TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 601 



30142. Adult male. Manzanillo Bay, State of Colima, Mexico. February 

 1863. Collected by John Xantus, Original number 206. 

 P[asserina]. sumichrasti Ridgway 



Manual of North American Birds, p. 447, September 1887. 

 =^yanocompsa parellina indigotica (Ridgway) . See Hellmayr, Catalogue 



of birds of the Americas 11 : 93, 1938. 

 59683. Immature male. Tehuantepec, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Oct. 28, 

 1869. Collected by A. L. Francois Sumichrast. Original number 951. 

 Cyanocompsa concreta cyanescens Ridgway 



Auk 15 (3) : 229, May 14, 1898 (distribution date of author's advance 

 copies). 

 =Cyanocompsa cyanoides cyanoides (Lafresnaye) . See Hellmayr, Cata- 

 logue of birds of the Americas 11 : 96, 97, 1938. 

 146114. Adult (sex not indicated, but apparently male). Panama. 1877. 



Received from Adolphe Boucard. 

 Although theoretically first published in July 1898, in fact "an author's 

 edition of 100 copies of this paper was issued May 13, 1898 (see Auk 15: 223 

 [footnote 1], July 1898). A MS. note of Ridgway's states: "(100 extras 

 rec'd and mostly distributed May 14, 1898.— R.R.) ." 

 Cyanocompsa sterea Oberholser 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14: 188, Dec. 12, 1901. 

 =Cyanocompsa cyanea sterea Oberholser. See Hellmayr, Catalogue of 



birds of the Americas 11: 99, 100, 1938. 

 173416. Adult female. Sapucay (on the railway between Asuncion and 

 Villarrica), Paraguay. July 21, 1900. Collected by William T. Foster. 

 Original number 164. 



Genus PASSERINA VieiUot 



P[asserina]. versicolor pulchra Ridgway 



Manual of North American birds, p. 448, September 1887. 

 =Passenna versicolor pulchra Ridgway. See Hellmayr, Catalogue of 



birds of the Americas 11: 109, 1938. 

 87540. Adult male. Miraflores, State of Baja California, Mexico. Apr. 



4, 1882. Collected by Lyman Belding, 

 Cyanospiza rositae Lawrence, ex Sumichrast (ms.) 



Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 10 (12-13) : 397 (not earlier than 



March) 1874. 

 =^Passerina rositae (Lawrence). See Hellmayr, Catalogue of birds of 



the Americas 11:111, 1938. 

 135002. Adult male. Cacoprieto, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. January 



1872. Collected by A. L. Frangois Sumichrast. Original number 4a. 

 Passerina ciris pallidior Mearns 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 24: 217, Oct. 31, 1911. 

 163673. Adult male. Fort Clark, Kinney County, Texas. May 7, 1898. 



Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 11800. 



