13. GEOTHLTPIS. 353 



no. 21, p. 19 (1881) ; Salv. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 

 p. 151 (1881); Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 441; Coues, Key K. 

 Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 310 (1884) ; Cory, B. S. Domingo, p. 36 (1884). 



Adult male. General colour above dull olivaceous, browner 

 towards the head and brighter olive towards the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts, especially the latter ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; 

 median and greater series dusky brown wit^ duU olive margins ; 

 bastard-wing dusky brown, externally paler brown ; primary-coverts 

 and quills dusky brown, edged with brighter and more yellowish 

 olive, the first primary margined with ashy whitish ; tail-feathers 

 j'ellowish olive, browner on the inner webs ; a broad frontal band of 

 black, as weU as the feathers round the eye, lores, cheeks, and 

 ear-covcrts, forming a large black patch whicli extends a little 

 way down the sides of the neck, and which is separated from the 

 crown and neck by a broad band of bluish white, which skirts the 

 black from the side of the neck, behind the ear-coverts, along the 

 side of the crown, and crosses the latter so as to form a band sepa- 

 rating the black forehead from the top of the crown, which is dull 

 brown tinged with olive, as also are the occiput and nape ; entire 

 throat and breast golden yellow, gradually paling on the latter 

 towai'ds the abdomen, which is ashy white tinged with yellowish ; 

 sides of the body pale earthy brown with a slight olive tinge, the 

 thighs being of the same colour ; under tail-coverts bright yellow 

 like the breast ; axillaries pale ashy, washed on the margins with 

 ycUow ; under wing-coverts white, washed with pale bro ,vu on the 

 edges and tinged with yellow near the edge of the wing, which is 

 bright yellow ; quiUs dusky below, ashy along the inner web : " bill 

 dark brown ; feet flesh-coloured ; iris dark hazel '' (Audubon). 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen O'o, wing 2*2, tail 2'15, tarsus 0'8. 



Adult female. Distinguished from the male by the absence of 

 black on the forehead and sides of face, and wanting also tl e bluish- 

 white band behind the black forehead. General colour abore ashy 

 brown, washed with olive, and with a shade of reddish brown across 

 the fore part of the crown, which is otherwise like the back; wings 

 and tail like the adult male ; lores and feathers round the eye ashy 

 isabelline ; ear-covci"ts ashy brown, tinged with rufous-brown on 

 the hinder part of the latter ; throat ard fore neck pale saffron- 

 yellow ; remainder of the underparts light ashy, washed with olive 

 or reddish brown on the sides of the body ; under taU-coverts oUve- 

 yeUow. Total lengih 4'5 inches, culmen 0"45, wing 2"U5, tail 1-85, 

 tarsus O'S. 



Winter ijlumage (Plate IX. fig. 1). Both sexes assume a dull garb 

 in winter, being olivaceous above, with the head a little browner ; 

 ear-covcrts and sides of face like the . upper surface, with the lores 

 slightly paler, and a distinct ring of dull whitish feathers round the 

 eye ; fore part of checks also sUghtly mottled with whitish plumes ; 

 throat and breast saffron-yeUow, overshaded with brown ; abdomen 

 yellowish white ; sides of body and flanks pale earthy or olivaceous 

 brown ; under tail-coverts saffron-yellow. 



Even in winter the males can be distinguished from the females, 

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