Aulc , XV, Oct., 1898, pp .319-324. 
New Species, etc., of American Birds, 
11. Fringillidae (continued). 
By Robert Ridgway. 
Passerina vs. Cyanospiza. 
In the ‘ Bulletin ’ of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. V, 
1880, p. 96, Dr. Coues formally sets up the name Passerina Vieil- 
lot, in place of Cyanospiza Baird, and gives the following reasons 
for doing so : “ The genus Cyanospiza Bd., 1858, is given in Gray’s 
Hand-list, II, p. 97, as synonymous with Passerina Vieill, 1816. 
This is correct. The type of Passerina Vieill. as given in the 
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not Emberiza nivalis , proposes for the latter the generic name 
Plectrophenax. 
The type of Passerina Vieill., therefore, is, “ by elimination,” 
Emberiza nivalis and not Tanagra cyanea. If this view of the 
case is correct, we shall have to restore the unusually appropriate 
name Cyanospiza for the Indigo Bird and its congeners, and use 
Passerina for the Snowflakes, the recognized forms of the two 
genera being as follows : 
CYANOSPIZA Baird. 
1. Cyanospiza cyanea (Linn.) Baird. 
2. Cyanospiza amcena (Say) Baird. 
3. Cyanospiza ciris (Linn) Baird. 
4. Cyanospiza leclancheri (Lafr.) Duges. 
5. Cyanospiza versicolor ( Bonap .) Baird. 
6 . Cyanospiza versicolor pulchra (Ridg-w.) Ridgzv. 
7. Cyanospiza rositse La-wr. 
PASSERINA Vieillot. 
x. Passerina nivalis (Linn.) Vieill.' 
2. Passerina nivalis townsendi ( Ridg-w .) Ridg-w. 
3. Passerina hyperborea (Ridg-w.) Ridg-w. 
1 Faune Franc;. 1820, 86. 
