430 TEINGILLID^. 



Bigro tenninatis ; rostri maxilla fusca, mandibula pallidiore, pedibns fascia. Long, tota 4*85, alee 2'9,. 

 eaudae 2, rostri a riotu 0*5, tarsi 0-55. (Descr. maris ex Quezaltenango, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Edb. Guatemala, Quezaltenango {0. S.'^^). 



The two specimens shot amongst a patch of thistles near Quezaltenango in August 

 1862 are the only ones extant of this peculiar species. These differ from one another, 

 though both are males, the bird described being apparently the older of the two, 

 though in more worn plumage. The other specimen is of a much more olive-colour 

 above and below, this taking the place of the grey colouring of the under surface ; the 

 yellow wing-patch, too, is considerably less in extent. The bill in this species is like 

 that of C. notata, but in plumage it more resembles C. spmescens of Colombia, as 

 Mr. Kidgway suggests ^, but there are plenty of differences. 



c. Corpus sv/pra cum capite swrnmo omnino nigrum. 

 5. Chrysondtris xanthogaster. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 3.) 



Chrysomitris xanthogastra, DuBus^ Bull. Ac. Brux. xxii. pt. 1, p. 152';. Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, 



p. 785 '; 1879, pp. 508', 607*; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 328 ^ 

 Chrysomitris hryanti, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1865, p. 91 ° j Lawr. Ami. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 103 ' ; 



Prantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 302'. 



Nigra, speculo alari, abdomiiie toto et cauda ad basin flavis ; rostro nigro, pedibns fuscis. Long, tota 4'3, 

 alee 2-6, caudai 1-6, rostri a riotu 0-45, tarsi 0-5. (Descr. maris ex Irazu, Costa Eica. Mus. nostr.) 



5 supra oHvacea, alls et cauda nigris, hujus basi et speculo alari flavis ; subtus oUvacea, ventre imo griseo,. 

 crisso paUide flavo. (Descr. feminse aut maris juv. ex Dota, Costa Eica. Mus. nostr.) 



Eab. Costa Rica {Van Patten), Dota ^ Frailes (Carmiol), Irazu (Rogers). — Colombia ^ ^ ; 



VEIiTEZUELA^ ; ECTTADGE ; BOLIVIA^. 



This Goldfinch was originally described from specimens procured near Ocana in 

 Colombia \ and in the same district Mr. Wyatt also met with it in smaU flocks near 

 Canuto, and in the Cocuta valley at an altitude of from 5000 to 6000 feet ^. Skins of 

 it also occur iu collections made in the neighbourhood of Bogota ; and Salmon found 

 it breeding at Santa Elena in the Cauca valley, and the eggs obtained by him are 

 described as of a pale greenish white, thickly, but faintly, freckled with lilac and 

 brownish spots ^- We have a skin of it from Ecuador, and it also occurs in Bolivia. 

 Two male specimens from Nairape and Sorata respectively, in the latter country, agree 

 with the more northern birds, except that the wing-spot is rather larger and the 

 colour beneath brighter. Dr. Taczanowski makes no mention of its occurrence in 

 Peru, but it can hardly fail to exist there. Within our country it is only known from 

 the highlands of Costa Rica. Cassin described specimens from the Dota Mountains 

 as C. hryanti, but there can be no doubt that the Costa-Rican birds should be referred 

 to C. scamthogaster]; we can see no difference between males from Costa Rica and the 

 Magdalena valley, the countries of the respective types. 



