Mr. Swainson's Synopsis of the Birds of Mexico. 435 



G. Ammodramus. Swains, in Zool. Joitrn. No. 10. 



48. Ammodyamiis bimactdatus. 



Above gray, varied with chesnut lines and black spots ; be- 

 neath ochraceous white, unspotted ; breast with a lateral 

 black spot. 



Table land. Temiscaltipec. 



Total length, 4|: bill, ^ ; wings, 2-rV ; tail, \\; tarsi, 4 ; hind 

 claw and toe, 4^4. 



G. Chondestes. S-iVaijis. i?i Zool. Jotirn. No. 10. 



49. Chondestes strigatiis*. 



Fulvous brown, beneath whitish ; ears and double stripe on 

 the head chesnut ; chin with a lateral black stripe ; lateral 

 tail feathers black, tipt with white. 



Table land. Temiscaltipec. 



Total length, 6|: bill, ^ ; wings, 3| ; tail, 3^ ; tarsi, 4. 



50. Fringilla socialis. Wilson ii. pi. 15. f. 5. 



Table land. Temiscaltipec. Real del Monte. 



51. Fringilla cinerca. 



Cinereous, beneath whitish ; back and wing covers rufous ; 



tail divaricated, the outer feather white. 

 Table land. Temiscaltipec. 

 Total length, Q>\: bill, \\ wings, 2^ ; tail, 3 ; tarsi, -iV- 



52. Pijrrkula frontalis. Bonaparte, Am. Orn. i. pi. 6. f. 1.2. 



Table land. Temiscaltipec. Real del Monte. 



Total length, 5^: bill, tV; wings, S-^v ; tail, 2^ ; tarsi, -^f^. 



I adopt the name by which that enlightened ornithologist 



Prince Charles Bonaparte has distinguished this species ; 



although I am at present unprepared to offer any opinion 



as to its true affinities. 



53. Carduelis Mexicanus. 



Glossy black, beneath yellow ; base of the quills and lateral 



tail feathers white. 

 Table land. Temiscaltipec. Real del Monte. 

 Total length, 44 : bill yV ; wings, 2i ; tail, 2 ; tarsi, ^. 



Fam. SxURNIDi?:. 



54. G. DoLiCHONYx. Simins. in Zool. Jmirn. No. 10. 



Dolichonyx orzivorus. Su\ Wilson ii. pi. 12. f. 1, 2. 

 Table land. 



* Since the above was written, I have been gratified by a siglit of the 

 valuable addition made to " American Ornithology" by Prince Charles 13o- 

 nuj>arte. I have it not in my power, at tiiis moment, to institute a com- 

 parison between the i)ird above described, and the Friugilla gi-nmmaca of 

 tills writer. They appear, however, to belong to the same group ; but as 

 the characters of the genus Sjjizn are not there detailed, I know not 

 whether it accords with my dermitioii of Cliondcstcs. 



3 K 2 55. Agclaiin 



