BIRDS—FRINGILLIDAE—CHRYSOMITRIS MEXICANUS. 423 
> List of specimens. 
Catal.| Sex. Locality. Wen collected.) Whence ob- | Orig? Collected by— Length.) Stretch | Wings. Remarks. 
No. | | tained. No. jof wings. 
| | 
UBS] 7) Sarre Williams’ river, N. M..; Feb. 12, 1854) Lt. Whipple. | 97 5.50 2 
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6400 |...... |eccece dO... oavescvcevces leoeces DO cscaeiaeil nee nes dO.. ssevee 76 6 2.50 
3122 roa Monterey, Cal. .... ..| June 20, 1848 Wm Hutton. ccjecccce|rocs secccrcccccr|occasccsl(ecncccce|sace aes Iris very dark, bill and feet 
| | flesh color, dark gray above 
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CHRYSOMITRIS MEXICANA, Bonap. 
Black Goldfinch; Mexican Goldfinch. 
Carduelis mexicanus, Swarns. Syn. Birds Mex. Phil. Mag. 1827, 435.—Waae er, Isis, 1831, 525. 
Chrysomitris mexicanus, Br. Consp. Av. 1850, 516. (Quotes Aud. tab. 427.) 
Astragalinus mevicanus, Cas. Mus. Hein. 1851, 159. 
Fringilla melanoxantha, (Licut.) Wacter, Isis, 1831, 525. 
2 Fringilla catotol, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 914. 
Fringilla texensis, Giraup, 16 Sp. Birds Tex. 1841; pl. v, f. 1. (Gives white belly.) 
Se. Cu.—Upper parts continuously and entirely black; the feathers of the rump white subterminally, and showing this 
through the black ; a few of the feathers with greenish yellow between the white and black ; a few, perhaps, without black 
tips. The bases of the third to seventh primaries, and the ends of the tertiaries externally white. The tail is black, except 
the outer three feathers, in which the outer webs and tips only are this color ; the rest white. Inside of wing black. Under 
parts of body pale yellow. Female with the black of the head and body replaced by olive green. Length, 4.12 inches ; wing, 
2.25; tail, 2.00. 
Hab.—Mexican side of the valley of the Rio Grande, southward ; Copper Mines of the Gila. 
All our Chrysomitris have the concealed white on the rump, but it is more hidden; where 
the black tips are wanting, the greenish is broader, and comes to the surface. There isa little 
black on the side of the breast under the wings; the axillaries also are mostly black. The 
black of the nape and neck is first greenish and then whitish within the black tip. There is 
a yellow spot below the eye. 
The bill of this species is stouter than in C. éristis, the wing shorter and more rounded, the 
tail less deeply forked. The third quill is longest; then the second and fourth; the first is 
appreciably shorter. 
The female of this species resembles very closely that of C. psaltria; the bill is shorter and 
more obtuse, however ; the white spot at the base of the primaries more conspicuous. In the 
imperfect character of the specimens before me I am not prepared to state the differences in 
coloration, although the under parts appear of a brighter yellow. 
There is a closely allied species from South America (C. columbianus') which is larger, the 
bill especially. There is, however, no white on the tail nor on the wing, except at the*base of 
the primaries. The yellow of the under parts is much deeper. 
*CHRYSOMITRIS COLUMBIANUS, Baird. 
Astragalinus columbianus, Cas. Mus. Hein. 1851, 159. 
Chrysomitris xanthogastra, Dusus, Bull. Acad. Belg. XXII, 1, 1855, 150. 
