192 FRINGILLID.E. 



u', v'. Ad. sk. Simla, Feb. 1873. Hume Coll. 



iv',.v'. Ad. sk. Simla, Jan. 1, 18G8. Hume Coll. 



?/'. Juv. sk. Middle range of kills, north Hume Coll. 



of Masnri. 

 z. Ad. sk. Almora. Pinwill Coll. 



a. $ ad. sk. Derail, May 20, 1874 ( W. E. Hume Coll. 



Brooks). 

 /3. Var. alb. sk. Himalayas. 



27. CHRYSOMITRIS 



Type. 



Carduelis, pt., Briss. Om. iii. p. 33 (1760). 

 Acanthis, pt., Beehst. Om. Taschenb. p. 125 (1803). 

 Spinus, pt., Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. p. 233 (1816). 

 Serinus, pt., Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 555. 



Spinus, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 974 C. fcriatis. 



Chrysomitris, Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 322 C. spinus. 



Citrinella, Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. 8f X. Amer. p. 34 



(1838) C. citrinella. 



Chlorospiza, pt., Keys. <§• Blast. Wirb. Eur. p. 102 



(1840). 

 Astrao-alinus, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 159 (1850). . C. tristis. 

 Hypacantkis, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 161 (1850) . . C. spinoides. 



Pyrrbomitris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 517 (1850) C. cueullata. 



Sporagra, Reichenb. Syst. Av. tab. lxxix. tig. 14 .... ?C. magellanica. 

 Melanomitris, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1865, p. 91. C. astrata. 



Pseudomitris, Cass. torn. eit. p. 93 C. psaltria. 



Chloroptila, Salvad. Faun. ItaL, Ucc. p. 152 (1869). . C. citrinella. 

 Cf. Stejneger, Auk, i. p. 360 (1884). 



An examination of the types of the various genera detailed in the 



* Dr. Stejneger has, with his usual care, worked out the question of the 

 priority of the generic name to be used for the Siskins, and has adopted Sjiiiii/s 

 of Koch, for which he allows Boie to have fixed the type in 1826. As, however, 

 Boie himself proposed the genus Chrysomitris for these birds in 1828, and the 

 name has been in common use, I have not adopted this change, which woidd 

 alter a number of well-known names without any adequate object. I agree 

 in this particular case with the arguments of Messrs. Salvin and Godman in 

 favour of the retention of Chrysomitris (Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 427). 



Chrysomitris pistacina. 



Chrysomitris pistacina, Bp. Consp. i. p. 515 (1850, ex Eversm. MSS. in 

 Berol.) ; Licht. Komencl. Av. p. 46 (1854); Blasius, Ibis, 1861, p. 295 : 

 Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1865, p. 90. 



Astragalinus pistacinus. Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 159, note (1850). 



Fringilla psittacina (!), Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 82, no. 7193 (1870). 



" Of small size ; rufous olive ; underneath olive-yellow ; under wing-coverts 

 and under tail-coverts white; wings and tail dusky; all the tail-coverts, 

 secondary quills, and tail-feathers whitish at the tip of the inner web." 

 (Bp. J. e.) 



Hah. Siberia. 



I have not been able to determine what this species can be. 



