( -^« ) 



at the tips, ami the winu:s are rathor long. This sjx'ciinen is evidently not (juite 

 adnit, the back aud margins of some of the (juills Iji'ing snftnsed with brownish 

 olive, the under tail-coverts slightly so with yellowish, tiie bill still piirtiuliy 

 blackish. Al. 63i, caud. 45, calm. lOJ, tars. 13| mm. 



We are not unite certain if this bird is merely an abnormal specimen of 

 Sp. grisfi or belongs to a dilYi'rent species. 



La Pri.ion, i ; T;a Tnion, <? c? ? ? (E. .Aniln'-). 



%~. Sporophila plumbea whiteleyana Sharpe. 



[Frhuiillu /iliimheit Wied, llr}!r. Natiirg. Bins. III. (IH.'.d) p. 579. (Brazil).]. 

 Spermojihila irliitrlei/um Shiirpe, Oil. B. Biil. Mus. XII. (IXSS) p. 98 (Horaima). 



Altagracia : 3 <? J ad. 12. i., 4 cJ c^ 2. ii., iS c? juv. '.I. .\ii., J jnv. "JT. i., J jnv. 

 11. xi., ? 22. i., ? 2S. i., ? 9. xii. "cJ ad. Iris «<cal-bn)wn ; feet and bill Idackish. 

 ¥ and jnv. : Iris seal-brown ; feet dusky." 



(Nos. 8604, 8565, OiKU, illol, 91U2, 9lU3, 9(U4, 9(;45, '.i(i4(;, 9(i4.s, 9774, 9SG7, 

 9870, 9930, 9937, 9938, 9939, 9940, 1U81G ( 'herrie coll.) 



83. Sporophila minuta (L.). 

 Loxia minuta Linn. Syst. Nat., Ed. X. (1758) I. p. 176 (Surinam). 



Altagracia : <S lo. i., <S 22. i., c? 27. i., c? 28. i., c? jnv. 28. i. 



Caicara : <S <S (jnn.) 9. iii. "Iris seal ; feet dusky ; bill blackish " (Cherrie). 



Suapure : c? <? 7. iv. " Iris brown ; feet brownish slate ; bill greyish white ; 

 maxilla and anterior edges of mandible brown " (Klages). 



(Nos. 9710, 9711, 9773, 9775, 9850, 9865, 9866, 9868, 9809, 9870, 9871, 9872, 

 9873, 9874, 9875, lo431, 10432, 10433, lo434 Cherrie coll.) 



84. Sporophila lineola (L.). 



Lurid lineola Linn., Si/sl. Nitt. Ed. X. (1758) p. 174. (" Asia"— errore. We take as the typical 

 habitat Surinam !). 



Caicara : S 8. viii., S 23. x. " Iris seal ; feet slate-blackish ; bill dusky black." 

 (Nos. 110.59, IKiOii, 12510 Cherrie coll.) 



85. Sporophila lineola trinitatis Shar])e. 



Spermophila Iriuilulis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. .Viis. XII. p. 132 (1888). (Trinidad.) 



Ciudad Bolivar : i 3il. vii., c? 0. viii., J 12. viii. "Iris dark brown ; bill and 

 feet black " (Klages). 



80. Sporophila gutturalis (Licht.). 



FringilUi gutturalin Licht., Verz. Doubl. (1823) p. 2G (.San Paulo). 



Mundnapo : <? ad. 8. ii., cJ ad. 12. iii. 



Maipnres : J ad. 24. i., S ad., ? 29. i., i ad. 31. i., ? ? 31. i. 



Caicara: J ><. viii. ''J ad.: Iris seal; feet blackish slate; bill plumbeous" 

 (Cherrie). 



Cindad Bolivar : ? 0. viii. 



