BIKDS OF ISrOKTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 121 



Clirysomilris columhiana Lafkesnaye, Revue Zool., 1843, 292 (Colombia; type in 

 coll. Bost. See. Nat. Hist. ) . — Sclatee, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. , 1855, 759 ( Bogota, 

 Colombia); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 124 (Bogota).— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila.,1865, 93 (crit.).— Sclater and Salvix, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, 167 

 (Caracas, Venezuela); 1875,234 (Merida, Venezuela); 1879, 508 (Concordia, 

 Retire, Santa Elena, and Medellin, prov. Antioquia, Colombia). — Lawrence, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 103 (San Jose, Costa Rica). — Frantzius, Journ. fiir 

 Orn., 1869, 302 (Costa Rica).— Taczaxowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880, 199 

 (Callacate, n. Peru); Orn. du Perou, iii, 1886, 51 (Chota, Bambamarta, Cu- 

 terv^o, etc.,n. Peru).— Zeledox, Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882, 9. — Salvix, 

 ' Novit. Zool., ii, no. 1, 1895, 7 (Vina, centr. Peru, alt. 5,500 ft.) . — Baxgs, Proc. 

 Biol. '3oc. Wash., xii, 1898, 139 (Santa Marta, Colombia). — Salvadori and 

 Festa, Boll. Mus. Zool., etc., Torino, xv, 1899, 27 (Niebli, w. Ecuador). 



Chri/somitris columbianus Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Siirv., ix, 1858, 423, footnote. — 

 Taczaxowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, 230 (Tambillo, n. Peru). 



[Chrysomitris'] columhiana Sclater and Salvix, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 34. 



Clhrysomitrisl colomhiana Salvix and Godmax, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 

 431, in text. 



Chrysomitris colombiana Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 208. 



A-l^stragaliuvsl columbianus Cabaxis, Mus. Hein., i, July, 1851, 1.59 (Colombia). 



Astragalinus columbianus Cabaxis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861. 94 (Costa Rica). 



Astragalinus psalfria columbianus Allex, Bull. Am, ]Mus. N. H., xiii, Aug. 25, 1900, 

 165 ( Bonda, etc. , Santa ]Marta ) . 



[Chrysomitris Pseudomitris mexicanus.'] B. Ya.v. columbianus Coues, Proc. Ac. 

 Nat.Sci. Phila., 1866,82 (synonymy). 



\_Chryso7nitris jisaltria.l Var. columbiana Coues, Key X. Am. Birds, Oct., 1872, 133, 

 in text. 



IChrysomitris psaltria'] var. rolumbiana Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 471. 



Chrysoviifris psaltria var. columhiana Ridgway, Am. Journ. Sci., iv, Dec, 1872, 4-55. 



[Chrysomitris psaltria'} d. columhiana Coces, Birds X. W., 1874, 117 (synonymy). 



Chrysomitris mexicana columhiana Berlepsch, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 296 (Bucara- 

 manga, Colombia; crit.). 



S.[pinus'] psaltria columhiana Ridgway, Man. X. Am. Birds, 1887, 398, in text. 



Sjiinus jisaltria columbianus Phelps, Auk, xiv, 1897, 364 (San Antonio, Venezuela) . 



Spinus columbiaHus Zeledox, An. Mus. Xac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 112 (Costa Rica). 



(?) C.[hrysomitris'] nana Boxaparte, Consp. Av., i, Sept. 15, 1850,516 (Colombia; 

 Paris Mus. ; = female or young?) . 



Chrysomitris vtexicana (not Carcluelis mexicana Swainson) Salvix and Godmax, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 431, part. 



ASTRAGALINUS LAWRENCII (Cassini. 

 LAWRENCES GOLDFINCH. 



Outer webs of Aving-coverts and remiges parti}' yellow; inner webs 

 of rectrices (except middle pair) with a subterniinal white patch. 



Adult male. — Anterior portion of head, all round, including throat 

 and fore part of crown, black; above brownish gray (the back some- 

 times tinged with olive-green), changing to yellowish olive-green on 

 rump; sides of head and lateral under parts paler brownish gray, 

 becoming white on under tail-coverts and abdomen; chest and median 

 portion of breast yellow; length (skins), 99.57-118.36 (110.21); wing, 



