BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 19 



The female of E. fuhiicrissa closely resembles that of E. gracilis in 

 coloration, but is much smaller (wing- less than 50.8 instead of 57.2 or 

 more), has the rust}' forehead flecked with dusky and margined laterally 

 with a dusky line, the abdomen less extensively ochraceous, and the 

 under tail-coverts much deeper ochraceous. 



Northern Colombia (provinces of Santa Marta, Antioquia, etc.), 

 including Isthmus of Panama, north to Veragua (Bugaba) and Chiri- 

 qui (Volcan de Chiriqui). 



Euphonia falvicrissa Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 276 (Santa Marta, 

 Colombia; coll. P. L. Sclater); 1864, 349 (Panama; descr. female); Synop. 

 Av. Tanagr., 1856, 102; Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 58 (Santa Marta); Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 73 (Santa Marta, Remedios, Nichi, and Bogota, Colom- 

 bia; Lion Hill and San Pablo station, Panama R. R. ; Volcan de t!hiriqui; 

 Bugaba, Veragua).— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc-i. Phila., 1860, 143 (Rio Tru- 

 ando, Colombia); 1865, 171 (Angostura and Pacuare, Costa Rica). — Sclater 

 and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond., 1864, 349 (Lion Hill, Panama R. R. ); 

 1879, 498 (Antioquia, Colombia). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, i, 1883, 264, pi. 16, fig. 2.— Berlepsch, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 288 

 (Antioquia, Colombia; descr. female) . 



lEupho7iia^ fiilvia-issa Sclater and Salvin, Nom. A v. Neotr., 1873, 18. 



Phlonasca^ fulvicrissa Cabanis, Journ. fiir Oi'n., 1860, 330, in text. 



A[croleptcs'] fuliyicnssiis Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 91, in text. 



Euphonia gouldi (not of Sclater) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1861, 332 (Lion 

 Hill, Panama R. R.).— Salvin, Proc. Z(x)l. Soc. Lond., 1870, 186 (Bugaba, 

 Veragua; Volcan de Chiriqui). 



EUPHONIA GRACILIS (Cabanis). 



CABANIS' EUPHONIA. 



Adult male. — Forehead and crown lemon yellow, the feathers with 

 partiall}^ exposed central triang-ular spots of black, the yellow area 

 rounded posteriorly, sometimes almost pointed on median line; rest of 

 upper parts, together with sides of head and neck, chin, throat, and 

 upper portion of chest (the latter with strongly convex posterior out- 

 line) glossy blue-black or dark steel blue, more or less tinged with 

 violet anteriorly, sometimes more greenish posteriorly; remiges and 

 rectrices black with greenish steel blue or dark bluish green edgings, 

 these broad on tertials and rectrices, very narrow on primaries; inner 

 webs of secondaries with basal half abruptly white, the inner webs of 

 primaries (except two to four outermost) abruptly white basally; no 

 white on rectrices; under parts of body and under tail-coverts clear 

 rich yellow (rich lemon, sometimes approaching Indian yellow); bill 

 black, the mandible apparently more grayish basally; legs and feet 

 dusky horn color (in dried skins); length (skins), 96.5-101.6 (98.8); 

 wing", 55.9-61 (58.4); tail, 30.5-32.5 (31.5); exposed culmen, 8.6-8.9; 

 depth of bill at base, 4.8-5.1 (4.8); tarsus, 16-16.3; middle toe, 10.7- 

 11.4 (10.9).^ 



^ Four specimens. 



