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This bird, tiiougli apparently 'belonging to this genus, does not strictly accord with the char- 

 acters of that group embracing the North American species. It is well figured in all the plates 

 cited above, especially in those of Spix and Audubon. The last author erroneously gave it as 

 a North American bird, from the fact that specimens were contained in the collection sent 

 bome by the late Dr. Townsend, wbich were, however, obtained in the vicinity of the city of 

 Valparaiso. It is found in Peru, Brazil, and Patagonia, and exhibits the harmless and unsus- 

 picious habits characteristic of many of tbe birds of this family. 



CEITHAGEA LUTEI VENTEIS, (Meyen.) 



Fringilla luteiventris, Meyen Nova Acta XVI, 1834, 87. 

 Figure. — Nova Acta Acad. Breslau XVI, PI. xii, Fig. 3. 

 Several specimens of this bird are labelled as having been obtained in the Andes. 



CHEYSOMITEIS ATEATUS, (D'Orb. and Lafres.) 



Carduelis atraius, D'Orb. and Lafr. Guerin's Mag. 1837, 83. 

 Figure. — D'Orbigny Voy. Am. Mer. Ois. PI. xlviii. Fig. 2. 

 Specimens are labelled as having been obtained in the interior. This little bird is stated to 

 appear occasionally in flocks, though it probably visits Chile only in the season of migration. 



CHEYSOMITEIS MAEGINALIS, Bonap. 

 Ptate XVn. Male and female. 

 Clirysomitris marginalis, Bonap. Cons. Av. 1850, 517. 



Of tbis singular new Goldfinch two specimens only are in the collection, whicb are, however, 

 male and female. It bears a great resemblance to the European Clirysomitris spinus, but is 

 larger, and the bill is much stronger ; in fact, the latter character is sufiicient to distinguish it 

 from any other species of this genus with which we are acquainted. 



Male, with the head above and large space on the throat, black. Back, yellowish green, 

 with obscure longitudinal stripes of brownish ; rump and upper tail coverts yellow ; quills 

 brownish black, at their bases yellow, forming a conspicuous mark on the wing ; tail brownish 

 black; under parts (except the throat) pale ashy yellow ; bill short, thick. Female very simi- 

 lar to the male, but with no black on the head and throat, and with the yellow markings on 

 the wings less conspicuous. In all its colors this bird almost precisely resembles the European 

 species above mentioned. We have no account of its habits or history. 



CALLISTE CYANICOLLIS, (D'Orbigny.) 

 Plate XVIII, Fig. 1. Adult male. 



Aglaia cyanicolUs, (D'Orb.) Guerin's Mag. de Zool. 1837, 33. 

 Aglaia cacruleocephala, Swains. Cab. Cy. Birds, Pt. Ill, 1838, 356. 

 VuLG. Blue-headed Tanager. 



Of this species, hitherto known as a bird of Peru, one specimen only is in the collection, 

 without label. Though it is not in our power to present any facts in the history of this beau- 



