Spinus psaltria psa3-tria Say 



Chrrz-somitris melanoxantha Lichtenstein Types 



No. 6530. Collection - Berlin. Wing 6^.0, tail U2.,0, 

 e:jqD. culraen 9»A, depth 8.2, tarsus 13.6, middle .... 

 toe minus claw 9»9» Deppe. Locality - Oaxaca. 



No.- 6531. Collection - Berlin. Wiag 66.0, tail ^5.0, 

 exp. cuLmen 9*3, depth 7.7, tarsus 13.0, middle 

 toe minus claw 9»6. Deppe. Locality - Mexico. . 



No. 6532. Collection - Berlin. V/ing 65. 0, tail ^3.0, 

 e^g). culmen 9»6, depth 7*6, tarsus 13*3, middle 

 . toe minus claw 9»5. Deppe.. Locality - LlexLco. 



Mounted tLrds in fair condition, the first 

 and last in badly abraded plumage. No. 6531 being in 

 fresh (ie -probably late fall or early winter) plumage. 

 Light mottling of green in nape & back ol all. 

 Stresemann has selected 6^31 as the type. All are 

 males, 



F, melanoxantha N. 



Mas 



Mexico 6531 Gr. v. 3qck 



Deppe. 



The /type is the only bird wdth U rectrices on each 

 side marked with white - the others having 3. 



Examined at Berlin on August 25, 1933 • 



A. J. Van Rossem 



