3. ETTPHONIA. 83 



figs. 1, 2, 1878, p. 261 (E. Peruj, 1879, p. 598 (Bolivia) ; iid. 

 Nomencl. p. 18 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 448. 



Above dark bronzy green ; nape dark cinereous ; front, sides of 

 the head, and rump tinged with yellow : below golden yellow, 

 brighter in the middle, and slightly freckled on the breast and 

 flanks with green ; under surfaces of wings and tail dark cinereous ; 

 under wing-coverts white ; bill plumbeous ; feet brown : whole 

 length 4-3 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1-5, Female. Above like the male ; 

 below pale cinereous, whiter on the middle of the beUy ; flanks and 

 crissum pale yeUow ; under wing-coverts white. 



Hab. Amazonia, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. 



Examples of this species were obtained by jSTatterer on the Rio 

 Negro in 1830, and referred by v. Pelzeln to the young male of 

 E. chlorotica. E. clirysopasta ma}' be easily distinguished from E. 

 mesoclirysa by the absence of the distinct yellow forehead. 



a. S ad. sk. Lower UcayaU (Barthtt). Sclater Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. c? ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ucayali. E. Bartlett [C.]. 



c. (S ad. sk. - Upper UcayaU. E. Bartlett [0.]. 



d. e. c? 5 ad. sk. Rio Napo. Sclater CoU. 



/, ff. 2 ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



/*. cJ ad. sk. Eio NegTO (Natterer). Salvia-Godmau CoU. 



i,j. dS ad.sk. Simacu, Bolivia (^Mc^^ey). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



k. $ ad. sk. BoUvia {^Buckley). Salvia-Godmau CoU. 



33. Euphonia plumbea. 



Euphonia poUocephala, Xatt. in Mus. Vindob. 



Euphonia plumbea,i)it Bus, Bull. Acad.Brux. xxii. pt. i. p. 156 (1855) ; 



Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 205; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 280; id. Syn. Av. 



Tan. p. 106; Scl. et Salv. Nomenel. p. 18; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 208 



(Brit. Giiian.). 



Body above and throat dark plumbeous, with a slight olive tinge 

 on the back ; abdomen and crissum golden yellow ; wiugs and tail 

 below dark cinereous ; under wing-coverts white ; bill dark plum- 

 beous ; feet brown: whole length 3-3 inches, wing 1-8, tail 1. 

 Female. Above paler, and whole back tinged with olive ; below, 

 throat pale cinereous ; belly pale yellow. 



Hah. Lower Amazonia and British Guiana. 



This is the smallest species of the genus, and easily recognizable 

 by its distinct colouring. 



a,b. c? $ ad. sk. Bartica Grove, British Gui- Salvin-Godman CoU. 



ana ( mifely). 

 c, d. c? 5 ad. sk. Meriim»5 Mountains, British Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Guiana ( JVhitely). 



e. (S ad. sk. Roraima, British Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Whitely). 



f, g- 6 2 ad. sk. Roraima, British Guiana Sclater Coll. 



( Whitely). 



g2 



