402 FEINGILLID^. 



neis, loris albescentibus, fronte et genis fuscesoente-nigris ; subtus album, hypoohondriis dorso concoloribus, 

 macula pectorali indistincta nigra ; crisso rufescente ; rostro nigrioante-corneo, pedibus pallLde corylmis. 

 Long, tota 7-3, alae 3'3, caudae 2-9, tarsi I'O. (Descr. exempl. typ. ex ? Mus. Paris.) 



Hab. Mexico C?). 



We have nothing to add to the account of this bird given in 1868 in ' Exotic Orni- 

 thology,' vrhere the type specimen of the Paris Museum was described and figured. No 

 other example has come under our notice, and we still remain in ignorance of the 

 precise habitat of the species ; but the evident resemblance of the bird to P. riibricatwm 

 is suggestive of a Mexican or Central- American domicile. 



Compared with P. ruhricatum, P. kieneri is a larger bird, with a stouter bill and much 

 stronger feet and tarsi ; moreover, the former species has a white ring round the eye 

 wanting in the latter, and the summit of the head brown like the back instead of bright 

 rufous. 



The type specimen, which, so far as we know, remains unique, is marked as having 

 been procured in May 1843, during the expedition of the 'Danaide,' by M. Jaures, but 

 no locality is attached to the label. 



3. Pyrgisoma rubricatum. 



Tanagra rubricata, Licht. in Mus. Berol. ^. 



Atlapetes rubricatus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 140 °. 



Melozone rubricata, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 413'; 1866, p. 234 \ 



Pyrgisoma rubricatum, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 326°; Ex. Orn. p. 127, t. 64. f. 1 °; Lawr. 



Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 278'. 

 Pyrgisoma xantusi, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 480 '. 



Supra cinereum fusco vix tinclum ; pileo postieo cum nucha et linea oervicali utrinque ad gulam extensa rufis ; 

 macula anteoculari et oculorum ciliis albis ; fronte et facie sub ocuHs nigricante-seliistaceis ; teotricibns 

 auricularibus dorso concoloribus ; subtus album, plaga pectorali nigra, crisso rufescente, hypochondriis dorso 

 concoloribus, subalaribus et flexura alari albis ; rostro nigro, pedibus paUide corylinis. Long, tota 7'0, 

 alsB 3*2, caudae 3*0, rostri a rictu 0'6, tarsi I'O. 



Hob. Mexico \ Mazatlan, Topic, and San Bias {Grayson'^, Xantus''), Presidio (Porrer), 

 plains of Golima {Xantus ^ ^), Real Arriba {Beppe ^), Atlisco [Boucard ^ ^). 



The original specimens of this species were contained in Deppe's collections and sent 

 to the Berlin Museum, where they remained until 1851, when Prof. Cabanis described 

 them as Atlapetes rubricatus, adopting the unpublished specific name given them by 

 Lichtenstein. 



P. rubricatum was subsequently discovered at Colima by Xantus, and near Mazatlan 

 as well as Topic and San Bias by Grayson, who remarks that it is not an abundant 

 species, though resident throughout the year, inhabiting chiefly the woods. M. Alphonse 

 Forrer also found it at Presidio near Mazatlan. In this part of Mexico this species 

 therefore lives near the sea-coast ; but further south, where M. Boucard met with it 

 near Atlisco in the State of Puebla, it frequents the mountainous region. 



