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b. Head golden yellow ; thighs black ; tail entirely 



black tibialis, p. 53. 



c. Head black like the back. 



e'. Rump black aureiventris, p. 54. 



d'. Rump yellow, varied with black. 



a". Throat black uropygialis, p. 55. 



b". Throat yellow crissalis, p. 56. 



1. Pheucticus chrysopeplus. 



Coccothraustes chrysopeplus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 4. 

 Pitylus chrysopeplus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 362 (1844). 

 Coccoborus chrysopeplus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 504 (1850). 

 Pheucticus chrysopeplus, Cab. Mas. Heia. Th. i. p. 153, note (1850) ; 



Fimch, Abhandl. nut. Ver. Bremen^ ii. p. 339 (1870) ; Sal. § Salv. 



Nomencl. Ac. Neoir. p. 27 (1873); Law. Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. 



Btist. ii. p. 274 (1874) ; Salvm $f Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., 



Aves, i. p. 135 (1884). 



Adult male. General colour above deep golden yellow, the feathers 

 of the mantle more or less black on the outer web ; scapulars black, 

 margined at the tip with dull yellowish ; lesser wing-coverts black, 

 with a patch of golden yellow along the bend of the wing ; median 

 coverts black, with a broad white spot at the tip ; greater series 

 black, tipped with white, mostly confined to the outer web ; bastard- 

 wing and primary-coverts black ; quills black, the primaries whito at 

 base, the secondaries with a spot of white at the end of the inner 

 web; upper tail-coverts black, spotted with white at the ends ; tail- 

 feathers black, fringed with ashy white at the tips, the three outer 

 ones with a large white mark at the end of the inner web, decreasing 

 towards the centre of the tail ; crown of head golden yellow, a little 

 brighter than the hind neck and mantle ; lores, eyebrow, sides of 

 face, and entire under surface of body golden yellow, the under tail- 

 coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries golden yellow ; 

 quills black below, with a large white base : " bill and feet blackish 

 lead-colour" ($. 6f G.). Total length 9 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 

 4-6, tail 3*7, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 ashy brown, mesially streaked with darker brown on the mantle ; 

 scapulars, lower back, and rump uniform dull yellowish ; lesser 

 wing-coverts dull olive-yellow, with dusky bases; median and 

 greater coverts ashy brown with dusky bases, and with small white 

 spots at the tip, diminishing with abrasion ; bastard- wing and pri- 

 mary-coverts dusky, edged with ashy brown ; quills dusky brown, 

 externally edged with ashy olive, with a small white speculum at 

 the base of the primaries ; upper tail-coverts ashy grey ; tail-feathers 

 pale brown, edged with ashy, the outer ones with a slight edging of 

 white at the tip ; head and hind neck yellowish washed with olive, 

 and mesially striped with black ; lores and a streak over the eye 

 golden yellow ; in front of the eye a spot of dull ashy ; eyelids 

 yellow ; ear-coverts dull yellow washed with olive ; cheeks and 

 under surface of body golden yellow, washed with ashy olive on the 



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