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



missure, although curved, is without any appearance of a 

 tooth. 

 Total length, 6 : bill, \ ; wings, 3 ; tail, 3i ; tarsi, yV- 



70. Pyranga livida. 



Livid red, beneath brighter ; bill sinuated at the base ; tail di- 

 varicated, the sides rounded. 

 Table land. Real del Monte. 

 Total length, 8 : bill, A ; wings, 3-[\ ; tail, 3^ ; tarsi, |. 



71. Pj/7anga hepatica. 



Grayish livid, beneath bright red; bill toothed in the middle; 



tail even. 

 Table land. Real del Monte. The female is olive green 



above, and yellow beneath. 

 Total length, 8 : bill, | ; wings, 4 ; tail, 3^ ; tarsi, |. 



72. Pyranga bidentata. 



Head, neck, and under parts golden ; back, rump and tail co- 

 vers fulvous brown, striped with black ; wings black, the 

 covers varied with fulvous and white. 



Temiscaltipec : rare. 



Total length about 8 : bill, |; wings, 3| ; bill with two small 

 teeth near the base. 



G. TiARis. Swains, in Zool. Jou7-n. No. 10. 



73. Tiaris pusillus. 



Olive ; crown, ears, throat and breast blackish ; eye-stripe and 



chin golden yellow. 

 Table land. Temiscaltipec. Real del Monte. 

 A variety, or probably a young bird of this species now before 



me, differs in having the black confined to a narrow margin 



bordering the yellow spots. 



G. GuiRACA. Swains, in Zool. Journ. No. 10. 



74. Guiraca ccendea. Wilson iii. pi. 24. ^ i' 



Although rarely seen in the United States, this bird is very 

 common on the Table land of Mexico. 



75. Guiraca melanocepliala. 



Head black, throat, breast, and rump ferruginous. Middle 



of the body, and under wing covers yellow. 

 Table land. Temiscaltipec. Size of the last. 



76. Guiraca ludoviciana. Sw. Vieil. Gal. pi. 58. 



Table land. I have seen two or three specimens from Mexi- 

 CO, but all in immature plumage. 



FaM. PsiTTACIDiE. 



77. Psittacus leucorhynchus. Sw. 



Green; crown, chin, and naked orbits white; head bluish; 



tail short, the lateral feathers red, margined with blue. 

 A pair of these birds, male and female, were brought to this 



country 



