1 22 fringillidjE. 



Gyrinorhynchus lineatus, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 105, no. 7-569 



(1870). 

 Gyrinorhynchus niysia, Gray, t. c. p. 105, no. 7577 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above glossy greenish black, the lower 

 back and rump ashy grey, with remains of dusky blackish sub- 

 terminal markings, producing a mottled appearance ; lesser wing- 

 coverts black, with ashy-whitish edges ; median and greater coverts 

 black, tipped with white, the former very distinctly, so as to form a 

 patch ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, the inner 

 primaries white at the base of the inner web, forming a speculum ; 

 upper tail-coverts greenish black, fringed with ashy ; tail-feathers 

 black, with a narrow ashy edging on the tips ; crown of head 

 greenish black, as also the lores, sides of face, and ear-coverts ; the 

 lower eyelid with a tiny spot of white ; cheeks, throat, and sides 

 of neck white, followed by a black band across the fore neck, the 

 sides of the upper breast being also black ; centre of breast and 

 abdomen white ; sides of body and flanks ashy grey ; thighs dusky 

 blackish ; under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries white, with a blackish patch near the outer edge of the wing ; 

 quills below blackish, ashy along the inner edge and towards the 

 base of the quills. Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2*35, 

 tail T85, tarsus 0'6. 



Some specimens have the feathers of the lower back and rump 

 tipped with ashy whitish, but 1 am unable to say whether these 

 white-rumped specimens are in seasonal plumage or not. Some of 

 them have ashy edges to the upper tail-coverts and certain of the 

 dorsal plumes. Several specimens, apparently quite adult, have the 

 black collar interrupted in the centre, but whether this indicates 

 immaturity I have not been able to discover. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above olive- 

 brown, a little more fulvescent on the rump ; lesser wing-coverts 

 like the back ; median and greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills dusky brown, edged with pale brown, a little 

 more olive on the primaries ; tail-feathers dusky brown, margined 

 with olive-brown : crown like the back : lores and feathers round 

 the eye ashy whitish ; ear-coverts pale olive-brown, streaked with 

 ashy whitish ; under surface of body ochreous buff, browner on the 

 flanks and sides of the body ; centre of breast and abdomen dull 

 white, tinged with yellow ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white, 

 edged with yellow ; edge of wing yellow ; quills below dusky, ashy 

 whitish along the edge of the inner web. Total length 4-2 inches, 

 culmen 0'45, wing 2-25, tail 1*65, tarsus - 7. 



Bah. Guiana and Amazonia. 



a. $ ad. sk. Cayenne. Purchased. 



b. tf ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 



c. J ad. sk. Georgetown, British Guiana Sclater Coll. 



(JBrovm). 

 d,e. <$ Jad.sk. Bartica Grove, British Guiana, Salvin-Godman Cob 1 . 

 Feb. 20, 1880 {JI. Whitdy). 



