14. ORYZOBORUS. 77 



1. Oryzoborus torridus. 



Black Grosbeak, Edward*, Gleanings, iii. pi. 352 (1704). 



Loxia angolensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 303 (1766) ; Gin. Syst. Nat. 



i. p. 853 (1788). 

 Lo.xia torrida, Scop. Ann. i. p. 140 (1769) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 



p. 854 (1788). 

 Bouvreuil a becblanc, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 388 (1778). 

 Angola Grosbeak, Loth. Gen. Sijst. ii. pt. 1, p. 145 (1783). 

 AVhite-billed Grosbeak, Lath, t.c. p. 146 (1783). 

 Pico grueso negro y canela, Azara, Apunt, i. p. 444 (1802). 

 Frin^illa torrida, Licht. Verz. Duubl. p. 26 (1823) ; Neuwied, Bcitr. 



Naturg. Bras. iii. p. 567 (1830). 

 Coceotkraustes rufiventris, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1014 



(1823). 

 Loxia nasuta, Spi.r, Av, Bras. ii. p. 45, tab. 58. figs. 1, 2 (1824). 

 Goccoborus magnirostris, SiOains. Classif. B. ii. p. Ill (1837). 

 Guiraea magnirostris, Gray, Gen, B. ii. p. 357 (1844). 

 Pitvlus torridus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 362 (1844) ; Haiti, Ind, Azara, 



p". 8 (1847). 

 Spermopbila nasuta, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 385 (1844). 

 Sporopkila torrida, Bp. Consp. i. p. 499(1850). 

 Oryzoborus torridus, Cab. Mus. Hein, Th. i. p. 151 (1850) ; Barm. 



Th. Bras. iii. p. 238 (1856) ; Scl, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 455 ; id. Cat. 



Amer. B. p. 102 (1862) ; Sol. # Sah. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 181, 1867, 



pp. 572, 750, 977, 1868, p. 167 ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 583; 



Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 222 (1871) ; Scl. $ Sah. P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 185, 



264; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 28 (1873); iid. P. Z. S. 1879, 



p. 604 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 16 ; Sal v. Cat Striekl. Coll. p. 220 



(1882) ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 214 ; Berl. §■ lhering, in Madardsz, Z. 



ges. Orn, ii. p. 122 (1885). 

 Coccoborus torridus, Licht. Nomencl, Av. Berol. p. 44 (1854) ; Tschudi 



fy Cab. Faun. Peruan., Aves, p. 223 (1855). 

 Goniaphea torrida, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 105, no. 7552 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above glossy black ; all wing-coverts 

 black, the lesser coverts round the bend of the wing white ; quills 

 black, with a white speculum formed by the extreme base of the 

 outer web of the primaries ; tail-feathers black ; head all round 

 black ; throat and fore neck black ; breast and abdomen deep chest- 

 nut, as also the sides of body and flanks ; thighs black ; under tail- 

 coverts chestnut, the long ones black, externally more or less chest- 

 nut ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; quills below blackish, 

 the inner edge of the quills conspicuously white : " bill horn-black, 

 with paler edges ; feet blackish brown ; iris greyish brown " {Neu- 

 wied). Total length 5 inches, cuknen - 5, wing 2-35, tail 2-1, tarsus 

 0-6. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above dark 

 olive-brown, becoming more reddish brown on the lower rump and 

 upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts dark brown, edged with reddish 

 brown; bastard-wiDg, primary-coverts, and quills blackish brown, 

 narrowly edged with dark olive-brown, a little more reddish on the 

 secondaries ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged with dull reddish brown ; 

 crown of head like the back ; lores fulvescent ; eyelid dull whitish ; 



