430 FRINGILLIDA. 
nigro terminatis; rostri maxilla fusca, mandibula pallidiore, pedibus fuscis. Long. tota 4:85, ale 29, 
caude: 2, rostri a rictu 0°5, tarsi 0°55. (Descr. maris ex Quezaltenango, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. GuateMALa, Quezaltenango (0. S.1?). 
The two specimens shot amongst a patch of thistles near Quezaltenango in August 
1862 are the only ones extant of this peculiar species. These differ from one another, 
though both are males, the bird described being apparently the older of the two, 
though in more worn plumage. The other specimen is of a much more olive-colour 
above and below, this taking the place of the grey colouring of the under surface ; the 
yellow wing-patch, too, is considerably less in extent. The bill in this species is like 
that of C. notata, but in plumage it more resembles C. spinescens of Colombia, as 
Mr. Ridgway suggests °, but there are plenty of differences. 
c. Corpus supra cum capite summo omnino nigrum. 
5. Chrysomitris xanthogaster. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 3.) 
Chrysomitris zanthogastra, DuBus, Bull. Ac. Brux. xxii. pt. 1, p. 1521; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, 
p. 7857; 1879, pp. 508°, 607"; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 328°. 
Chrysomitris bryanti, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1865, p. 91°; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. ix. p. 103"; 
Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 302°. 
Nigra, speculo alari, abdomine toto et cauda ad basin flavis; rostro nigro, pedibus fuscis. Long. tota 4:3, 
ale 2:6, caudex 16, rostri a rictu 0-45, tarsi 0-5. (Deser. maris ex Irazu, Costa Rica. Mus. nostr.) 
? supra olivacea, alis et cauda nigris, hujus basi et speculo alari flavis; subtus olivacea, ventre imo griseo, 
crisso pallide flavo. (Descr. femine aut maris juv. ex Dota, Costa Rica. Mus. nostr.) © 
Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten), Dota ®, Frailes (Carmiol), Irazu (Rogers).—CoLomBia!3; 
VENEZUELA? ; Ecuapor; Bo.tvia‘. 
This Goldfinch was originally described from specimens procured near Ocafia in 
Colombia !, and in the same district Mr. Wyatt also met with it in small flocks near 
Canuto, and in the Cocuta valley at an altitude’ of from 5000 to 6000 feet®. Skins of 
it also occur in collections made in the neighbourhood of Bogota; and Salmon found 
it breeding at Santa Elena in the Cauca valley, and the eggs obtained by him are 
described as of a pale greenish white, thickly, but faintly, freckled with lilac and 
brownish spots. We have a skin of it from Ecuador, and it also occurs in Bolivia. 
Two male specimens from Nairape and Sorata respectively, in the latter country, agree 
with the more northern birds, except that the Wing-spot is rather larger and the 
colour beneath brighter. Dr. Taczanowski makes no mention of its occurrence in 
Peru, but it can hardly fail to exist there. Within our country it is only known from 
the highlands of Costa Rica. Cassin described specimens from the Dota Mountains 
as C. bryanti, but there can be no doubt that the Costa-Rican birds should be referred 
to C. xanthogaster ; we can see no difference between males from Costa Rica and the 
Magdalena valley, the countries of the respective types. 
