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Subsp. a. Spermophila polionota. 



Sporopkila collaria, Burm. Th. Bras. iii. p. 246 (1856, nee auct.). 

 Spermophila cucullata, Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 103 (1862, nee Bodd.). 

 Spermophila atricapilla, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 223, 437 (1871, nee 

 Neuwied). 



Adult male. Similar to S. cucullata, but wanting the ochreous 

 buff on the underparts, rump, and sides of neck, all of which are 

 whitish ; kower back and thighs ashy grey. Total length 4*5 

 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2-35, tail 1-8, tarsus 0*6. 



Adult female. General colour above brown, the lower back and 

 rump rather paler and more sandy ; lesser wing-coverts like the 

 back : median and greater coverts blackish brown, edged with paler 

 brown, the inner ones tipped with tawny buff; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills dark brown, edged with paler brown, 

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

 forming a speculum ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers dark brown, 

 edged with paler brown, especially the outermost feather ; crown of 

 head like the back ; lores whitish : ear-coverts pale olive-brown ; 

 sides of neck yellowish buff, recalling the half-collar of the male ; 

 cheeks, throat, and under surface of body yellowish buff, more tawny 

 on the abdomen, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries like the breast ; quills below dusky, white 

 along the inner edge. Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 

 2-25, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-6. 



Hab. Brazil. 



a. $ ad. sk. Brazil. Maison Yerreaux. 



b. S ad. sk. Rio. Sclater Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Rio (Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



22. Spermophila melanocephala. 



Pico grueso cejita blanca, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 448 (1802). 

 Coccothraustes melanocephala, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Xat, xiii. p. 542 



(1817). 

 ? Pyrrhula melanocephala, D'Orb. §• Lafr. Syn. Av. in Mag. de Zool. 



1837, p. 85. 

 Spermophila melanocephala, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 386 (1844) ; 



Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 9 (1847j. 

 Spermophila lafresnavii, Bp. Consp. i. p. 496 (1853) ; Gray, lland-l. 



B. ii. p. 105, no. 7o71 (1870). 



Adult male. Similar to S. cucullata, but distinguished by the 

 broad band of deep cinnamon or chestnut which occupies the lower 

 back as well as the rump ; the sides of the neck and the under- 

 parts are also deep cinnamon, becoming chestnut on the lower flanks 

 and under tail-coverts. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 

 2-45, tail 2, tarsus 0-6. 



Hab. Southern Brazil, extending to Corrientes and probably to 

 Bolivia. 



a. <5 ad. sk. Pmita Lara, Buenos Ayres, Henry Durnford, Esq. [C 1. 

 Oct. 19, 1875. * L J 



