622 fringilluls;. 



cobalt on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lesser and median and 

 greater coverts like the back, some of the outer greater coverts duller 

 blue like the bastard-wing and primary-coverts ; quills blackish, ex- 

 ternally edged with greenish blue, the inner secondaries washed 

 externally with bright blue like the back ; tail-feathers blue, dusky on 

 the inner webs ; crown of head richer blue than the back ; lores dusky 

 blackish: eyelid white : ear-coverts, cheeks, throat, sides of neck, and 

 fore neck brilliant blue, the latter slightly varied with vermilion bases 

 to the feathers, which become more distinct on the chest and breast, the 

 latter beirjg vermilion, hidden by blue tips to the feathers; abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts pale salmon-red ; sides of body and flanks 

 bright blue ; thighs blue ; under wing-coverts silky white, those 

 near the edge of the wing blue ; axillaries blue, with ashy bases ; 

 quills below dusky, ashy along the inner web : " upper mandible 

 blackish, the lower one pale bluish : feet livid plumbeous ; iris 

 brown " (Sumichrast). Total length 5-4 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 

 2-5, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 brown, with a slight greenish tinge on the back, the lower back and 

 rump dull blue, a little brighter on the upper tail-coverts ; wing- 

 coverts dusky, edged with the same colour as the back ; the bastard- 

 wing washed with pale blue ; primary-coverts like the greater series; 

 quills dusky, edged with greyish blue, the secondaries externally 

 like the back ; ttil-feathers dull blue, with brighter blue margins ; 

 crown of head and sides of face a little more dingy than the 

 back, with a lilac gloss ; lores dusky ; eyelid whitish ; under surface 

 of body deep sandy buff, paler on the abdomen and under tail-coverts, 

 which are faintly tinged with red ; on the throat and breast a more 

 distinct red shade ; under wing-coverts silky white except the 

 outer ones, which are sandy buff like the axillaries ; quills below 

 dusky, whitish along the inner edge. Total length 5-2 inches, cul- 

 men - 55, wing 2'75, tail 2*1, tarsus 065. 



Another female specimen, apparently younger, has not so much 

 blue on the lower back and rump, and wants the red on the under 

 surface. 



The young male at first resembles the adult female, but is darker 

 and more olive-brown above, without the subdued lilac tinge on the 

 head. The full plumage is gained by a moult. 



Hob. Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. 



a. $ ad. ; b, c. § Tehuantepec (F. Sumichrast). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. 



d,e,f. rf ad. ; g. Cacoprieto, Tehuantepec, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Ju'v. sk. (F. Sumichrast). 



5. Cyanospiza leclancheri. 



Passerina leclancheri, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 260 ; id. Mag. de 

 Zool. 1841, Oiseaux, pi. 22 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 97, no. 7439 

 (1870). 



Spiza leclancheri, Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1841, Oiseaux, text to pi. 22 ; 

 Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 515 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 475 (1850). 



Calliste leclancheri, Bp. Consp. i. p. 2u5 (1850). 



