17. SPERM0PH1LA. j|g 



23. Spermophila torqueola. 



Sperm^pMa torqueola Bp Comp. i. p. 495 (1850); 8d. P. Z. S 

 mob, p. 603; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 105 H8R21 • n»„^ £ »t*I 

 p. 351 (1868); fiW. Ibig 1871 n ( V/ ft'; f S ' ifl :W " 

 iveot; p. ^» (IS/cS) Z«?w. Mem. Bost. Soc N TT \\ ,-. o<7fi 



Fnngil a ockropyga, Z«?,tt. JfSK in Mus . Be ]. ol ' P- dQl ( lfe5 > 



^asps>.ssffls/** *""'"* ^ BeroL p - 45 ^ i854 ^ 



GyWhynchus torqueolus, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p . 105, no . 7586 

 Gyrinorhynchufl atriceps, G^, ff aM<W . A a p> lQQ> qq ^ 

 Sporophila torqueola, Giebel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 523 (1871) 



eorerts witt a few sa^-bul tipstthe feS £££ £*£ 

 of winter plumage); the inner primaries white at the base rf the 



sides of the neck, forcing a iKiEMFJ 35 °uri£e 

 of body tawny rufous, the throat rather paler; fore ,eck black 

 formmg a collar, thighs white, blaek posteriorly under hi' 

 coverts like the breast ; under wine-coverh „„] . -n ■ i. 

 quills below dusky, edged inft^JX^t^^^ 

 legs blackish; ins brown" (Grayson). Total lenSh s-7 , 

 culmen 0-4, wing 2-3, tail 2, tarsus 0-55 g& 4 ' mchc8 ' 



The seasonal plumage of the adult male is brown, all the black 

 feathers of the upper surface hivfn<r oan/ i„ k 7 DidCk 



doubtless shed at'the h^SSTS'ST 1°T' ^ are 

 of the neck is also tinged with sandy buff ^ *** "* ^ ^ 



The young male resembles the adult male in ^^ei 1 



AduUfemaU Different from the male. General colour above 

 very pale olive-brown, rather more ashy olive on the lead and 

 neck: lesser wing-coverts like the back; median and t re ^ 



dusky brown, -^W^S^^f^^ 

 brown edged with olive-brown, a little ruddy in tin on the inner 

 secondaries; upper tail-coverts like the back: taU-feaThers dTkv 

 brown, with pale olive-brown margins • lorp« i T? I 



under surface of body paler olive-brown S £Z£J^f. 

 the abdomen, lower flanks, and under tail-coverts palfsL^uffj 



