162 MNIOTILTID^. 



M. Boucard at Playa Vicente, and described by Mr. Sclater in one of his lists of 

 Mexican birds ^- Since then a few specimens have been obtained from the eastern 

 parts of Southern Mexico, where Prof. Sumichrast tells us it is an inhabitant of the hot 

 region and the warmer parts of the temperate region, he himself having obtained it at 

 Potrero, near Cordova, at an elevation of nearly 2000 feet above the sea. We have 

 lately received a specimen from Northern Yucatan, showing a considerable extension 

 of its range to the eastward. In Guatemala it appears to be as rare a bird as it is in 

 Mexico, but few examples of it having come under our notice. These all came from 

 diflferent parts of Vera Paz, one of them from the vicinity of Cahabon, less than 

 1000 feet above the sea. Mr. Sarg also informs us that it has been obtained near 

 Tactic, a village lying at an elevation of about 4500 feet. We never actually observed 

 the bird ourselves ; and no account of its habits has been published. 



Subfam. 8ET0PHAGIN^*. 



CAEDELLINA. 



Cardellina, DuBus^ Esq. Orn. t. 25 (1850 ?) . (Type C. amicta, DuBus, = Musdcapa rubrifrom, 

 Giraud.) 



If we exclude the two species C. rubra and C. versicolor from the genus Cardellina, 

 in which they have usually been placed, a single species, C. ruhrifrons, remains as its 

 sole representative. This is a peculiar bird, with a strong almost Parine bill, the 

 culmen of which is curved throughout. The rictal bristles are well developed, reaching 

 beyond the nostrils. The wings are long and pointed, the second, third, and fourth 

 quills being nearly equal and longest. The tail is nearly even, and shorter than the 

 wings. The feet are small, and the tarsi short. Compared with Urgaticus, the bill is 

 much stouter, the wings longer, and the tarsi shorter; and besides these characters 

 there is a marked difference in the style of the coloration of the plumage. The range 

 of the genus is that of its single species given below. 



1. Cardellina rubrifrons. 



Musdcapa rubrifrons, G-iraud^ Sixteen B. Texas, t. 7. f. V. 



Cardellina rubrifrom, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 66"; 1858, p. 299'; 1859, p. 374 *j Baird, Rev. Am. 



B. i. p. 264' J Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 192°; Coues, B. Col. Vail. i. p. 331'. 

 Basileuterus rubrifrons, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 363 ^ 

 Cardellina amicta, DuBus, Esq. Orn. t. 25 '; Bp. Consp. i. p. 312". 

 Parus erythropis, Licht., fide Bp. Consp. i. p. 312 ". 



Supra cinerea ; nucha, uropygio et corpore subtus albis, illo vix rosaceo tincto ; pileo postico et capitis lateribus 

 posticis nigris ; fronts, loris, cUiis et gula tota Isete rosaceo-rubris, alia albo unifasciatis ; rostro fusoo, 

 pedibus corylinis. Long, tota 5-0, alse 2-7, caud^ 2-3, tarsi 0-75, rostri a rictu 0-55. 



* Anted,, p. 157. 



