CHET80MITRIS. 429 



Cat. Am. B. p. 124"; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, I860, p. 275"; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc.N. H. 

 i. p. 550"; Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 22"; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 214". 



cJ supra oleaginea, uropygio flaveBcentiore, capite tofco cum gutture et teetricibus supracaudalibus nigerrimis; 

 alls et Cauda nigris, illarum remigibus ad basin (prseter rhaoHdes) flayis, bujus rectricibus (prseter duarum 

 mediarum bitrientem basalem) flavis ; subtus a peotore usque ad crissum flava, hypochondriis oleagineis ; 

 rostro plumbeo, tomiis pallidis, pedibus corylinis. Long, tota 4'1, alae 2*5, caudse rect. med. 1-4, lat. 1'7, 

 rostri a rictu 0-5, tarsi 0-5. (Descr. maris ex Santa Barbara, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



5 mari simUis. 



Av.jwi). capite toto baud nigro, gula cum ventre et vertiee cum dorso concoloribus. (Descr. exempl. ex 

 Calderas, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hal. Mexico, valley oiMexico {White i°), temperate region of Vera Cruz {Sumichrast '^% 

 Orizaba {Sotteri ^), Jalapa {de Oca ®), La Parada ^, Totontepec ^ (JSoucard), Gineta 

 Mountains {Sumichrast ^^) ; Guatemala {Constancia ^% Volcan de Fuego, Volcan 

 de Agua, hills near Antigua, Santa Barbara, Coban {0. S. & F. B. G.). 



Chrysomitris notata was described and figured by the late Viscomte DuBus from 

 Mexican specimens, and it has since been found pretty generally distributed over the 

 whole of the southern portion of that country, where, Sumichrast tells us, it is chiefly 

 met with in the temperate region. In Guatemala it is equally common in the upland 

 -country, principally in the oak-forests lying at an elevation of 4000 feet and 

 upwards. 



The sexes of this Goldfinch are almost exactly alike, the yellow colour of the female 

 being a trifle purer than in the male. 



3. Chrysomitris forreri, sp. n. 



<J G. notatcB similis, sed supra magis olivaceus, colore nigro capitis minus extenso, gulam antioam tantum 



occupante ; subtus magis olivaceus et speculo alari flava multo minore, distinguendus. 

 $ mari similis. (Descr. maris et feminse ex Ciudad in Durango. Mus. nostr.) 



Edb. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango {A. Forrer). 



Two specimens obtained by Mr. A. Forrer in the Sierra Madre of Durango, near the 

 hamlet of Ciudad, on the 19th of June, 1882, differ rather widely from typical specimens 

 of C. notata from Southern Mexico and Guatemala. The plumage is much greener, 

 and the black of the head and throat, especially of the latter, much more restricted in 

 ■extent. On this account we think it necessary to give the bird another name. 



4. Chrysomitris atriceps. (Tab. XXXI. figg. 1, 2.) 



Chrysomitris atriceps, Salv. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 190^; Ibis, 1866, p. 194"; Ridgway, Ibis, 1884, 

 p. 43 \ 



■Olivacea; capitis lateribus griseis; abdomine mediaUter cinereo ; dorso postico et uropygio viridescente-flavis ; 

 pileo toto et gula nigris, hac obscuriore ; remige externo omnino nigro, secundi et tertii pogomis externis 

 medialiter flavo marginatis, quarti et reliquorum pogoniis externis in parte basaK flavis, in parte terminali 

 nigris flavo marginatis, pogoniis intemis omnium flavo marginatis ; secundariorum parte basaU flava, parte 

 terminaU nigra, macula olivacea exteme terminata ; duabus rectricibus internis nigro-fuscis, reUquis flavis 



