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pale red;^ nuixilla dtirk horn ])roAvnisli, mandible pjder; iris brown; 

 legs and feet horn brownish; length (skins), ISU.TO-ltt^.SG (144.53); 

 wing-, T*J. 25-83. 82 (81.28); tail, 63.25-68.58 (65.53); exposed culmen, 

 10.16-11.18 (10.67); depth of bill at base, 8.89-9.65 (9.11); tarsus, 

 17.78-19.30 (18.51); middle toe, 13.97-15.24 (14.48).- 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, 1)ut without an}" red, that 

 of the upper parts replaced hx the general hair brown, that of throat, 

 etc., b}' streaks of white and grayish brown, like rest of under parts; 

 length (skins), 137.41-142.75 (141.22); wing, 74.17-78.99 (76.96); tail, 

 56.90-63.50 (59.44); exposed culmen, 10.16-10.92 (10.67); depth of 

 bill at base, 8.89-9.65 (9.40); tarsus, 17.02-19.05 (18.03); middle toe, 

 12.95-14.48 (13.72).^ 



Immature {f) male. — Exactly like adult female in coloration. 



Southeastern portion of Mexican plateau, in States of Tamaulipas 

 (Miquihuana)^, Morelos (Tetela del Volcan), Hidalgo (Real del Monte; 

 Pachuca), Vera Cruz (San Andres Gorion, Jalapa, Cordova, etc.), 

 Puebla (Barrio de Santiago; Mount Orizaba; Chalchicomula), Mexico 

 (City of Mexico; Tlalpam; Temascaltepec), and Tlaxcala. 



\_Fnngilla'\ mexicana Mullee, Syst. Nat. SuppL, 1776, 165 (based on Bruant, de 

 3fea%<e Buff on, PL Enl., vi, pi. 386, fig. 1). 



Emberiza mexicana Boddaert, Tabl. PL Enl., 1783, 23 (based on Tlierese jaune 

 Buffon, viii, p. 88; Brisson, Orn., iii, o. ) 



lEjnberiza'] mexicana Gjielix, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 873. — Latham, Index 

 Orn., i, 1790, 412. 



Carpodacus inexicanus'RiDGWAY, Proc. Biol. Soc. AVash., ii, A]3r. 28, 1884, 111 (in 

 text). — Feeraei-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 149 (Barrio de San- 

 tiago, Puebla, Dec. ).— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 

 422, part (Temascaltepec, Mexico; Eeal del Monte, Hidalgo; plateau of 

 Vera Cruz; San Andres Gorion, Vera Cruz). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xii, 1888, 422 (Valley of Mexico; Puebla).— Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sei. 

 Phila., 1890, 215 (Chalchicomula, Puebla).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus., x, 

 1898, 29 (Jalapa; crit.). 



('.[arpodacu.^l frontalis mexicanus Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ii, Apr. 28, 

 1884, in text. 



Clarjiodacusl mexicanus Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 391. 



Pyrrliida frontalis (not Fringilla frontalis Say) Swainson, Philos. Mag., newser., 

 i, 1827, 435. 



Erythrospiza frontalis 'BonAFA'R'iE, Oss. Cuv. Regne Anim., 1830, 80; Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1837, 112 (City of Mexico). 



Varpodacus frontalis Bonaparte and Schlegel, Mon. Loxiens, 1850, 15, part, pL 

 16, fig. 2. 



[CarjJOf?«cH.s]/roH<o//s Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 533, part. 



C.\_arpodacus'] frontalis Cx'BXsm, Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 166 (Mexico). 



Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis Cox, Auk, xii, 1895, 357 (Mount Orizaba). 



' In many winter specimens (perhaps younger males) the under parts are more or 

 less tinged with buff, especially on sides and flanks, and the brown streaks are 

 broader. In such specimens the red areas are of a soft pinkish wine purple hue, as 

 described above. 



- Eleven specimens. 



^ Eight specimens. 



