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Fringilla haemorrhoa Lichtexstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1830, 2 (Mexico; Ber- 

 lin Mus. See Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 56).— Wagler, Ms, 1831,525. 



" Pyrrhulinota hscmorrhoa Bp. Comptes Rendus, 1856." (Sclater.) 



Corpodacus hpemorrhous Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 304 (San Andrea 

 Gorion, near Cordova, Vera Cruz); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 122, part. — Baird, 

 Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 417, footnote (City of Mexico, etc.; crit.); 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 309.— Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. X. H., 

 i, 1869, 550 (Orizaba, etc.. Vera Cruz). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 

 1880, 236.— Salvix, Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 205 (Mexico). 



[Carpodacits] hxmorrhous Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 101, no. 7513. — Sclater 

 and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 34. 



Carpodacus frontalis var. hasmorrhous Ridgway, Am. Journ. Sci., v, Jan., 1873, 

 39. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 460, 

 pi. 21, fig. 12. 



Carpodacus frontalis . . . var. /(a™orr/(OM.^CouES, Check List, 1873, no. 141«, part. 



\_Carpodacus frontalis. '\ c. hiemorrhous, Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 108 (synonymy). 



Pyrrhula crventata IjBssoy, Rev. Zool., 1839, 101 (Mexico; mus. Abeille). 



CARPODACUS MEXICANUS ROSEIPECTUS (^harpe). 

 OAXACA HOUSE FINCH. 



Similar to O. m. mexicanus^ but bill decidedly larger and coloration 

 darker; adult male with the red of head, throat, and rump var^'ing 

 from deep vinaceous wine purple to maroon purple. 



Adult male.—l^Qwgih. (skins), 141.73-143.26 (142.49); wing, 79.76- 

 81.53 (80.52); tail, 62.23-65.28 (63.75); exposed culmen, 11.68; depth 

 of bill at ba.se, 10.16; tarsus, 18.29; middle toe. 14.48.' 



Southern extremit}' of Mexican plateau, in the State of Oaxaca 

 (Huajualpam). 



I am by no means certain that the bird here separated is the C. 

 roseijyeetus of Sharpe, since the two specimens examined lack entirely 

 any tinge of red on the breast, the red ending abruptly on the extreme 

 upper part of the chest. Since, however, C. ia. mexicanus may or may 

 not have a tinge of light red on the breast, it is likely the present 

 form varies in the same manner, and Sharpens bird coming also from 

 Oaxaca it is most likely the present bird is the same form as his. 

 Whether the C. roseipectus of Sharpe or not, however, this form may 

 be distinguished from C. m. mexicajivs, to which it is most nearly 

 allied, by its larger bill and decidedly darker coloration, especially of 

 the red areas in the adult male. 



(?) Carpodacus frontalis (not Fringilla frontalis Say) Boxaparte and Schlegel, 



Mon. des Loxiens, 1850, pi. 17, upper fig. 

 ICarpodacus] frontalis Boxaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 533, part. 

 Carpodacus hsemorrhous (not Fringilla haemorrhoa Lichtenstein) Sclater, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858, 303 (Oaxaca); 1859, 380 (do.). 

 Carpodacus mezicanus (not Fringilla me.ricana Mixller) Salvix and Godman, 



Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 422, part (Oaxaca). 

 Carpodacus roseipectus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 424 (Oaxaca, 

 s. w. Mexico; Brit. Mus.). 



^ Two specimens. 



