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male described above. My impression is tbat tbe birds described as 

 immature are really the adult females, and that the latter sex will 

 be found to be altogether more dingy in coloration, to want the 

 black head of the male, and to have yellowish-white edges to the 

 wing-coverts and inner secondaries. 



Hob. Central America, from Mexico to Guatemala. 



a, b. A ad. st. Mexico. Purchased. 



c.cJad.sk. City of Mexico (Elwes). Sclater Coll. 



d. A ad. sk. City of Mexico (White). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. 2 ac l- s k- On'zaba (Botteri). Sclater Coll. 



f. A ad sk Volcau de Fuego, Guatemala, Sal vin-Godman Coll. 



Aug. 16, 1859 (0. 8.). 

 a Imm sk Calderas, Volcau de Fuego, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Oct. 31, 1873 (O. 8.). 

 h. Ad. sk. Pine ridge of Dolores, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Guatemala (0. 8.). 

 i A ad sk Santa Barbara, Vera Paz, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Jan. 1862 (O. S.). 

 k, I. cJad.etimm. Vera Paz {Hague). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. 



18. Chrysomitris forreri. 



Chrysomitris forreri, Salvin fy Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 

 p. 429 (1886). 



Adult male. Similar to C. notata, but altogether greener, the 

 black spot not extending even on to the lower throat. Total length 

 4-2 inches, culmeu 0-45, wing 2-55, tail 1*5, tarsus 0-5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 4*3 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 2-55, tail 1*45, tarsus 0'55. 



Hub. Mexico. 



a, b. e? [ $ ] ad. sk. Ciudad Durango, Mexico Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {A. Forrer). (Types of species.) 



19. Chrysomitris nigriceps. 



Serinus nigriceps, Riipp. Neue Wirb. p. 96, Taf. 34. fig. 2 (1835-40) ; 

 id. Syst. Uebers. p. 77 (1845) : Blanf. Geol. fy Zool. Abyss, p. 415 

 (187b) ; Finseh, Tr. Z. S. vii. p^326 (1870)^ 



Citrinella nigriceps, Bp. Consp. i. p. 520 (1850) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O 



Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 646 (1870). 

 Crithagra nigriceps, Blyth, J. A. 8. Beng. xxiv. p. 257 (1855). 

 Dryospiza nigriceps, Horsf. fy Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. 



p. 494 (1856). 

 Chrysomitris nigriceps, Salvad, Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 172 



(1884). 



Adult male. General colour above dull olive-yellow, the feathers 

 of the mantle brown, edged with olive-yellow : rump rather brighter 



