294 TANAGEID^. 



For many years the only known specimen of this peculiar species was the type 

 obtained by Dr. S. Cabot in Yucatan when he accompanied Stephens during his 

 celebrated expedition to that country. This type was examined by Mr. Sclater in 

 1856 ^ by Mr. Kidgway in 1873 3, and by Salvin in the following year; all these 

 ornithologists agreeing as to the distinctness of the bird from all known species of 

 Pyranga. During the last few years, Mr. G. F, Gaumer, who has been making 

 collections of birds in Northern Yucatan, has succeeded in obtaining additional specimens, 

 including the female, which was not previously known. This was recently described 

 by Mr. Lawrence, and, through M. Boucard's kindness, one has passed into our 

 possession. 



The acquisition of the female proves still further the great peculiarity of the bird, 

 which in Mr. Eidgway's synopsis of the genus Pyranga occupies a distinct section. 



P. roseigularis has apparently a very limited range, which is restricted to Northern 

 Yucatan, beyond which it has not yet been traced. 



c. Aloe extus olivacece. 

 8. Pyranga erythrocephala. 



Spermagra erythrocephala, Sw. Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 437 \ 



Pyranga eryihrocq)hala, BuBus, Esq. Om. t. 32'j Bp. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 178 'j Scl. P. Z. S. 



1856, p. 125"; 1859, p. 377 '; 1864, p. 173 ^ Dugfes, La Nat. i. p. 140 \ 

 Pyranga cucullata, BuBns, Bull. Ac. Brux. xiv. pt. 2, p. 105 ^ 



Olivaceo-viridis, subtus flavescens, capite toto et gula rosaoeo-coccineis, iUo saturatiore, loris et ciliis nigris, 

 tectricibus auricularibus sericeo-rosaceis ; rostro et pedibus nigricanti-comeis. Long, tota 6-0, alae 3'0, 

 oaudse 2-9, rostri a rictu 0-6, tarsi 0"8. (Descr. maris (?) ex Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. Mexico ^ ^, Temiscal tepee (Bullock ^), Guanajuato {Buges ^), valley of Mexico 

 ( White ^), Juquila, Totontepec [Boucard ^). 



This Tanager has a very limited range confined to the tablelands of Mexico from 

 Guanajuato in the north to Juquila and Totontepec in the south. It was not 

 noticed by Sumichrast in the State of Vera Cruz nor yet anywhere on the west 

 coast. 



P. erythrocephala was first discovered by Bullock at Temiscaltepec and described by 

 Swainson in 1827. A second name, P. cucullata, was given to it twenty years after- 

 wards by DuBus. The same author figured it under Swainson's name in his 'Esquisses 

 Ornithologiques ;' but the Plate representing it was probably never actually issued, and 

 no letterpress accompanies it in the copies of this work which we have seen. 



Of the habits of this species nothing has been recorded, except a note by Bullock 

 that it " feeds on insects, but is fond of beef &c. Two were shot on the meat at the 

 back of my house ! " Specimens of it are rarely seen in collections. 



