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Spinus, species. 



The species iuhabitiug the Peniusula of Yutatau resembles croceua very closely in 

 size au<l geueral coloratiou, but has the axillaries bright yellow with black bases. 

 This may prove to be a distiuct form, but the absence of reliable material from that 

 locality prevents me from arriving at any conclusion in regard to it. 



Family ICTEEID^. 

 44. Icterus abeillei (Less.). 



Two adult males of this species were taken June 10 and 12 at the 

 Hacienda El Molino, Jalisco. They were apparently not very com- 

 mon and the female escaped notice. 



45. Icterus w^agleri Sel. 



Two adult males taken in Barranca Ibarra, Jalisco, April 20, 22. 

 Iris dark brown; base of under mandible lead color; tarsi and toes 

 dusky olive. 



46. Icterus audubonii Giraud. 



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Two adult females taken at the Hacienda Angostura in San Luis 

 Potosi, December 10 and 16. 



47. Icterus cucullatus Swains. 



One specimen, a young male, taken in the Barranca Ibarra, April 21. 



48. Icterus pustulatus (Wagl.). 



Taken in Barranca Ibarra, Jalisco, April 21. 



49. Sturnella magna neglecta (And.). 



Abundant in the salty meadows of southern Jalisco. Specimens 

 seen seemed very pale in color. 



50. Quiscalus macrourus Swains. 



Taken at Saledad, near San Luis Potosi, November 30. Iris light 

 yellow. Very abundant all through the central Mexican region. A 

 noisy and familiar bird, it makes itself at home in all cultivated places, 

 and is i)articularly abundant in the parks and gardens of the cities. 

 It even invades the patios of the houses and steals the food from the 

 domestic fowls. 



Family CORVID^. 



51. Cyanocitta stelleri macrolopha (Baird). 



Abundant in the mountains south of Nogales in Sonora. Frequent- 

 ing the pine woods in small flocks, they are very noisy birds, cawing 

 all the time, and moviug about from place to place continually. 



52. Aphelocoma cyanotis Ridgw. 



This bird first described by Mr. Ridgway in his "Manual of North 

 American Birds " from a very old specimen collected by John Taylor, 



