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stripes deeper black (never streaked with brown), upper parts brighter 

 olive-green (especially the wings), edge of wing brighter yellow, bend 

 of wing yellow, and chest deeper gray. 



Adult male.— IjQngth (skins), 153.6Y-173.99 (164.85); wing, 70.61- 

 81.79 (75.69); tail, 62.23-74.93 (68.33); exposed culmen, 14.73-16.51 

 (15.75); depth of bill at base, 9.40-10.16 (9.65); tarsus, 27.43-29.97 

 (28.45); middle toe, 17.78-20.32 (18.80).^ 



AcMt female.— IjQngth (skins), 162.40-167.64(166.97); wing, 70.61- 

 80.77 (73.41); tail, 62.99-71.63 (65.79); exposed culmen, 14.78-16.00 

 (15.49); depth of bill at base, 9.14-9.66 (9.40); tarsus, 26.67-29.21 

 (27.94); middle toe, 17.63-20.32 (19.05).' 



Southern Honduras (Segovia River) to Veragua. 



Embernagra siriaticeps (not of Lafresnaye, 1852) Sclatbr and Salvin, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond. , 1864, 352 (Lion Hill, Panama E. R. ) .— Oassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila.,.1865, 170 (Costa Rica).- Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1866, 

 181 (Greytown, Nicaragua); ix, 1868, 103 (Angostura, Costa Rica). — S-Vlvin, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 142 (Cordillera de Tol6 and Santa F6, Veragua) ; 

 1870, 190 (Bugaba, Chitra, and Calovevora, Veragua) ; 1883, 422 (Panama).— 

 Frantzius, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 301 (Costa Rica). — Bohcard, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1878, 56 (San Carlos and Puntarenas, Costa Rica). — Zeledon, 

 Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882, 9; An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 112 (Las 

 Trojas, Pozo Azul de Pirris, Naranjo de Cartago, and Angostura, Costa 

 Rica).— RiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 580, 587 (Truxillo and 

 Segovia R., Honduras). — Nx'tting and Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 

 1883, 401 (Los Sdbalos, Nicaragua). — Salvin and Godmas, Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, i, 1886, 414.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 762.— Cherrie, 

 Expl. Zool. Costa Rica, 1893, 29 (Palmar, Boruca, Terraba, and Buenos 

 Aires, s. Costa Rica).— Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 493 (Rio 

 Escondido, Nicaragua; habits; descr. nest and eggs). 



lE7nber)iagra'] striatlceps Gray, Hand-list, ii,1870, 91, no. 7340. — Sclater and 

 Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 32. 



Emhenviiira conirostris (not Arremon conirostrist Bonaparte) Sclater, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1856, 143 (David, Chiriqui); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 117, part (in 

 synonymy). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1861, 332, part (Panama R. R. ). 



Arremonops richmondi Ridgway, Auk, xv, July (pub. May 13), 1898, 228 (Grey- 

 town, Nicaragua; U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Genus ARREMON Vielllot. 

 .4rre»ion ViEiLLOT, Analyse, 1816, 32. (Type, Tanagra silens Boddaert.) 



Rather small, short-and-round-winged Fringillidse, closely similar in 

 external structural details to Arremonops., but with pileum and sides of 

 head black, with or without white or gray median crown-stripe and 

 superciliary stripes; tail darker than back and wings or else bluish 

 gray or slate-gray. 



Bill moderate, conical, with nearlj' straight outlines (only the culmen 

 sometimes decidedly curved), its basal depth about equal to length of 

 gonysand decidedly exceeding the basal width; culmen nearly straight 



' Eleven specimens. ^ Eight specimens. 



