98 FEINGILLH)^!. 



Adult male. General colour above ashy grey, a trifle lighter on 

 the lower rump ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and 

 greater coverts and bastard-wing blackish, edged with ashy, paler 

 on the latter ; primary-coverts and quills blackish, edged with ashy, 

 broader on the secondaries, the primaries margined with hoary 

 whitish, the inner oues white at the base of the outer web, forming 

 an alar speculum ; upper tail-coverts dusky blackish, edged with 

 ashy; tail-feathers blackish, edged with ashy brown and fringed 

 with pale ashy at the end of the feathers ; crown of head like the 

 back ; lores black, extending to the base of the nostrils ; ear-coverts 

 and cheeks dark ashy, the former with whitish shaft-lines ; at the 

 base of the cheeks a small white streak ; lower eyelid white ; throat 

 and breast uniform ashy grey, the centre of the breast and abdomen 

 white ; sides of body and flanks ashy grey ; thighs white, ashy 

 posteriorly ; under tail-coverts white like the abdomen ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white, with a blackish patch near the edge of 

 the wing ; quills below dusky, ashy along the edge of the inner web, 

 which is white towards the base ; bill blackish ; legs dark brownish 

 grey ; " iris bright greyish brown " (Neuivied). Total length 4 - 5 

 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-45, tail 1*75, tarsus 0-6. 



The specimen described was procured by Natterer'at Curytiba in 

 November, and has the bill yellow. A male obtained by the same 

 traveller at Ytarare in February is similar, but has the bill black ; 

 wing 2-5. The Guiana specimen is paler coloured, has a white 

 band across the chin, and the female is a much redder bird. The 

 Colombian further differs in some smaller particulars, so that I have 

 separated both these forms as subspecies. 



Hah. Brazil, extending into Bolivia. 



a. cj ad. sk. Curytiba, Nov. 23, 1820 (J. Sahin-Godman Coll. 



Natterer). 



b. 2 ad. sk. Ytarare, Feb. 24, 1821 (J. Sahin-Godman Coll. 



Natterer). 

 c,d. J $ ad. sk. Ytararg, Feb. 1821 (J. Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



Subsp. a. Spermophila whit eley ana. 



Sperniopkila phunbea (nee Neuivied), Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 215. 



Adidt male. General colour above pale ashy grey, rather lighter 

 on the lower rump : lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and 

 greater coverts dusky blackish, edged with hoary ashy on the latter ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dusky blackish, edged 

 with ashy, the primaries margined with hoary grey, the inner ones 

 white at the base of the outer web, forming an alar speculum ; tail- 

 coverts ashy grey ; tail-feathers blackish, edged with ashy, and pale 

 brown at the tips of the feathers ; crown of head like the back ; lores 

 dusky ashy ; lower eyelid white ; ear-coverts and cheeks dull ashy ; 

 fore part of cheeks and upper throat white ; centre of throat and 

 under surface of body pale ashy grey ; centre of breast and abdomen 

 white : thighs and under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts 



