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The <liisky streaks on the lower parts are jjerliaps ratlier liroader, but this dues not 

 seem to he a constant character, for in a series from ("uraaiia botli broadly and 

 n;irrii\vly striped examples an' to be lound. 



3S. Saltator olivasceus < 'nb. 



S. ullrasceim Cabanis: in Scliomburgk, ii-'iae Biit. Gulmm iii. (1848) p. (570 (Brit. Guiana). 



Seven adults of both sexes from ("aparo, April ; 1 c? ad. Valencia, March ; and 

 one i)air from Seelet, April. 



The series agree jierfectly with others from Siirinrim and Cumana. 



A young bird, collected near Caparo, April 12, is above olive-green (instead 

 of dark ashy grey), the snpraloral and superciliary stripes are pale sulphur-yellow, 

 the blackish malar stripe barely indicated, and the lnwcr jiarts stronsriy tinged 

 with yellowish. 



39. Volatinia jacarina splendens (Vieill.). 



[Tiimii/ni Jnrtiriim Linnaeus, Si//:!. Niil. xii. i. (1700) p. 314 (ex Marcgrave.— East Brazil).] 

 FringiUa xphndens Vieillot, Num. Diet. xii. (1817) p. 173 (Cayenne), i 



S ad., S i imm. and 4 ? ? from Caparo, April. 



The males have the axillaries and under wing-coverts entirely bhuk, and 

 there is but a small white spot on the shoulilers. Tobago specimens are identical. 



4ii. Sporophila grisea (Gm.). 



Liirla f/rhni fimelin, S;/.^l. Xul. 1. ii. (1788) p. 8.^7 (based on Daubenton, PI. enl. 393. fig. 1. 

 "Virginie" — errore ! AVe substitute Cnyenur as typical locality). 



•i iS, ~ ? ? from Caparo, March ; 1 c? Chaguaramas, January : 1 cJ, Pointe 

 Gourde, January; 2 S S, Seelet, April ; and 2 63, Valencia, March. 



The series is not very uniform, some specimens having a large white patch 

 on the sides of the neck, entirely wanting in others. 



41. Sporophila gutturalis gutturalis (Licht.). 



FriiHiiUri f/iiHiirnlia Lichtenstein, I>)-;. Didil. 18l'.3. p. i>l> (S. Paulo). 



(Jne J ad., Caparo, Ajiril ; .and another from Aripo, Isno ft., May. Not different 

 from typical Brazilian specimens. 



42. Sporophila miuuta luinuta (Linn.). 



Lnrlii miiiiihi Tiinnarus. .S;/s/. Xnl. x. (17.')8) p. Hi'i (Siirinani). 



2 6 ;i(l. and 2 V ? from Caparo, JIarcli, April ami ;\riiy ; 1 S from Seelet, 

 A]iril. 



The (^(Jagri'c with speeinieiis IVom ( 'nmana and I'ritisli (Jniana. Two SS 

 from Surinam are rather darker below, but an example from Antionuia, Cdloinbia, is 

 rjuite as dark. 



43. Euetheia fiiliginosa (W'ied). 



FnmiiUiifiiliiimnna Wied, Ihllr. Xatunj. BiaxU, ?,. i. (1830) p. 028 [Camaniu in lialiia]. 

 I'kiiiiiiiiirafiimnm Lawrence, Ann. Li/c. Ken- V.irl: x. (1874) p. 3110 [Trinidad]. 



4 cJ(? and 2 ? ? from Caparo, Ajjril ; and 1 ? from Valencia, March. 



These specimens (topcjtypes of P. /iii/io.m) are practically identical with two 



