116 FRINGILLID.E. 



Pyrrhula pileata, Natterer, MSS., unde 



Spermophila pileata, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 607 ; id. Orn. Bras. 



p. 226 (1871); Scl. Ibis, 1871, p. 5, pi. i. tig. 3; id. $ Salv. 



Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 28 (1873). 

 Gyrinorhychus pileatua, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 106, no. 7598 (1870). 

 Sporophila pileata, Giebel, Thes. 0?m. iii. p. 522 (1877). 



Adult male. General colour above pale brown, with concealed 

 blackish centres to the feathers, which have ashy-whitish margins ; 

 rump more uniform fulvous brown ; wing-coverts blackish, edged 

 with pale brown ; bawtard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish 

 brown, fringed with paler brown, the secondaries edged with 

 whitish, the inner primaries white at the base of the outer web, 

 forming a distinct speculum ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers 

 blackish brown, edged with paler brown and fringed with whitish 

 at the tips ; crown of head and nape black, forming a cap, the latter 

 with ashy edges to the feathers; hind neck like the back; lores 

 and eyelid black ; ear-coverts, cheeks, and under surface of body 

 isabelline with a reddish tinge, especially on the sides of body and 

 flanks ; centre of abdomen white : thighs like the breast, with 

 blackish bases ; under tail-coverts pale reddish like the flanks ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white, with a patch of black near 

 the edge of the wing ; quills below dusky, with a large patch of 

 white at the base of the inner web. Total length 3-8 inches, culmen 

 0*3, wing 2*1, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-5. 



The male procured by Natterer in March has evidently been breed- 

 ing and is in very worn plumage. The abrasion of the light 

 margins of the feathers of the hind neck leaves the black cap more 

 strongly defined, and the white edges to the inner secondaries have 

 been worn off. 



Hab. Brazil. 



a. <5 ad. sk. San Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 21, 1822 Sclater Coll. 



(J. Natterer) (Tvpe of species.) 



b. $ ad. sk.' rtaiare, Brazil, March 3, 1821 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(/. Natterer). 



21. Spermophila cucullata. 



? Loxia collaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 305 (1766) *. 



? Gros-bec appele la Nonette, Daubent. PI. Enl. iv. pi. 393. fig. 3. 



Gros-bec d' Angola, Datibent. op. cit. iv. pi. 659. fig. 2. 



P Loxia nonette, P. L. S. Midi. S. N, Anhang, p. 151 (1776) ; Cass. 



Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, p. 253. 

 Black-breasted Grosbeak, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 1, p. 148 (1783). 

 Loxia cucullata, Bodd. Tabl. PL Enl. p. 24 (1783). 

 Loxia collaris, Bodd. t. c. p. 40. 



* A name inadmissible, as it is extremely doubtful whether it refers to this 

 species, as has already been remarked by Mr. Salvin. Where the birds are so 

 closely allied, it is doubtful whether any of the ancient descriptions and figures 

 are accurate enough for any identification which can be more than mere guess- 

 work. 



