428 PEINGILLIDiE. 



wings are long, the first, second, and third quills forming the wing-point ; the tail is 

 moderate, and rather deeply furcate. C. mexicana, in having a shorter, stouter, and less 

 acute bill and shorter tail, departs considerably from C. notata, and for it and C.psaltria 

 and C. colomUana Cassin proposed the sectional name Pseudomitris. G, xanthogaster 

 occupies a somewhat intermediate position, and we doubt the convenience of using 

 sectional names for the different groups of this genus. Chrysmnitris, as a whole, has a 

 very wide range, being spread over nearly the whole of both continents of America ; it 

 also occurs in Europe, Northern Asia, and the slopes of the Himalayas, 



a. Corpus omnino fusco striatwn. 

 1. Chrysomitris pimis. 



Fringillapirms, Wils. Am. Om. ii. p. 133^ t. 17. f. 1'. 



Chrysomitris pinus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 174^; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 550'; 



Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 362 ^ Baird, Brewer, & Eidgw. N. Am. B. i. p. 480 ^ 

 Carduelis microptera, DuBus, Esq. Om. t. 23 °. 

 Chrysomitris microptera, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 515'. 



Supra fusca, plumis singulis pallide fusco utrinque limbatis; alis et Cauda nigrioante-fusois olivaceo extus 

 limbatis, speoulo alari et fascia ad basiu secundariorum flavis ; subtus alba undique fusco striata, remi- 

 gibus subtus in pogonio iuterno flavis; rostro corneo, pedibus corylinis. Long, tota 4-5, alae 2-9, caudse 

 rect. med. 1-5, lat. 1'85, rostri a rictu 0'55, tarsi 0*6. (Descr. exempl. ex Jalapa, Mexico. Mub. 

 nostr.) 



Eab. North Ameeica, generally distributed s. — Mexico {le Strange^), valley of Mexico 

 ( White 2), plateau and alpine region of Vera Cruz {Snmichrast ^). 



Chrysomitris pinus has been noticed by most of the collectors who have worked in 

 the Mexican highlands, but Sumichrast is the only one who does more than give a bare 

 record of its occurrence ; he says that it especially frequents the plateau of Mexico, and 

 is also found in the alpine region of Vera Cruz, where it reaches to an altitude of 6500, 

 and not descending below 3300 feet ^. In the United States it is a well-known species, 

 being found the whole way across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In 

 the winter its migrations are irregular and apparently of limited extent. Its breeding- 

 ground in summer extends to the British Provinces and the more northern of the United 

 States. It is a bird that chiefly frequents the pine-woods, and its nest is principally 

 constructed of pine-twigs with a lining of various materials ; the eggs are of a light 

 green colour, spotted chiefly at the larger end, with light rusty brown ^. 



b. Corpus supra plus minusvie olivaceum, capite summo nigro. 

 2. Chrysomitris notata. 



Carduelis notata, DuBus, Bull. Ac. Brux. xiv. pt. 2, p. 106 ' ; Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 247 '. 

 Chrysomitris notata, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 516'; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 160*; DuBus, Esq. Om. 

 t. 37°; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 304"; 1858, p. 303'; 1859, pp. 365% 380°; 1864, p. 174"; 



