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This flue species, perhai)s the handsomest of the genus, agrees best 

 in coloration with 8. zena (Linn.), in the restriction of the yellow on the 

 lower parts, and in the chestnut nape and upper tail-coverts. 8. zena^ 

 however, is much smaller (wing 3,15 and tail 2.70 in the $ ), with the 

 bill altogether more slender, has the back, scapulars, and lesser wing- 

 coverts intense black, and much less of chestnut on the jugulum, which 

 is widely separated from the yellow throat-stripe. In size it comes near- 

 est the Jamaican species {8. nigricephala, James.), but the coloration is. 

 widely distinct. 



— 28. Piranga roseigularis Cabot. 



Three adult males, apparently identical with Yucatan specimens, al- 

 though they have not been directly compared. 



Family FRINGILLID^. 



-^29. Coturniculus savaunarum passerinus (Wils.). 



Two specimens, belonging decidedly to the eastern form, and not the 

 western perpallidus. 



+-30. Passerina cyanea (Linn.). 



One example, an immature male. 

 [31. Passerina ciris (Linn.). Devis collection.] 



32. Euetheia olivacea intermedia Eidgw. 



Emtheia olivacea intermedia, RiDGW. Descr. Nftw Sp. B. Cozumel, February 

 26, 1885, 2. 



SUBSP. CHAR. — Intermediate between and connecting U. olivacea 

 (Gmel.) and E. olivacea pusilla (Sw.), having the grayer cheeks of the 

 former and greater extension of black on the breast of the latter. Type^ 

 No. 102,710, $ ad., Cozumel, January 28, 1885. 



This interesting series, consisting of nineteen specimens (six skins, 

 the remainder alcoholic), completely* connects the West Indian E. oliv- 

 acea with the continental E. pusilla. It being impossible to refer them 

 to either, however, without doing injustice to the claims of the other, 

 and their habitat being moreover isolated, we have felt obliged to name 

 the Cozumel bird as a local race, as the best way out of the difficulty.. 



33. Cardinalis cardinalis saturatus Eidgw. 



Cardina'is saturatus, EiDGW. Descr. New Sp. B. Cozuuiel, February 26, 1885, 4. 



SuBSP. CHAR. — Similar to C. cardinalis coccineus, but coloration still 

 more intense, and the bill shorter and relatively much thicker. 



Adult $ (type, No. 102,720, Cozumel, January 24): Capistrum, includ- 

 ing whole upper part of throat, black, this meeting very narrowly across 

 the forehead. Rest of head and neck, with entire lower parts, deep 

 vermilion-red, purer and more intense on the lower parts, somewhat 

 obscured by dark brownish red tips to the feathers of crest, etc. Upper 

 parts, including flape, uniform dark claret-red, without distinct gfay- 



