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285a. Nemosia pileata coerulea (Wied). 

 Type-locality. — Bahia. 



286. Hemithraupis guira nigrigula (Boddaert). 



Four specimens, both sexes, Vicinity of Paramaribo, February and 

 April. 



• Fringillidae. 



287. Cyanocompsa cyanoides rothschildii (Bartlett). 

 One immature cf , Javaweg, May. 



288. Oryzoborus angolensis brevirostris Berlepsch. 



Four adult males, Vicinity of Paramaribo, and Rijsdijkweg, April, 

 and December. 



289. Oryzoborus crassirostris crassirostris (Gmelin). 

 Five specimens, both sexes, Vicinity of Paramaribo, April, and May. 



290. Sporophila castaneiventris Cabanis. 



Three specimens, d^ and 9 9 , Vicinity of Paramaribo, May, and 

 July. 



291. Sporophila minuta minuta (Linne). 



Seven specimens, both sexes, adult and immature, Vicinity of 

 Paramaribo, and Lelydorp, January, February, May, and August. 



On comparing these, which are practically topotypes, with a very 

 large series from Panama and Costa Rica, we note a striking difference, 

 and propose to separate the northern form as 



