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69. Melospiza lincolnii (And.). 



Fringilla lincolnii, Aud. Orn. Biogr., II, p. 539, pi. 193. 

 Melosjnza lincolnii, Baird, B. N. Am., p. 482. 



Vulg. — Zorzal rosado. 



Rab. — State of Pnebla. Puebla, 19 $ , December. 



70. Melospiza fasciata mexicana, Ridgw. 



Melospiza melodia, var mexicana, Ridgw. iu B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am., B. II, 



1874, p. 18. 



Vulg. — Cerquero aguador. 



Hab. — State of Puebla. Huexotitla, No. 61a 9 , November, No. 61 S , 

 December. 



[Two specimens, male and female, from Huexotitla, November, 1884, 

 are essentially identical with the type, which is also from Puebla. They 

 measure as follows : 



A good character of this race, overlooked in previous descriptions, 

 consists in the rich umber-brown coloring of the tibial feathers. — R. R.] 



71. Spizella Bocialis ! (Wils.) 



Fringilla socialis, Wils. Am. Orn. II, p. 127, pi. 16, fig. 5. 

 Spizella socialis, Bonap., Cousp., I., p. 480. 

 Vulg. — Zorzal chiquito de cabeza cafe, Zorzal rayado. 

 Hab. — State of Puebla. Puebla, No. 38 S , 38a $ , December ; Huex- 

 titla, No. 42 $ , 42a 9 , December; Teziutlan, No. 126 S , November. 



72. Spizella atrigularis (Caban.) 



Spinites atriffnlaris, Cal)an., Mus. Hein. I, 1851, p. 133. 

 Spizella atriynlaris, Baird, 1?. N. Am. 1858, p. 476. 



Vulg. — Oarbonero. 



Hab. — State of Puebla. Attixco, No. 8a 9 . 



[A female, nearly adult, from Chietla, is iu winter plumage. It has 

 the black of tbe throat much mixed with g ay, but this is perhaps a 

 character of immaturity. This specimen, together witli an adult male 

 from Coahuila, Nuevo Leon (May, 1853, Lieut. Couch*), differs from 

 all examples in a series of eleven specimens from Calitoinia(San Diego), 

 Lower California, Arizona, aud New Mexico, in .'^omewhat larger bill, 

 the culmen measuring .45, gonys .23, and width at base .22, against 

 .45, ,20, and .20, respectively, in the largest billed exami)le of the north- 

 western series. An adult male from Chapulco, Puebla (No. 54, 143, 

 Aug. 3, 1868; F. Sumichrast), however, apparently has the bill no larger, 



* Type <A' Struthus atrimentalis Coven. 



