63. C5TAN0SPIZA. 623 



Cyanospiza leclancheri, Dues, La Nat. i. p. 140 (1869); Scl. 4* 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 551 ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 29 (1873) ; 

 Later. Mem. Bost. Son. N. H. ii. p. 277 (1874) ; id. Bull. U. S. 

 Nat. Mm. no. 4, p. 20 (1875) ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 421 ; id. §■ 

 Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 364 (1886). 



Adult male. General colour above cobah>blue, the mantle and 

 upper back washed with dull green ; lesser and median wing-coverts 

 bright cobalt, as also the bastard-wing ; greater coverts dusky, ex- 

 ternally blue, slightly tinged with greenish ; primary-coverts and 

 quills dusky blackish, externally greenish blue, the primaries edged 

 with hoary whitish towards the ends, the inner secondaries edged 

 with yellowish at the tip ; tail-feathers pale greenish blue, dusky 

 internally ; crown of head olive-yellow tinged with green ; lores 

 and a ring round the eye bright golden yellow ; ear-coverts and 

 sides of neck bright cobalt -blue like the hind neck ; cheeks and 

 under surface of body golden yellow, rich orange on the throat 

 and breast, becoming much paler yellow on the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts ; axillaries yellow like the breast ; under wing- 

 coverts wbite, washed with yellow, the edge of the wing and ad- 

 joining coverts blue ; quills dusky below, whitish along the inner 

 web : " upper mandible brown, lower one fleshy ; feet brownish ; 

 iris brown " (Sumichrast). Total length inches, culmen 0*45, 

 wing 2-95, tail 2-2, tarsus - 7. 



Adult female. Different from the male and much duller in colour. 

 Above dull olive-greenish, the rump a little brighter, the upper tail- 

 coverts blue ; wing-coverts like the back, shaded with blue on the 

 median series and bastard-wing ; quills dusky, externally greenish, 

 the primaries rather more blue along the outer webs ; tail light blue; 

 head olive-yellowish, lighter than the back ; lores and a ring round 

 the eye yellow ; ear-coverts dull blue ; sides of neck and hind neck 

 greenish grey : cheeks and under surface of body yellow, rather 

 deeper on the fore neck and chest ; axillaries pale yellow ; under 

 wing-coverts white, washed with yellow ; quills dusky below, ashy 

 along the inner web. Total length 4*7 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 

 2'9, tail 2-2, tarsus - 65. 

 Hub. Western Mexico. 



a, b. S $ ad. sk. S. Juan del Kio, Mexico (Be- Sclater Coll. 

 touch). 



c. <5 ad.sk. S. Juan del Rio, Mexico (Be- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



bouch). 



d. c? ad. sk. Tehuantepec (F. Sumichrast). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. cJ ad. sk. Cacoprieto, Tehuantepec (F. Salvin-Godman CoD. 



Sumichrast). 



f. $ ad. sk. Acapulco, Mexico, March (A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H. Markham). 



6. Cyanospiza versicolor. 



Spiza versicolor, Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 120 ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 375 

 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 475 (1850) ; Cab. Mas. Hem. Th. i. p. 148 

 (1850); Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 214, 1859, p. 365; Duges, La Nat. 

 i. p. 140 (1869). 



