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p. 501 ^ Gosse, B. Jam. p. 259'; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 49^; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost 

 Soc. N. H. i. p. 553^ 



f?c%»»efesferfoOTci«wMs,Cab.Mus. Hein.i. p. 152'; J.f.Orn. 1861,p. 7'';Scl.P. Z S 1856 p 301 '"• 

 1859, p. 365 " ; 1860, p. 293 '^ ; 1864, p. 174 " ; Moore, R Z. S. 1859, p. 58" ■ Scl & Saly' 

 Ibis, 1859, p. 17 " ; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 836 " ; 1 879, p. 506 " ,- Lawr. N. Lye. N. Y,' vii. p 297 - • 

 ix. pp. 102 '\ 200 " ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 4, p. 19 " ; Mem. Bost. Soc. N H ii p 275 " • 

 Frantz. J. f. Om. 1869, p. 300 " ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 189 - ; Cat. Strickl. Col p 218 ^ • 

 Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 328 ^»; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 70"; Saly & Godm' 

 Ibis, 1880, p. 132^^; Boucard, P.Z. S. 1883, p. 444^". 

 Zamelodia ludoviciana, Coues, Key N. Am. B. ed. 3, p. 389 '°. 

 Goniaphea ludoviciana, Gundl. Orn. Cub. p. 95 '^ 



Fringilla rhodocampter, Licht. Preis-Verz. mex. Vog. p. 1, cf. J. f. Om. 1863, p. 56''^ 

 Nigerrimus; uropygio, abdomine, speoulo alari et fasoiis alarum duabus albis; peetore medio et subalaribua 

 Isete rosaceis, caudae rectrioibus tribus utrinque lateralibus albo maoulatis ; rostro pallido, pedibus plumbeis. 

 Long, tota 7-0, alee 8-8, caudae 3-9, rostri a rictu 0-6, tarsi 0-9. (Descr. maris ex Yucatan. Mus, 

 nostr.) 



$ fusea,^ supra fusoo-nigro striata, vertice medio et superciliis albidis ; subtus alba fusoo (prseter abdomen 

 medium) guttulata ; alls albo bifasciatis, subalaribus ochraceis ; r&stro pallide coryUno, pedibus oorylinis, 

 (Descr. feminae ex Duenas, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. NoETH Ameeica, Eastern United States to plains of the Missouri River 27, Texas «. 

 —Mexico 8 3i (Bullock % plains of Colima [Xantus 22), valley of Mexico {White ^% 

 Orizaba and Tierra Caliente {Le Strange), Cordova {Salle ^% Jalapa {de Oca ^\ 

 Beppe), State of Vera Cruz in winter {Symichrasf^), Tonala, Santa Efigenia^i 

 {Swmichrast), Merida in Yucatan {Schott 20, Gaumer 29) ; Guatemala 25 ( Velasquez de 

 Leon 3, Constancia ^% Vera Paz {Skinner i^), Eetalhuleu, Duenas, Volcan de Fuego, 

 San Geronimo, Tactic, Coban, Choctum {0. S. & F. B. G.); Hondueas, Omoa 

 {Leyland^% San Pedro {G. M. Whitely^^); Costa Riga {V. Frantzius^^^), San 

 Jose 19, Angostura {Carmiol), La Palma {Zeledon ^^), Cache {Rogers) ; Panama, 

 Volcan de Chiriqui {Arc6 24), line of Railway {M'Leannan i^), — Colombia i^ 26 28 . 

 EcuADOE 12 ; Antilles, Cuba ^i, Jamaica s. 



Males of this species in full plumage are seldom met with anywhere within our limits ; 

 indeed the only one in this stage that we possess is that described above from Yucatan. 

 The usual dress is one in which the rosy colour of the under wing-coverts, as well as a 

 more or less pronounced patch of that colour on the breast, shows the sex of the bird. 

 The rest of the plumage is usually a transitional one, in which the striped character of 

 the young is mingled with the darker tints of the adult. Many of the birds in this 

 transitional plumage are probably in winter dress, and the full plumage is only assumed 

 on the approach of the breeding-season. 



Hedymeles ludovicianus is a common winter visitant to Mexico and Central America, 

 being abundant at that season in Guatemala from the sea-level to a height of about 

 7000 feet. Being a bird of the Eastern States, it does not touch Western Mexico in its 

 winter migration until the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is reached, but thence southwards it 



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