404 FRINGILLIDZ. 
Pyrgisoma leucote, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 326°; Ex. Orn. p. 128 (partim) °; Scl. Ibis, 1873, 
p. 873’. 
Supra olivaceo-brunnescens, capite et pectore nigris ; loris, oculorum ambitu et regione parotica albis ; nuche et 
cervicis lateribus aureo-virescentibus, cervice postica olivaceo induta; pectoris plumis albo intermixtis ; 
abdomine medio albo, hypochondriis anticis griseis, posticis fuscis, crisso ferrugineo ; campterio alari flavo 
notato ; rostro nigro, pedibus corylinis. Long. tota 6°8, ale 3-0, caudee 2°8, rostri a rictu 0°6, tarsi 1-1. 
(Deser. maris ex San José, Costa Rica. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt’); Costa Rica! (Hoffmann, v. Frantzius), Angostura, 
Guaitil (Carmiol?4, v. Frantzius* +), San Juan (v. Frantzius *). 
This Costan-Rican species was discovered by Hoffmann and v. Frantzius, and though 
an allied Guatemalan bird has since been referred to it, further comparison has shown 
that the more northern species is really distinct, as will appear below. Thus Pyrgisoma 
leucote has a very restricted range, which hardly extends beyond Costa Rica, though 
Belt found it in the Chontales district of Nicaragua. 
Its habits have not been described, but they doubtless resemble those of the allied 
bird P. occipitale, of which we give a short account below. 
6. Pyrgisoma occipitale. 
Pyrgisoma occipitale, Salv. Ibis, 1878, p. 446°. 
Chameospiza torquata, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 274 (nec DuBus) ’. 
Pyrgisoma leucote, Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 205 (nec Cab.)*; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 326 (partim)* ; 
Ex. Orn. p. 128 (partim), t. 64. f. 2°. 
P. lewcoti affine, sed pileo medio cinereo nec nigro, superciliis distinctis flavis et macula pectorali minuta 
distinguendum. 
Hab. Guatemata, Volcan de Fuego!?®, Savana Grande, Volcan de Agua above San 
Diego (0. S. & F. D. G.). 
A good deal of uncertainty for a long time prevailed respecting this Guatemalan 
species. The first specimen obtained (a young one) was referred to Chameospiza 
torquata. It was then placed with the Costa-Rican P. Jewcote, under which title it 
was figured in ‘ Exotic Ornithology,’ and it was not until 1878 that Salvin finally sepa- 
rated it under the name of P. occipitale. 
We only know of the occurrence of this Finch in avery limited district of Guatemala, 
as all our specimens have been obtained from the second-growth forests lying between 
the volcanoes of Agua and Fuego at altitudes ranging between 2500 and 5000 feet 
above the sea-level. Here it is usually seen on or near the ground, scratching amongst 
dead leaves with its strong feet. 
ATLAPETES. 
Atlapetes, Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 526. 
This genus was founded by Wagler to contain A. pileatus, the only species properly 
belonging to it, though several others have been temporarily placed in it by various 
