BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 121 



Chrysomitris columbiana Lafresnaye, Revue Zool., 1843, 292 (Colombia; type in 

 coll. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. ). — Solater, Proc. Zool. See. Lond., 1855, 759 (Bogota, 

 Colombia); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 124 (Bogota).— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Pliila.,1865, 93 (crit.).— ScLATERand Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, 167 

 (Caracas, Venezuela); 1875,234 (Merida, Venezuela) ; 1879,508 (Concordia, 

 Retiro, Santa Elena, and Medellin, pro v. Antioquia, Colombia). — Lawrence, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 103 (San Jos(§, Costa Rica). — Fkantzius, Journ. fiir 

 Orn., 1869, 302 (Costa Rica).— Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1880, 199 

 (Callacate, n. Peru); Orn. du P^rou, iii, 1886, 51 (Chota, Bambamarta, Cu- 

 tervo, etc.,n. Peru). — Zeledon, Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882, 9. — Salvin, 

 Novit. Zool., ii, no. 1, 1895, 7 (Vina, centr. Peru, alt. 5,500 ft.) . — Bangs, Proc. 

 Biol. '3oc. Wash., xii, 1898, 139 (Santa Marta, Colombia). — Salvadori and 

 Festa, Boll. Mus. Zool., etc., Torino, xv, 1899, 27 (Niebli, av. Ecuador). 



Chrysomitris columbianus Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 423, footnote. — 

 Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, 230 (Tambillo, n. Peru). 



[_Chrysomitris1 columbiana Solater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 34. 



C.[hrysomitris'] colambiana Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 

 431, in text. 



Chrysomitris colombiana Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 208. 



A.[stragalinus'] columbianus Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, July, 1851, 159 (Colombia). 



Astragalinus columbianus Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861. 94 (Costa Rica) . 



Astragalirms psaltria columbianus Allen, Bull. Am, Mus. N. H., xiii, Aug. 25, 1900, 

 165 (Bonda, etc., Santa Marta). 



IChrysomitrii Pseudomitris mexicanus.'] B. Ya,r. columbianus Coues, Proc. Ac. 

 Nat. Sci.Phila., 1866,82 (synonymy). 



XChrysomitris psaltria.l Var. columbiana Coves, KeyN. Am. Birds, Oct., 1872, 133, 

 in text. 



[Chrysomiiris psaltria'] var. columbiana Baibd, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 471. 



Chrysomitris psaltria Y&r. columbiana 'RiOGW ay, Am. Journ. Sci., iv, Dec, 1872, 455. 



[Chrysomitris psaltria] d. columbiana Coues, Birds N.W., 1874, 117 (synonymy). 



Chrysomitris mexicana columbiana Berlbpsch, Journ. fiir Orn. , 1884, 296 (Bucara- 

 manga, Colombia; crit.). 



S. [pinus] psaltria columbiana Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 398, in text. 



Spinus psaltria columbianus Phelps, Auk, xiv, 1897, 364 (San Antonio, Venezuela) . 



Spinus columbianus Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 112 (Costa Rica) . 



(?) C. [hrysomitris] nana Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, Sept. 15, 1850, 516 (Colombia; 

 Paris Mus. ;= female or young?) . 



Chrysoviitris mexicana (not Carduelis mexicana Swainson) Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 431, part. 



ASTRAGALINUS LAWRENCII (Cassin). 

 LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH. 



Outer webs of wing-coverts and remiges partly yellow; inner webs 

 of rectrices (except middle pair) with a subterminal white patch. 



Adult male. — Anterior portion of head, all round, including throat 

 and fore part of crown, black; above brownish gray (the back some- 

 times tinged with olive-green), changing to yellowish olive-green on 

 rump; sides of head and lateral under parts paler brownish gray, 

 becoming white on under tail-coverts and abdomen; chest and median 

 portion of breast yellow; length (skins), 99.57-118.36 (110.24); wing, 



