PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Vol. Ill, pp. 149-155. April 15, 1901. 



NEW BIRDS OF THE FAMILIES TANAGRID^ 

 AND ICTERID^. 



BY 



Robert Ridgway. 



Curator Division of Birds, U. S. National Museum. 



This is one of a series of papers comprising advance de- 

 scriptions of new birds, prepared by the author in connection 

 with his forthcoming work on the Birds of North and Middle 

 America. Six papers of this series describing new forms in 

 the families Fringillidas and Corvidae, have appeared in the 

 Auk, Vols. XV (1898) to XVII (1900). 



TANAGRID^. 



Calospiza florida arcaei. Arce's Calliste. 



Similar to Calospiza Jlorida Jlorida but smaller, the general color 

 more yellowish green ; adult male without a distinct, if any, occipital 

 patch of yellow. 



Veragua. 



Type., no. 146386, U. S. National Museum, $ adult, Veragua; 

 E. Arce. 



Piranga roseo-gularis cozumelae. Cozumel Tanager. 



Similar to Piranga roseo-gularis roseo-gularis but red of pileum 

 duller, wing averaging shorter and tail longer. 



Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. 



Type., no. 102689, U. S. National Museum, $ ad., Cozumel I., 

 Yucatan, Jan. 29, 1885 ; J. E. Benedict and T. Lee. 



