1883.] MR. A. BOUCARD ON BIRDS FROM YUCATAN. 443 



38. EUPHONIA HIRUNDINACEA, Bp. 



Native name " Cbi-chim-bi-chi-la." This species is not common 

 in Yucatan. It was first seen in Chable, and also in Izalam and 

 Tizimin. In habits it is much hke the preceding, though the two 

 birds are never found together. It is not quite so good a singer as 

 the other. 



39. Pyranga rubra (Linn.). 

 Common near the city of Merida. 



40. Pyranga ^estiva (Gm.). 



ValladoUd in October, not common. Feeding on Hemiptera. 



41. Pyranga roseigularis, Cabot, Bost. Journ. N. H. v. 

 p. 416 ; Scl. Ibis, 1873, p. 125, pi. 3. 



Only two specimens were obtained of this rare species. The 

 female very much resembles the male ; but the throat is yellow 

 instead of red. The size is exactly the same. 



42. Phcenicothraupis rubicoides (Lafr.). 



This bird is quite common in the forests, where it follows the 

 swarms of ants, in search of its food. It is generally seen in flocks 

 of from six to a dozen, and is not wild. 



[Also in Dr. Cabot's collection. — O. S.'] 



43. EUCOMETES SPODOCEPHAI.A, Bp. 



44. Saltator ATRiCEPS, Lessou. 



Pyrrhula raptor, Cabot, Bost. Journ. N. H. v. p. 90, t. 12. 



This bird is found abundantly in the city of Merida, and is quite 

 common in all parts. It is generally seen in flocks of from 4 to 12. 

 The song of the male is exceedingly sharp, shrill, and piercing ; it 

 generally sings at break of day. While living in Izamal a pair of 

 these birds came every morning into a bush at my window, where 

 they sang for half an hour every day, and at their first notes I found 

 myselt awakened. This bird mounts to the highest branch of a tree, 

 where it utters a few shrill notes, and again descends to the thick 

 foliage below. Its food is the flowers of the convolvulus when tliis 

 plant is in bloom ; and at other times I have found other flowers and 

 green leaves, or sometimes fruits, in its stomach. 



45. Saltator grandis, Lafr. ; Lawr. /. c. p. 200. 



This is believed by the natives to be a distinct species, though I 

 am of opinion that it is the female of the preceding. Its habits 

 are the same, though the song is much milder ; and of this form I 

 have seen flocks of 70 to 100, while the preceding rarely exceeds 

 8 or 10. 



[In Dr. Cabot's collection.— 0. ^'.] 



