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pale red;' maxilla dark horn brownish, mandible paler; iris brown; 

 legs and feet horn brownish; length (skins), 139.70-149.86 (144.53); 

 wing, 79.25-83.82 (81.28); tail, 63.25-68.58 (65.53); exposed culmen, 

 10.16-11.18 (10.67); depth of bill at base, 8.89-9.65 (9.14); tarsus, 

 17.78-19.30 (18.64); middle toe, 13.97-16.24 (14.48).' 



Adult fonaJe. — Similar to the adult male, but without any red, that 

 of the upper parts replaced by the general hair brown, that of throat, 

 etc., by streaks of white and grayish brown, like rest of under parts; 

 length (skins), 137.41-142.75 (141.22); wing, 74.17-78.99 (76.96); tail, 

 56.90-63.60 (69.44); exposed culmen, 10.16-10.92 (10.67); depth of 

 bill at base, 8.89-9.65 (9.40); tarsus, 17.02-19.05 (18.03); middle toe, 

 12.95-14.48 (13.72).' 



Immature (J) male. — Exactly like adult female in coloration. 



Southeastern portion of Mexican plateau, in States of Tamaulipas 

 (Miquihuana)?, Morelos (Tetela del Volcan), Hidalgo (Real del Monte; 

 Pachuca), Vera Cruz (San Andres Gorion, Jalapa, Cordova, etc.), 

 Puebla (Barrio de Santiago; Mount Orizaba; Chalchicomula), Mexico 

 (City of Mexico; Tlalpam; Temascaltepec), and Tlaxcala. 



\_Fnngilla\ mexlcaiia Muller, Syst. ]Sfat. Suppl., 1776, 165 (based on Bruant, de 

 .Vexique Buffon, PI. Enl., vi, pi 386, fig. 1). 



Emberiza mexicana Boddaeht, Tabl PI. Enl., 1783, 23 (based on Therese jaune 

 Buffon, viii, p. 88; Brisson, Orn., iii, o.) 



\_Emberiza\ mexicana Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 873. — Latham, Index 

 Orn., i, 1790, 412. 



Carpodaeus mexicanus'Rii)GV,-AY, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ii, Apr. 28, 1884, 111 (in 

 text). — Febeaei-Peeez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 149 (Barrio de San- 

 tiago, Puebla, Dec). — Salvix and Godjian, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 

 422, part (Temascaltepec, Mexico; Real del Monte, Hidalgo; plateau of 

 Vera Cruz; San Andres Gorion, Vera Cruz). — Shaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xii, 1888, 422 (Valley of Mexico; Puebla).— Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1890, 215 (Chalchicomula, Puebla). — Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus., x, 

 1898, 29 (Jalapa; crit.). 



C-larpudacus] frontalis memcanus Eidgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ii, Apr. 28, 

 1884, in text. 



Clarpodamsl mexicanus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 391. 



Pyrrliula frontalis (not Fringilla frontalis Say) Swainson, Philos. Mag., newser., 

 i, 1827, 435. 



Eryihrospiza frontalis 'BoiiAFA'RTE, Oss. Cuv. Regne Anim., 1830, 80; Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1837, 112 (City of Mexico). 



Carpodaeus frontalis Bonapaete and Schlegbl, Mon. Loxiens, 1850, 15, part, pi. 

 16, fig. 2. 



l_Carpodaais'] frotitcdis Bonapaete, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 533, part. 



C [arpoc?acH.s] /routoKs Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 166 (Mexico). 



Carpodaeus mexicanus frontalis Cox, Auk, xii, 1895, 357 (Mount Orizaba). 



' In many winter specimens (perhaps younger males) the under parts are more or 

 less tinged with buff, especially on sides and flanks, and the brown strfeaks are 

 broader. In such specimens the red areas are of a soft pinkish wine purple hue, as 

 described above. 



^ Eleven specimens. 



' Eight specimens. 



