478 Nl>RTII AMKIUOAN HIHDS. 



Chrysomitris psaltria, Mir. mexicana, Bonap. 



BLACK OOLDFIHOH; MEXICAN GOLDFINCH. 



Canluelis mcxicanits, Swmss. Syn. Ilinls Mcx. I'liil. Miij;. 1.H'27, 4;ir.. — Waoi.kh, IhIs, 

 1831, fi'ij. ChriimimilriD mciiniiiHn, 111', (.'uiis]). Av. ISSO, 51(1 (iiuotrs Ai'U. tab, 

 427). — Daiud, liirds N. Am. l»."i», i'i'i, pi. liv, f. 1. AsliuKjaliniis mcxiaiiiiis, (.'ah. 

 Mu8. Ilfiii. ISSl, Kiy. — 111. .louni. I'iir Orii. 1801, 7 iwitli syiioiiyiny). — C'oukh, 

 r. A. N. S. 18(>(!, 8'J. Fi-iiiiiilhi infill iiiLiiiiithd (Licirr.l, \Vaiii.i;i!, Isis, 1831, r)25. 

 ? FiiiiiiiUit ciiliiliil, (i.M. Syst. Nut. I, 1788, 1114. Fiiiiijil/n liMii.iin, (iiiiAru, l(i Sp. 

 lUnLs Ti'.x. 1841, pi. v. (. 1 (yives wliitu ln-lly). — Cooi-iiit, Orn. C'al. 1, KiS). 



Sp. Ciiah. Upper parts t:oiitiiiniinsly iiiiil t'liliivly Mack ; llic R'allicrs of tlic rump white 

 suliteriniiiaily, ami showing this tliiDiiijli thelilack; ii I'uw of the leatlR-rt with frreeiiish- 

 yellow betwi'fii the whitu and the black ; a I'uw, peiiiapfi, without black tips. The bases of 

 the tliinl to seventh primaries, ami the ends of the tertiaries externally while. The tail is 

 black, c.xceiit the outer tiiree I'eatner.s, in which the outer webs ami tiiis only are this color; 

 the rest while. Insiile of winu; lilaek. Under parts of body pale yellow. Female 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, .luue (ScL. 

 1858, 302) ; Cordova (ricL. 1850, 3t>;j) ; (iuateniala (Scu Ibis 1, It)) ; Costa liica (Cab. 

 J, 18G1, 7); Panama (Lawr. N. Y. Lye. 18C1, 331 ; winter). 



Habits. Tlie Mexican Goldfinch is distributed from the western side 

 of the Ivio (Jrando, through Mexico and Central America, to Panama. 

 Suniicln-ast mentions it as i'ound throughout tlie State of Vera Cruz, but 

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

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

 re])orted from Costa Iiica, and from Panama in tlie 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 lawrenoii, Bonap. 



LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH. 



Carduclis lawrcncii, Oassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. V, Oct. 1850, 105, pi. v (California). Chrysomi- 

 tris laurciicii, Bo.v. Coiiiptcs Ucndus, Dec. 1853, 913. — Baihd, Birds N. Am. 1858, 

 424. — HicKKM. X, S, 50 (nest). — Elliot, lllust. Am. B. I, pi. viii. — Cooper, Orn. 

 Cal. I, 171. 



Sp. Char, Male. Hood, sides of head anterior to the middle of the eye, chin, and 

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

 back, and upper tail-coverts, ash-color. Hump and lesser wing-coverts yellowish-gn.-en. 

 Throat below th(! black, breast, and outer edges of all the quills (except the first primary, 

 and passing into white behind), hright greenish-yellow. Wings black. Tail-feathers 

 black, with a whit(! srpiaro patch on the inner web, near the end ; outer edges grayish ; 

 quills black. Female similar, with the black of the head replaced by ash. Length, .iboiit 

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

 stead of yellow. 



Had. Coast of California; Fort Whipple, Arizona (Cooes, P. A. N. S. 18GC, 83). 



