BIRDS OF SOUTHERN VERACRUZ — WETMORE 333 



29, and May 8, 1940. This is a forest bird that ranges high in the 

 trees. 



RICHMONDENA CARDINALIS COCCINEA (Ridgway) 



Cardinalis virginianus var. coccineus Ridgway, Amer. Journ. Sci., Jan., 1873, p. 

 39 (Mexico). 



The cardinal is widely distributed through the shrubbery of old 

 fields, along the borders of forest, and in more open woodland. 

 Among our specimens are two from El Conejo, with a small series 

 from Tres Zapotes, where it ranged into the foothills of the Sierra de 

 Tuxtla. These cardinals, with all the usual mannerisms of this bird 

 in the north, remained under cover in the main except when the males 

 came out to sing in the tree tops, usually early in morning. The nest- 

 ing period seemed under way by the middle of March, and males then 

 were in full song. The notes resemble those of the northern bird but 

 are given decidedly more slowly. 



The bird of this area is definitely cocoinea, with no evident approach 

 to littoralis which has Puerto Mexico (Coatzacoalcos) for its type 

 locality. 



HEDYMELES LUDOVICIANUS (Linnaeus) : Rose-breasted Grosbeak 



Loxia ludoviciana Linnaeus, Systerua naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 306 

 (Louisiana). 



On March 30, 1939, 1 saw one in the forest near Tres Zapotes. 



GUIRACA CAERULEA INTERFUSA Dwight and Griscom: Western Blue Grosbeak 



Guiraca caerulea interfusa Dwight and Griscom, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 257, Mar. 

 14, 1927, p. 4 (Fort Lowell, Ariz.). 



The single specimen is a male taken in the weeds of an old milpa at 

 Tres Zapotes, March 21, 1939. This bird is molting around the fore- 

 part of the head. It is a little small, having the wing 86.8 mm., but 

 has the brighter blue and the paler wing bands of interfusa. 



CYANOCOMPSA PARELLINA PARELLINA (Bonaparte) 



Cyanoloxia parellina Bonapaete, Conspectus generum avium, vol. 1, 1850, p. 502 

 (Al var ado, Veracruz). 



A female was taken by Carriker in heavy forest at about 1,000 feet 

 elevation on the lower slopes of Cerro de Tuxtla, May 9, 1940. 



CYANOCOMPSA CYANOIDES CONCRETA (Du Bus) 



Cyanoloxia concreta Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Roy. Belgique, vol. 22, 1S85, p. 150 

 (Playa Vicente, Veracruz). 



Our specimens were taken at Tres Zapotes, March 16, 1939, and 

 January 26 and March 26, 1940. One comes from about 1,000 feet 



