BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 589 



afa, Huamuchal, San Geroniniu, Cobaii, and Telenian, Guatemala; etc.)- — ■ 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 614 (Ruatan I., Honduras; Hol- 



box, Mugeres, and Meco islands, Yucatan; etc.). 

 [CyanoKpizal ciris Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 149. — Sclatek and Salvix, 



Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 29. 

 Fririgilld mariposa Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Xat., 1769, 151. 

 Loxia papa MIiller, Syst. Nat. Suppl., 1776, 152 (Louisiana; leased on Le Pape 



Buff on, Hist. Nat. Ois., iv, 177). 

 (1) Linaria caniceps D' Oubhh^y , in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois., 1839, 107 



(see Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1871, 276). 



CYANOSPIZA LECLANCHERI ^Lafresnaye). 

 LECLANCHERS NONPAREIL. 



Adxlt mal t.—F\\Q\\n\ bright yeliowi.sh green (apple green); rest of 

 upper parts, including auricular region and sides of neck, light ceru- 

 lean or deep ttirquoise blue, the back usually more or less tinged with 

 green; lores, orbital ring, and under parts j'ellow (lemon or canary), 

 deepening into cadmium yellow or orange on chest; length (skins), 

 116.84-138.94 (120.24); wing, 65.28-73.15 (68.33); tail, 48.77-5Y.91 

 (53.09); exposed culmen, 10.67-11.68 (11.18); depth of bill at base 

 (three specimens), 7.62-7.87; tarsus, 16.26-17.78 (17.02); middle toe, 

 11.43-12.45 (11.94).^ 



Adult female. — Above grayish green, becoming bluish on upper 

 tail-coverts and tail; remiges edged with greenish blue or bluish green; 

 lores, orbital ring, and under parts 3"ellow (dull gamboge to naples), 

 shaded with grayish or olive across chest and along sides; length 

 (skins), 109.22-121.41 (118.11); wing, 60.71-66.04(64.01); tail, 44.20- 

 49.78 (48.51); exposed culmen, 10.67-11.43 (11.18); depth of bill at 

 base, 7.62-7.87 (7.78); tarsus, 16.26-17.53 (17.02); middle toe, 11.18- 

 12.19 (11.68). -^ 



Southwestern Mexico, in States of Puebla (Chietla), Oaxaca (San 

 Juan del Rio; Tapana; Tehuantepec; Huilotepec; Cacoprieto), Guer- 

 rero (Acapulco), and Colima (Rio de la Armeria; Manzanillo). 



Passeri«a /ecZanc/icri Lafresxaye, Rev. Zool., iii, 1840, 260 (Acapulco, Guererro, 

 s. w. Mexico); Mag. de Zool., 1841, Ois., pi. 22. — Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 142 (Chietla, Puebla, Dec.).— Ridgway, Man. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1887, 449. 



[PrtSsm?io] leclancheri Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 97, no. 7439, 



Spiza leclancheri Lafresnaye, Mag. de Zool., 1841, Ois., text to pi. 22. 



lSj)iza'] leclancheri Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 475 (w. Mexico). 



S. \_piza'\ leclancheri Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1844, 515. 



\_Calliste'] leclancheri Bon apaute, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 235. 



Cyanospiza leclancheri Duges, La Naturaleza, i, 1868, 140. — Sclater and Salvin, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 551 (San Juan del Rio, Oaxaca). — Lawrence, 

 Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 277 (Sierra Madre and Rio de la Armeria, 

 Colima); Bull. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 20 (Tapana and Tehuantepec, 



^ Twelve specimens. * Five specimens. 



