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Fringilla haemorrhoa Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1830, 2 (Mexico; Ber- 

 lin Mus. See Cabanis, Joum. fiir Orn., 1863, 56).— Wagler, Isis, 1831,525. 



"PyrrhuKnota hsemorrhoa Bp. Comptea Rendus, 1856." (Sclatee.) 



Corpodacus hamorrhous Sclatee, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 304 (San Andres 

 Gorion, near Cordova, Vera Cruz); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 122, part.— Baird, 

 Rep. Pacific B. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 417, footnote (City of Mexico, etc.; crit.); 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 309.— Sdmicheast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., 

 i, 1869, 550 (Orizaba, etc.. Vera Cruz).— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,iii, 

 1880, 236.— Salvin, Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 205 (Mexico). 



ICarpodacus'] hiemorrhous Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 101, no. 7513.— Sclatbr 

 and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 34. 



Carpodacus frontalis var. hiemorrhous Bidgway, Am. Joum. Sci., v, Jan., 1873, 

 39.— Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 460, 

 pi. 21, fig. 12. 



Carpodacus frontalis . . var. ?ia?norr-/iou« Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 141a, part. 



ICarpodaous frontalis.] c. hiemorrhous, Coubs, Birds N. W., 1874, 108 (synonymy). 



Pyrrhula crv.entata'L^asoN, Rev. Zool., 1839, 101 (Mexico; mus. Abeill^). 



CARPODACUS MEXICANUS ROSEIPECTUS (Sharpe). 

 0AX4.CA HOirSE FINCH. 



Similar to C. in. mexicanus, but bill decidedly larger and coloration 

 darker; adult male with the red of head, throat, and "rump varying 

 from deep vinaceous wine purple to maroon purple. 



Adult 7?i«2^e.— Length (skins), 141.73-143.26 (142.49); wing, 79.76- 

 81.53 (80.62); tail, 62.23-65.28 (63.75); exposed culmen, 11.68; depth 

 of bill at base, 10.16; tarsus, 18.29; middle toe, 14.48.' 



Southern extremity of Mexican plateau, in the State of Oaxaca 

 (Huajualpam). 



I am by no means certain that the bird here separated is the O. 

 roseipecttis of Sharpe, since the two specimens examined lack entirely 

 any tinge of red on the breast, the red ending abruptly on the extreme 

 upper part of the chest. Since, however, C m. mexicanus may or may 

 not have a tinge of light red on the bx'east, it is likely the present 

 form varies in the same manner, and Sharpe's bird coming also from 

 Oaxaca it is most likely the present bird is the same form as his. 

 Whether the C. rosdpectus of Sharpe or not, however, this form may 

 be distinguished from C m. mexicanits, to which it is most nearly 

 allied, by its larger bill and decidedly darkey coloration, especially of 

 the red areas in the adult male. 



(?) Carpodacus frontalis (not Fringilla frontalis Say) Bonaparte and Schlegel, 



Mon. des Loxiens, 1850, pi. 17, upper fig. 

 [Carpodacus} frontalis Bonapaete, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 533, part. 

 Carpodacus hamorrhous (not Fringilla haemorrhoa Lichtenstein) Sclater, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858, 303 (Oaxaca); 1859, 380 (do.). 

 Carpodacus mexicanus (not Fringilla mexicana Miiller) Salvin and Godman, 



Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 422, part (Oaxaca). 

 Carpodacus roseipectus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 424 (Oaxaca, 



s. w. Mexico; Brit. Mus.). 



' Two specimens. 



