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cephaJa, Tscliudi, of southeastern Brazil, with which C. insularis agrees 

 very closely* in the coloration of the under parts. Indeed, it is at first 

 difScult to determine whether G. oahrocephala or C.flavivcntris is its 

 nearest ally ; but geographical considerations, together with a more ex- 

 act resemblance to C. flaviventris in the coloration of the upper parts, 

 leads us to regard the latter as most closely related. 



Family TANAGRID^. 



-V-27. Spindalis benedicti Ridgw. 



Spindalu henedicii, Ridgw. Descr. New Sp. B. Cozumel, February 26, 1885, 2. 

 Spindalis exsul, Salvix, Ibis, April, 1885, 189, pi. v. 



Sp. c^ku.— Adult $ (type, No. 102,675, U. S. Nat. Mus., Cozumel 

 I., Yucatan, January 29, 1885) : Entire pileum, lores, suborbital region, 

 auriculars, and broad submalar stripe, deep black ; broad superciliary 

 stripe and still broader malar stripe pure white, the latter wider pos- 

 teriorly, and extending backward beyond the auriculars ; chin white, 

 stripe down middle of throat rich yellow. Nape and jugulum dark 

 chestnut-brown. Back and scapulars dark olive-brown ; upper part of 

 rump yellowish olive, lower part, with upper tail-coverts, rich dark 

 chestnut. Lesser wing-coverts rich chestnut, the anterior and inner- 

 most feathers black; rest of wings, with tail, deep black, the greater 

 coverts and tertials broadly edged with pure white ; a white patch at 

 base of primaries, concealed by the coverts, however, on the two outer 

 quills ; primaries and secondaries narrowly edged with white, on the 

 latter, however, extending only about two-thirds of the way to the tips 

 of the greater coverts. Two outer rectrices with the terminal half 

 mainly white ; intermedise with inner webs broadly edged with white. 

 Breast and uj^per jmrt of abdomen rich yellow ; lining of wing, sides of 

 abdomen, anal region, and crissum, white ; sides and flanks light gray- 

 ish. Bill blackish, the mandible plumbeous basally; feet dusky (plum- 

 beous or bluish in lifef). Wing, 3.40; tail, 2.90; culmen, .60; bill from 

 nostril, .35 ; tarsus, .85 ; middle toe, .62. 



AduU 9 (No. 102,073, U. S. Nat. Mus., Cozumel I., Yucatan, January 

 28, 1885): Above uniform grayish olive; wings externally similar, but 

 darker, the greater coverts and tertials showing broad but not sharply 

 detined paler edges ; primaries dusky, narrowly edged with grayish 

 white, and showing a small white speculum at base of fourth and fifth 

 quills; prirnary-coverts and alulte plain dusky. Tail without white 

 spots. Auriculars streaked with dusky and pale grayish olive ; chin 

 and broad malar stripe (poorly defined) pale grayish, tinged with olive; 

 rest of lower parts pale grayish obve, changing to yellowish white on 

 the belly, and soiled whitish on crissum and lining of wing. Wing, 

 3.20 ; tail, 2.70 



Sixteen skins (eleven $ , five 5 ) and ten alcoholic specimens are in- 

 ■cluded in the collection. 



