70 FRINGILLIT)^!. 



Adult male. General colour above deep indigo-blue, with ochreous- 

 brown margins to the feathers (remains of winter plumage) ; lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-co?erts deep cobalt-blue ; the long 

 feathers on the side of the rump with concealed subterminal bars of 

 silky white ; lesser and median wing-coverts deep blue, the former 

 glistening with cobalt ; greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills blackish, externally edged with deep blue ; tail- 

 feathers black, with deep blue margins ; head deep cobalt like the 

 lower back, with a silvery- cobalt lustre on the forehead extending 

 over the eye ; lores, feathers round the eye, ear-coverts, cheeks, and 

 sides of face blue-black, with a lustre of bright cobalt forming a 

 patch at the base of the cheeks extending below the eye ; entire 

 under surface of body deep blue, including the under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries , on the latter as well as on the under tail-coverts and 

 vent-feathers some remains of whitish terminal bars ; quills blackish 

 below, edged with ashy along the inner web : " bill and feet 

 greyish brown ; iris brown " (Sumichrast). Total length 5 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 2-55, tail 2, tarsus 075. 



Adult female. General colour above earthy brown, with con- 

 spicuous subterminal bars of white on the long feathers of the sides 

 of the rump ; wing-coverts dusky brown, edged with the same 

 colour as the back ; quills dusky brown, edged with ashy, the inner 

 secondaries with the same colour as the back ; tail-feathers dusky 

 brown, with narrow edges of paler brown ; head like the back ; 

 sides of face, cheeks, and ear-coverts also like the back ; the lores 

 dull whitish ; under surface of body dark ochreous brown, paler on 

 the throat and on the abdomen, as well as on the axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts. Total length 4-7 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 

 2'65, tail 2-15, tarsus 075. 



The young male in first winter plumage resembles the adult 

 female, but is darker and more reddish brown, especially on the 

 rump and under surface of the body. One in the Salvin-Godruan 

 collection is beginning to assume the full blue plumage by a moult, 

 and not by the abrasion of the brown tips to the feathers as in 

 O. ccemlea. 



Hab. Mexico and Northern Yucatan, with the adjacent islands of 

 Meco and Mugeres. 



a. S ad. sk. Mexico. Sclater Coll. 



b. [ $ ] ad. sk. Presidio, W. Mexico, Jan. 28 Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



(A. Forer). 



d- [6] juv. sk. Orizaba, Mexico. Salvin-Godruan Coll. 



c. <$ ad. sk. Jalapa, Mexico (de Oca). Salvin-Godruan Coll. 

 e. $ ad. sk. Jalapa (de Oca). Sclater Coll. 



/. <3 ad. sk. Merida, Northern Yucatan, Salvin-Godruan Coll. 



Jan. 4 (G. F. Gaumer). 

 g. dad. sk. Meco Island, Nov. 1885 (G. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



F. Gaumer). 

 h. dad.sk. Mugeres Island, Dec. 1885 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(G. F. Gaumer). 

 i, h. c?ad. st. Mexico. Purchased. 



