Islands of the Coast of Yucatan, ^c. 259 



Cozumel I. (January, April). 



Mr. Gaumer has sent us a good series of both sexes of this 

 pretty species, which at present has only been found on the 

 island of Cozumel. There is a good deal of variation in the 

 amount of white on the wing in both sexes. 



■- 63. Phcenicothraupis insularis, sp. n. 



Supra griseo-rubescens, alis et cauda fuscescentioribus, illis 

 olivaceo vix limbatis, crista verticali ruberrima nigro hand 

 niarginata ; subtus pallide rubra, gutture clariore, pectore 

 et hy[JOcliondriis griseo tinctis; rostro corneo, pedibus 

 corylinis. Long, tota 7*8, alse 4"0, caudse 36, rostri a 

 rictu 0"85, tarsi 1"0. ? supra cinnamomeo-brunnea fere 

 unicolor, subtus sordide cinuamomea, gula et abdomine 

 medio cervinis. 

 Hub. Meco I. (November) ; Mugeres I. (December) 

 (G. F. Gaumer). 



Obs. P. salvini proxima, sed colore maris supra multo 

 pallidiore et magis griseo, subtus valde dilutiore facile dis- 

 tinguenda. Femina quoque coloribus multo pallidioribus 

 differt. 



Mr. Gaumer's collection contains a male and two females 

 from Meco Island, and several females from Mugeres Island. 

 These differ so obviously from mainland specimens of P. sal- 

 vini that it becomes necessary to separate them under 

 another name. The male is paler than the males of any 

 other species of the genus. 



On the mainland the true P. salvini occurs, both in 

 Northern Yucatan and in British Honduras, and though the 

 males from the former country are rather pale, the difference 

 is very slight. 



— 64. EUCOMETIS SPODOCEPHALA. 



Eucometis spodocephala (Bp.) ; Salv. & Godm. Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, i. p. 307, pi. 20. fig. 2. 



Meco I. 



Already noticed in Northern Yucatan and in British 

 Honduras. 



