478 NnriTii AMi:iiu\vN imw^. 



Chiysomitiis psaltria, var. mexicana, V>nsxp. 



BLACK OOLOFnrCH ; MEXICAH OOLDFIIICH. 



Cariiueh's mcxicanits. Swains. Syn. Uinls M.-x. Pbil. .M:i<,'. IMT, 43.1. — Waclku, Isis, 

 1831, ^'2o. Chnjsinnitris mciiinnus, \W. (.'uii.s)i. Av. lh.'»t>, 51t> (<iuot»'.s AlU. tub. 

 427). — Baikp, Hird.s N. Am. 1S.'»J*, \'l6, pi. liv, f. 1. Asti'mjalinns nuxiitnuiH, C'au. 

 Mus. Htiii. Ih.'il, 15y. — lu. .louiu. fur Orn. ISOI, 7 (with syiionymyi. (.'oUKs, 

 r. A. N. S, ls»u;, 82. Friiniilhi tiir/diKu-nif/i'i (LuirH, Waklkk, Isis, 1>>31, ;'»25. 

 f Fritojilht intato/, (iM. Svst. Nat. I, 17^8, 1>14. Fn'mji/fn ttxeii.sis, (JinATD, IG Sp. 

 Binls Tfx. 1841, pi. v. f. 1 (gives white htlly). — I'ooi'tu, Orn. Cal. 1, Itiy. 



Sp. Ciiak. Upp«'r part.>< continuously and entirely Mack ; the leathers of tin* nimp white 

 .<?ul>tenninally, and showini? this throujjh theldaek; a lew of the leather.^; with <:reenish- 

 yellow hetweeu tlie white and the l)laek ; a lew, perhai)s, without black tips. The bases of 

 the third to .seventh primaries, and the ends of tlie tertiai ies externally wiiite. The tail i.s 

 black, except the outer threi* feathers, in w hich the outer webs and tips only are this c«>lor ; 

 the rest white. Inside of wintr black. I'mler parts of body pale yellow. FeiiKile with 

 the black of the head and body replaced by olive-green. Length, 4.12 inches; wing, 2.25; 

 tail, 2.00. 



Had. Mexican side of the valley of the Rio Grande, southward ; Oaxaca, .June (ScL. 

 185S, 302) ; Cordova (Scl. 18.>G, 30;J) ; Guatemala (Sci« Ibis 1, ID) ; Costa Kica (Cab. 

 J. 1J!!G1, 7); Panama (Lawr. N. Y. Lye. I8G1, 331 ; whiter). 



Habits. The Mexican Goldfinch is distributed from the western side 

 of the liio Grande, through Mexico and Central America, to Panama. 

 Suniiclirast mentions it as found throughout tlie State of Vera Cruz, but 

 most abundant in tlie temperate region. It breeds in the vicinity of 

 Oizaba. It was taken in Central America, by Mr. Skinner, and has been 

 reported from Costa IJica, and from Panama in the winter. Of its distinc- 

 tive peculiarities we have no information, but they probably do not differ 

 from those of the other forms of C. psaltria. 



Chrysomitris lawrencii, Bonaf. 



LAWBENCE'S OOLDFIHCH. 



Cardiielis laicrcncii, Cassix, Pr. A. X. So. V, Oct. 1850, 105, pi. v (California). Chrysomi- 

 tris laicroieiit Box. Coniptts Kendus, Dec. 185.3, 913. — Baiud, Birds N. Am. 1858, 

 4l'4. — Heekm. X, S, 50 (nest). — Elliot, lllust. Am. B. I, pi. viiL — Cooper, Orn. 

 Cal. I, 171. 



Sp. Char. Male. Hoo<l, j:idos of head anterior to the middle of the eye. chin, and 

 upper pari of throat, black. Sides of head, neck, and body, upper part of neck and the 

 back, and upper tail-coverts. a.sh-color. Rump and lesser wing-coverts j'cllowish-nfreen. 

 Throat below the black, breixst, and outer edges of all the quills (except the first primary, 

 and passing into white bcliind), bright greenish-yellow. Wings black. Tail-feathers 

 black, with a whit<' square patch on the inner web, near the end; outer edges grayish; 

 quills black. Femnh similar, with the black of the head replaced by ash. Length, about 

 4.70; wing, 2.75; tail, 2.30. Young like the female, but wing-bands pale fulvous, in- 

 stead of yellow. 



Hab. Coast of California; Fort Whipple, Arizona (Coces, P. A. N. S. 18GG, 83). 



