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Emberiza Jianfroiin. Sparrmann, Mu8. Carln., iv, 1789, no. 92 (= female; coll. 

 Mus. Carlsonianum; no locality given). 



ITanagra} farifrons Latham, Index Orn., 8uppl., 1802, -47. 



Tanagra flmnfrons Vieillot, Enc. Meth., iii, 1823, 775. 



Euphonia flavifrons Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. , 1856, 271, part ( in synonymy) ; 

 Synop. Av. Tanagr., 1856, 97 (do.); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 56 ("Cayenne;" 

 "Trinidad"); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 63 (Martinique; Santa Lucia; 

 Guadeloupe; St. Bartholomew; Dominica; Grenada); Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1889, 395 (Santa Lucia).— Sundevall, Oefv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 

 1869, 583 (St. Bartholomew)-— Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 

 56 (Dominica), 190 (St. Vincent), 269 (Grenada); i, 1879, 354 (Martinique; 

 habits), 455 ((Tuadeloupe; habits; crit. ); iii, 1880, 256 (Dominica); ix, 1886, 

 613 (Grenada).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 166 ( Santa Lucia).— 

 Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 193 (synonymy, part, and description); iv, 1887, 95 

 (Martinique); Birds W. I., 1889, 80 (do.); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 16, 113. 



\_Eup}ionia'\ favifrons Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 17. — Cory, 

 List Birds W. I., 1885, 11. 



EUPHONIA ANNEXE Cassin. 



TAWNY-CAPPED EUPHONIA. 



Adult maJe. — Entire pileum rich tawny, lighter, more ochraceous, 

 anteriorly, deeper posteriorly, where having a rounded outline; rest 

 of head and neck, including lores, chin, and throat, l)lack, with a slight 

 violet tinge, more pronounced on postocular region and nape; rest of 

 upper parts rich dark semimetallic purplish black or very dark metal- 

 lic purplish violet, becoming more bluish violet posteriori}^ the remiges 

 and rectrices ])lack with })luisli violet edgings; inner web of outermost 

 rectrix with a large subterminal subquadrate space of white; under 

 parts of body rich yellow (deep lemon yellow to Indian yellow); under 

 tail-coverts white, sometimes tinged with yellow; Inll black, the basal 

 portion of mandible grayish; iris brown; legs and feet dusky horn 

 color (in dried skins); length (skins), 87.6-109.2 (107.4); wing, 62.2- 

 68.8 (65); tail, 34.5-31J.y (87.1); exposed culmen, 7.9-8.4 (8.1); depth 

 of bill at base, 4.8-5.3 (5.1); tarsus, 15.2-17 (16); middle toe, 10.9-12.2 

 (11.4).^ 



Adult female. — Above yellowish olive-green, the forehead and crown 

 strongly tinged with tawny or light rusty; beneath pale gray medi- 

 ally, yellowish olive-green laterally, with distinct line of demarcation 

 between the two colors; under tail-coverts whitish at tips, light brown- 

 ish beneath surface; bill, legs, and feet as in adult male; length (skin), 

 102.9;' wing, 59.9; tail, 33.3; exposed culmen, 8.6; depth of bill at 

 base, 5.1; tarsus, 17.3; middle toe, 11.7.^ 



Costa Rica (Angostura; Santa Rosa; Turrialba; Naranjo de Cartago; 

 Rio Sucio) and Veragua (Calovev^ora; Calobre; Cordillera del Chucu; 

 Santiago). 



1 Six specimens. ^ Length before skinning 127. ' One specimen. 



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