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of the feathers ; upper tail-coverts black, with subterminal spots of 

 yellow ; lesser wing-coverts yellow, the remainder black, the median 

 series tipped with large white spots, and the inner greater coverts 

 similarly spotted ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts black ; quills 

 black, the primaries with a conspicuous white basal mark, the inner 

 secondaries with remains of white spots; tail-feathers black, the 

 outer feather white for nearly the terminal half, with a tiny black 

 spot at the end ; the next three feathers with a white mark at the 

 end of the inner web, decreasing in size towards the centre of the 

 tail ; crown and sides of head, sides of neck, and entire throat and 

 fore neck like the back ; remainder of under surface of body golden 

 yellow, the sides of the body and flanks mottled with black bars at 

 the ends of the feathers ; thighs yellow, with black bases ; under 

 tail-coverts yellow, the larger one3 white, washed with yellow and 

 narrowly tipped with black ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 yellow ; quills black below, with a large patch of white at the base 

 of the primaries : " bill brownish black, lower mandible paler and 

 lead-colour at base ; feet horny ; iris dark brown " (Jelsli). Total 

 length 7"5 inches, culmen 095, wing 4*4, tail S'OS, tarsus 0-95. 



The only variation of adult specimens that I can perceive in a series 

 lies in the greater or less amount of black spotting on the sides of 

 the body, which is sometimes very faint and at other times is 

 strongly developed. The specimens with the less pronounced black 

 spots on the flanks may turn out to be females. 



The adult specimens from Ecuador differ from Colombian speci- 

 mens in having a pale yellow subterminal bar to the feathers of the 

 mantle, which is slightly mottled in consequence. 



Young specimens are browner than the adults, and have a yellow 

 patch on the lower throat, the fore neck being black, spotted with 

 yellow. 



Hub. Colombia, extending to Ecuador and Peru ; ? Guiana. 



6. Pheucticus crissalis. 



Pheucticus aureiventris {nee D'Orb. Sf Lafr.), Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, 



p. 551, 1860, p. 87. 

 Pheucticus crissalis, Scl. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 19 ; Tacz. $■ Ber- 



lepsch, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 84. 



