
met with in the temperate region. In Guatemala it is equally common in the upland 
country, principally in the oak-forests lying at an elevation of 4000 feet and — 
upwards. 
The sexes of this Goldfinch are almost exactly alike, the yellow colour of the female 
being a trifle purer than in the male. 
3. Chrysomitris forreri, sp. n. 
3 C. notate similis, sed supra magis olivaceus, colore nigro capitis minus extenso, gulam anticam tantum 
occupante ; subtus magis olivaceus et speculo alari flava multo minore, distinguendus. 
Q mari similis. (Descr. maris et femine ex Ciudad in Durango. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (A. Forrer). 
Two specimens obtained by Mr. A. Forrer in the Sierra Madre of Durango, near the 
hamlet of Ciudad, on the 19th of June, 1882, differ rather widely from typical specimens 
of C. notata from Southern Mexico and Guatemala. The plumage is much greener, 
and the black of the head and throat, especially of the latter, much more restricted in 
extent. On this account we think it necessary to give the bird another name. 
4. Chrysomitris atriceps. (Tab. XXXI. figg. 1, 2.) 
Chrysomitris atriceps, Salv. P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 190*; Ibis, 1866, p. 194°; Ridgway, Ibis, 1884, 
p. 43°. 
Olivacea; capitis lateribus griseis; abdomine medialiter cinereo ; dorso postico et uropygio viridescente-flavis ; 
pileo toto et gula nigris, hac obscuriore ; remige externo omnino nigro, secundi et tertii pogoniis externis 
medialiter flavo marginatis, quarti et reliquorum pogoniis externis in parte basali flavis, in parte terminali 
nigris flavo marginatis, pogoniis internis omnium flavo marginatis ; secundariorum parte basali flava, parte 
terminali nigra, macula olivacea externe terminata ; duabus rectricibus internis nigro-fuscis, reliquis flavis 
