Messrs. Salvin and Godraan on Mexican Birds. 381 



the latter from Sonora. Mr. Richardson has sent us speci- 

 mens of both species from Bolanos in the State of Jalisco, 

 and Mr. Lloyd one of H. lucics from Santana near the 

 western extremity of the lake of Chapala. 



-' Myiadestes townsendi. 



This species we now find has a wide range in the western 

 Sierra Madre of Mexico. Mr. Lloyd has sent us specimens 

 from Sonora, and Mr. Richardson from the Sierra de Bolanos, 

 in the State of Jalisco. The latter seem absolutely like the 

 typical form of the Rocky Mountains. 



J- CHAMiEOSPIZA NIGRESCENS, sp. U. j 



C. torquat(E similis, sed supra magis oleaginea, et capite antico I 

 et gutture nigris, plaga gutturali parva alba et superciliis 

 et vitta mediana frontali nuUis facile distingnenda. 

 Long, tota 8'5, alee 3*6, caudte 4*0, rostri a rictu 0'6, i 

 tarsi 1"1 poll. Angl. ? mari similis. \ 



Hab. Patzcuaro, Mexico {F. D. Godman) . 

 A close ally of C. torquata, but easily distinguished by the 

 above-mentioned characters. 



Godman obtained a pair of this species at Patzcuaro in 

 the State of Michoacan, in January 1888. 



■ Cham^ospiza alticola, sp. n. 



C. torquata similis^ sed supra paulo magis viridescens, capite 

 antico latiore nigro et vitta mediana frontali alba abseute 

 distingnenda. 

 Hah. Sierra Nevada de Colima, Mexico {W. Lloyd and 

 W. B. Richardson). 



Several specimens of this species of Chamoiospiza were 

 obtained by Messrs. Lloyd and Richardson in the Sierra 

 Nevada of Colima, at an altitude of about 10,500 feet. The 

 iris is noted as red, the bill black, and the tarsi brown. The 

 loral and superciliary white stripe is much narrower in this 

 species than it is in C. turquata, and in C. nigi'escens it is 

 wholly absent ; C. torquata in the only one that has a white 

 frontal stripe. 



Chloronerpes auricularis, sp. n. 

 Oleagineo-viridis, dorso fere unicolore, uropygiopallide viridi ^ 

 stricte transvittato ; capite sumrao toto cinereo ; alls et 



