13. GUIRACA. 



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by traces of blue feathers about the head and neck, and, as the 

 spring advances, by blue beneath the ochreous buff of the under 

 surface. 



Audubon says that the male does not attain the full plumage until 

 the third year. 



Hab. Southern portions of United States from Atlantic to Pacific, 

 breeding throughout its U.S. range ; rarely north to Massachusetts 

 and even Maine (Coues); throughout Mexico and Central America 

 to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Cuba. 



a, b. J ad. st. 



c. cJ ad. sk. 



d. 5 ad. sk. 



e. d ad. sk. 



f. $ ad. sk. 



g. 3 ad.; k. 2 

 juv. sk. 



i. 2 ad. ; k. J 



juv. sk. 

 I. c? ad. ; m. 2 



ad. sk. 

 n, o, p, q, r. rf 



ad. ; «. <$ 



imm. sk. 

 t. 2 ad. sk. 



u. J ad. sk. ; v. <S 



imm. sk. 

 w. S j uv - sk- 

 x. 2 ad. sk. 

 y. <$ imm. sk. 



z. J ad. sk. 

 «'. d ad. sk. 



North America. 



Texas, lat. 32° (Dr. Henry ; Sm. 



no. 6385). 

 Fort Cobb, Mav 26, 1860 (C. 



& McCarthy] Sm. no. 19100), 

 Near the City of Mexico 



(Elwes). 

 Oaxaea, W. Mexico (Fenochio). 

 Mazatlan, W. Mexico, Dec. 1:2 



(A. Forrcr). 

 Presidio, Dec. 27 (A. Forrcr). 



Izamal, N. Yucatan, Jan. 16 

 (G. F. Gaumer). 



Cozumel Island (G. F. Gau- 

 mer). 



Purchased. 

 Satvin-Godman Coll. 



Sidvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sah iu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



G. U. Skinner, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Salviu- Jodmau Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Guatemala. 



Choctum, Vera Paz, Jan. 



(O. &). 

 Chisec, Vera Paz (O. S.). 

 Vera Paz (O. S.). 

 Angostura, Costa Pica, March 



17 (J. Carmiol; Sm.no. 39789). 

 Chontales, Nicaragua ( T. Belt). 

 Chenandega, Nicaragua (F. 



Hicks ; Sm. no. 53184). 



2. Guiraca parellina. 



Fringilla parellina, Licht. in Mus. Berol., unde 



Cyanoloxia parellina, Bp. Consp. i. p. 502 (1850). 



Goniaphea parellina, Scl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 302, 1857, p. 228; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 103, no. 7541 (1870). 

 Guiraca parellina, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 3G5, 378 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. 



p. 101 (1802); id. $ Sals. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 27 (1873); 



Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 270 (1874) ; id. Bull. U.S. 



Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 20 (1870); Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 444; 



Salvia c]- Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Avcs, i. p. 347 (1885). 

 Cyanospiza parellina, Baird, B.N. Amer. p. 502, pi. lvi. fig. 1 (1858) ; 



id. Me.v. Bound. Surv. ii.. Birds, p. 17 (1859) ; Sumichr. Mem. 



Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. i. p. 551 (1809). 

 Cyanocompsa parellina, Cab. J. f. O. 18G1, p. 4. 

 Passerina parellina Ridgw. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 27 



(1881). 



