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green ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and greater 

 coverts blackish, tipped with olive-green, more yellow on the latter ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, the latter edged 

 with olive-yellow, broader on the secondaries ; all the quills, ex- 

 cepting the innermost secondaries, bright yellow at the base ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, edged with olive-green, all but the two centre 

 feathers with the basal two thirds bright yellow ; crown of head 

 black ; sides of face and under surface of body dark olive-green ; 

 the lores, feathers round the eye, fore part of cheeks, and chin and 

 upper throat dusky blackish ; centre of breast and abdomen rather 

 brighter yellow ; under tail-coverts bright yellow, centred with 

 black ; under wing-coverts dark olive-green ; axillaries brighter 

 yellow ; quills below dusky, yellowish along the edge of the inner 

 web and bright yellow at the base. Total length 4 - 4 inches, culmen 

 - 45, wing 2*G, tail l - 65, tarsus 55. 



Another male shot by Air. Salvin at the same time as the one 

 above described is in worn plumage, being dull ashy above, washed 

 with olive-yellow ; the sides of the face and under surface of the body 

 are dark cindery grey, with a slight wash of yellow on the breast ; 

 crown black ; throat blackish. This is probably a male of the pre- 

 vious season, which would account for its less brilliant coloration. 



Hab. Guatemala. 



a, b. $ ad. sk. Quezaltenango, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Aug. 1882 (O. S.). (Types of species.> 



6. Chrysomitris spinoides. 



Indian Siskin, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. vi. p. 84 (1823). 



Carduelis spiuoides, Viq. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 44 ; Gould, Cent. HimaL 



B. pi. 33. fig. 2 (1832) ; Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 985 (1843) ; 



Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pi. 284. nos. 442-4; id. 



in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 (1844). 

 Chrysomitris spinoides, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 956 (1844) ; 



Gray, Gat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 106 (1846) ; Blyth, 



Gat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 123 (1849) ; Bp. Gonsp. i. p. 514 (1850) ; 



Horsf. # Moore, Gat. B. E.l. Co. Mus. ii. p. 493 (1856) ; Jerd. 



B. Ind. ii. p. 409 (1863) ; Beavan, Pais, 1867, p. 138, 1868, p. 278 ; 



Pelz. t. c. p. 319 ; Brooks, Ibis, 1869, p. 59 ; David $ Oust. Ois. 



Chine, p. 337 (1877); Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 215 (1882). 

 Fringilla stpinoides, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 371 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. B. 



ii. p. 81, no. 7176 (1870). 

 Hypacantbis spinoides, Cab. Mus. Htin. Th. i. p. 161 (1850) ; Hume, 



'Nests § Eggs Ind. B. p. 472 (1873) ; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 108 ; 



Sctdly, t. c. p. 336. 

 Coccothraustes spinoides, Brooks, Str. F. 1875, p. 255. 



Adult male. General colour above blackish chocolate, the feathers 

 of the mantle subterminally dull yellowish ; lower back and rump 

 uniform bright yellow ; lesser wing-coverts bright yellow ; median 

 coverts bright yellow, with black bases ; greater coverts black, 

 bright yellow along the outer edge and with abroad tip of the same 

 colour, forming a band ; bastard-wing black, fringed with bright 



