614 FEINGILLIB^!. 



b". Throat blue ; fore neck orange-rufous; 



breast and abdomen white amcena <3 ad., p. 620. 



c". Throat blue ; breast and abdomen red, 



the former overshaded with blue .... rositce <$ ad., p. 621. 

 b'. Crown green ; hind neck and back blue ; 



below beautiful orange leclancheri rf ad., p. 623. 



c'. Crown green, almost like the back. 



d". Tail edged with blue ; upper tail-coverts 



blue leclancheri § ad., p. 623. 



e". Tailedged with green ; upper tail-coverts 



green ciris $ ad., p. 615. 



d'. Forehead purplish blue ; crown and hind 

 neck red ; back reddish ; lower back and 

 rump purplish blue ; throat and chest 



reddish versicolor d , p. 624. 



e'. Head brown. 



f". Lower back and rump blue rositce 5 > P- 622. 



ff". Lower back and rump olive-ashy ; outer 



aspect of quills dull bluish ashy .... amcena O > P- 621. 



h". Lower back and rump brown like the 



mantle; outer aspect of quills ashy 



grey. 



a'". Median and greater wing-coverts 



edged with buffy white ; breast 



streaked with dusky cyanea $ ad., p. 618. 



b'" . Wing-coverts brown at the ends; 



breast uniform brown versicolor $ ad., p. 624. 



1. Cyanospiza ciris. 



The Painted Finch, Catesbi/, N. II. Carol, i. p. 44, pi. 44 (1731) ; 

 Edwards, N. II. Birds, vi. p. 132, pi. 273 (1760). 



Le Yerdier de la Louisiane dit vulgairement le Pape, Briss. Orn. 

 iii. p. 200, pi. viii. fig. 3 (1760) ; Daubent. PI. Enl, iv. pi. 159. 



Emberiza ciris, Linn. Syst. Nat, i. p. 313 (1766); Wilson, Amer. 

 Orn. iii. p. 68, pi. xxiv. figs. 1, 2 (1811) ; Hahn fy Kiister, Vbg. 

 aus Asien fyc. Lief. x. Taf. 5 (1850). 



Fringilla mariposa, Scop. Ann. i. p. 151 (1769). 



Le Pape, Montb. Hist. Nat, Ois. iv. p. 177 (1778). 



Painted Bunting, Lath, Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 206 (1783). 



Passerina ciris, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxv. p. 17 (1817) ; id. 

 Gal. Ois. i. p. 81, pi. lxvi. (1825) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 97, 

 no. 7437 (1870) ; Ridyw. Bull, U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 27 

 (1881) ; Coues, Check-list, p. 59 (1882) ; id. Key N. Amer. B. 

 2nd ed. p. 391 (1884) ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 288 

 (1886). 



Fringilla ciris, Audub. B. Amer. pi. liii. ; id. Orn. Biogr. i. p. 279 

 (1832), v. p. 517 (1839) ; Lembeye, Av. Cuba, p. 130 (1850). 



Spiza ciris, Jard. ed. Wils. Amer. Orn. i. p. 358 (1832) ; Bp. Comp. 

 List B. Eur. Sf N Amer. p. 35 (1838) ; Audub. B. Amer. iii. p. 93, 

 pi. 169 (1841) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 375 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 474 (1850)'; Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 148 (1850) ; id. J. f. O. 

 1856, p. 8; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 304, 1858, p. 358; Moore, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, p. 58; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 111. 



Cyanospiza ciris, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 503 (1858) ; id. Rep. Mex. 

 Bound. Surv. ii. p. 17, pi. 18. fig. 2 (1858); Scl, P. Z. S. 1859, 

 p. 379 ; Scl. $ Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 17 ; Scl Cat. Amer. B. p. 107 

 (1862) ; Laivr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 176 (1865) ; Dresser, Ibis, 



