( 278) 



]iroves that the real (fetuale) type never was in the late Baron's possession, but 

 Inriued part uf Dehittre's collection, whifh was jmrchased by Mr. Alexander Wilson 

 and presented by him to the Academy of Xatnral iSeieuce of i'hiladelphia. (/?t'c. 

 Xool. 1847. p. 67.) 



In Mr. IStoues pajier on the ty])e specimens of that collection* it is jiroperly 

 registered as "No. U77."), S Panama, Delattre coll. Type." Lafresnaye's description 

 thus refers without doubt to the bird renamed by BIr. Uidgway C)/anoi:omjjm 

 COiicreta ci/ancsi-ens, and the latter name becomes a synonym of GHiram c. 

 ci/anoides (Lafr.). 



22. Sporophila gutturalis (Lcht.). 



FrimjUhi yiitluralls Lichtenstein, I'c;;. Duhl. (1823) p. 26 (S. Paulo). 



LiM-ui plebi-ja Spix, Ai; Bias. ii. (I82u) p. 4ij, tab. 00, fig. li (on the plate s.n. " Loxia ignobilis "). 

 Liu ill iijiiohilh id. Lc. p. 46, tab. 59 fig. 3 (on the plate '' Loxia plebeja ") (Para). 

 ••^pfrmophila ijiilliinili-i Sclater X- Salvia, P. Z. H. 1867. p. 572 (Panl, October) ; Layard, Ibix, 

 1873. p. 380 (Xazare, near Para). 



i ad., 2 ii. 1904. No. 1959. " Iris brun, bee gris-bleu." 

 Not different from ordinary Brazilian specimens except in having the abdomen 

 slightly paler yellowish, ^\'ith a large series before me I can no longer distinguish 

 ■y. y. paUiila Berl., the supposed characters being by no means constant. S. //. 

 oUeacea (Berl. and Tacz.j from V/estern Ecuador, however, is easily recognizable 

 by its much deeper yellow abdomen and some other slight differences. 



23. Volatinia jacarina splendens (ViuiU. i. 



['raiiiiijni Jiiairhiii Linnaeus, Si/.sl. Xal. xii. i. (1766) p. 314 (ex Margrave — Brasilia).] 

 Friiii/illii Djilriiilens Vieillot, Xoiic. Dili. xii. (1817) p. 173 (Cayeniie). 



Vululiiiia jacaiim Layard, Ibis, 1873. p. 380 (Xazare, Par.i) ; Pelzeln, Zui- Urn. Brazil, iii. (1869) 

 p. 226 (Pani). 



One S jr., January 21, l'.iii4. No. 1927. "Iris brun." 



I have before me also an adult 6, collected by Prof. Steere near Para. 

 These specimens have only the longer under wing-coverts and a small jiatch on 

 the shoulders white, agreeing in both these respects with several examples from 

 Cayenne. Messrs. Salvin and Godman {Bioloy. Ce/itr. America i. p. 358) wrongly 

 referred the Para S2)ecimens to I', jncarina from Brazil which differs in having 

 all the under wing-coverts and axillaries as well as a distinct patch on the base 

 of the quills pure white. The white shoulder-patch, too, is much larger and 

 the wings are longer. 



24. Coryphospingus ciicuUatus (P. L. 8. ]\Iiill.). 



Fi-inijillu ci'cullata P. L. S. .Muller, .V.i^// -//-(. Si./.jil. ^177i'i) p. 166 (c-x Daubeuton, /'/. uil. 181. 



fig. 1. — Cayenne). 

 Friiigilla ciinUita Gmelin, Hijst. Nut. 1. ii. (1788) p. 926 (bused on the same). 

 Ciirt/jihoy>iu(jus cnstalus Layard, Ibix, 1873. p. 380 (Pari— August). 



One 6 nearly adult, from Igarajie-Assu, taken January 21, 1904. No. 1920. 

 '• Iris brun-rouge." 



This specimen as well as tin" cJ, collected by Layard, differ from a large 

 series of skins from Paraguay and various j)art8 of Brazil in rather stronger bill 

 and in having the lower parts much jialer, clear rosy-red instead of deep crimson or 



• Proe. .lead. .Y. Sci.. I'liilmMji/iiii, I'.lon. p. .")!. 



