414 FRINGILLIDZ. 
5. Embernagra verticalis. 
Embernagra rufivirgata, Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. ix. p. 201 (nec Lawr.) ’. 
Embernagra rufivirgata, y. verticalis, Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 248”. 
Embernagra chloronota, Boucard, P. Z.S. 1883, p. 444° (partim), 
E, chloronote similis, sed supra cum cauda fusco-olivaceis, stria utrinque verticali ad nucham nigra rufescente 
intermixta, stria postoculari vix obvia, pectore albicante vix griseo tincto, rostro graciliori distinguenda. 
Long. tota 6-0, ale 2-4, caude 2°6, rostri a rictu 0°65, tarsi 0-9. (Descr. exempl. ex Yucatan septr. 
Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Muzxico, Merida in Yucatan (Schott 12, Gaumer 8), 
When describing this Embernagra Mr. Ridgway compared it with EL. rufivirgata, of 
which he considered it to be a geographical race. It is, however, with E. chloronota 
that its relationship lies, sufficiently indicated by its having the median vertical stripe 
ashy instead of olivaceous. At one time we considered it to be inseparable from 
F. chloronota, but having recently received a specimen of the true Z. chloronota from 
Chable, we think that the differences observable in £. verticalis must be regarded as 
more than those of race, seeing that both birds are found coexisting in the same 
district. 
Mr. Gaumer speaks of this bird as abundant in all parts of Yucatan, and as living on 
the ground scratching for its food. 
6. Embernagra striaticeps. 
Embernagra striaticeps, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1848, t. 1521; 1852, p. 62°; Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1864, 
p. 352°; Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1865, p. 170‘; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N.Y. viii. p. 181°; ix. p. 103°; 
Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 1427; 1870, p.190°; 1883, p.422°; Frantz, J.f. Orn. 1869, p. 301 ™; 
Nutt. & Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 401. 
Emébernagra conirostris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 143°; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N.Y. vii. p. 832 (nec Bp.)". 
E. chloronote valde similis, sed major; colore supra paullo clariori, et subtus pectore pallidiori griseo distin- 
guenda. Long. tota 6-7, ale 3-2, caudex 3-0, rostri a rictu 0°7, tarsi 1°15. (Descr. maris ex Panama. 
Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Nicaragua, Los Sabalos (Nutting "), Greytown (Holland®); Costa Rica (v. Frant- 
zius*1), Angostura (Carmiol*®); Panama, David (Bridges *, Hicks), Bugaba §, 
Chitra *, Cordillera de Tolé 7, Calovevora 8, Santa Fé? (Arcé), Lion Hill (Mf Lean- 
nan* 8), Obispo (O. S.), Panama city (4. H. Markham °). 
The late Baron Lafresnaye described this species from specimens obtained near 
Panama ', whence we have also received many examples agreeing with the description. 
From Panama F. striaticeps has been traced northwards as far as Nicaragua, and it is 
by no means uncommon in the State of Panama and in Costa Rica. 
The species most nearly allied to it are E. conirostris of Colombia and Venezuela and 
Li. chrysoma of Western Ecuador. From the former of these it may be readily distin- 
guished by its more olivaceous colour above, and from the latter by the more restricted 
extent of the yellow on the wing in the neighbourhood of the carpal joint. 
