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strongly curved cnlraeti, much brighter yellow uuiliM'-parts aiul more yellowish 

 grouud-colour of the back. 



Two adult c? J' from Mexiaua (Wallace).— Wing 0."), (i(J ; tail 44, 4-"i ; bill 

 11 mm. 



Oue adnlt d from Manijo. — Wing 00; tail 40 ; bill 11 mm. 



(c) Skalia an:emis minor Cab. 



Syralis minor Oabanis : in Schumburgk, Hcisin Bill. Giiiaita, iii. p. (57!) (ISiS.— IJrit. Guiana). 



Hri/j. British Guiana : Aunai, Uio Ruiuirumi, etc. (Whitely, Scliomlmrgk) ; 

 North Brazil : Forte do Itio Branco (Natterer) ; Venezuela, iu the Orinoco valley : 

 Altagracia, Quiribana de Caicara (Cherrie). 



c? ad. Agrees with S. a. chapmani iu size and coloration, but has a much 

 smaller, less curved bill. 



Two adult SS from Brit. Guiana.— Wing 65, 04; tail 40i, 45 ; bill 9 mm. 



Two adult (?(? from the Rio Branco.— Wing G2J, 03; tail 44, 44^; bill 

 8, 8i mm. 



Five adult iS from the Orinoco. — Wing 03 — 00; tail 4.) — 48 ; bill S^ — OJ, mm. 



4i). Brachyspiza capensis capensis (P. L. S. Mull). 



Friiigilla capensis P. L. S. Miiller, Xiiliirsysl. Sniipl. p. 1G.3 (1776. — ex Daiibenton, PI. Kiil. 38(5. 

 fig. 2 — "Cap de Bonne Esperauce" : errore ! — Wc substitute Cuyennc as typical looality). 



Nos. 1869, rJ30, 1U92, 2075. (JJ, ? ? ad., Goyaz, March, April, May I'.JUO. 

 Identical with a scries from Cayenne, and various localities iu Brazil. 



41. Porphyrospiza caerulescens (Wied). 



Tanagra catnUescensWied, Beiti: Natiirg. Bias. 3. i. p. 5U (1830. — " Campo3 GeraiJs " ; = c? ad.). 

 Porphyrosjiiza caerulescens Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. ii. 188'J. p. 140 (crit.). 

 Cyanosi>iza cyanella Pelzeln, /.•■. p. 227 (Cidade de Goiaz). 



No. 1905. (? ad., Goyaz, March 1900.— Wing 00 ; tail (moulting) ; bill 11 mm. 

 Agreeing with specimens from Chapada, Mattogrosso. 



42. Poospiza cinerea Bonap. 



Ponspiza cinerea (ex Cuvier MS.) Bonaparte, Conxp. Av. i. p. 473 (July 1850. — "Bresil." — type in 



Paris Museum examined ; = juv.). 

 Pouspiza schisUicca Cabanis, .Mus. llcin. i. p. 137 (May 1851. — Brazil) ; Pelzeln, /..-. p. 'i.'O 



(Goiaz). 



Nos. 1942, 1994. SS ad., Goyaz, March, April l'.»u6.— Wing 04 + .\, 00^ ; 

 tail 03, 61i; bill 11, IU mm. 



No. 2128. S ad., Rio Thesonras, May 1906.— Wing 68 ; tail 04; bill 10^ mm. 



No. 2083. ? in moult, Goyaz, May 1900.— Wing 65 ; bill loj mm. 



No. 2130. c? juv., Rio Thesonras, May 1006. 



The young bird is washed with yellowish below, and the upper parts are dull 

 greyish with a strong olivaceous tinge. 



P. cinerea is a near ally of P. mchtnoleuca (Lafr. &. D'Orb.), from the Argentine 

 Republic, but has longer wings, a larger bill, and the adnlt males never get a black 

 head, the pileum being schistaceous like the back, while the lores, cheeks and 

 ear-coverts alone are dull sooty blackish. 



