130 FRINGILLID.E. 



z. tf juv. sk. Puellaro, March (L. Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



a', c? ad. sk. Esmeraldas, Nov. (L. F.). Sclater Coll. 



b'. $ ad. sk. Cayandeled, Ecuador, April Sclater Coll. 



13 (J. Stohmann). 



d'. cJ $ ad. sk. Tambillo, Peru, Sept. (J. Sclater Coll. 



Stolzmann). 



31. Spermophila ocellata. 



Spermophila ocellata, Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 181 ; Scl. Ibis, 

 1871, p. 14, pi. ii. fig. 8 ; Scl. Sf Salv. Nomencl. At: Neotr. p. 28 

 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 264 ; Tacz. $ Berlepsch, P. Z. S. 1885, 

 p. 84 ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 15 (1886). 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above glossy green- 

 ish black ; a white band across the rump ; wing-coverts like the 

 back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, edged with 

 greenish black, the inner primaries and inner secondaries white at 

 the base of the outer web, forming a double speculum, the inner one 

 being concealed by the greater coverts ; upper tail-coverts and tail- 

 feathers black, edged with glossy greenish black ; crown of head 

 like the back, with a few white spots forming a streak in the centre 

 of the forehead ; lores, feathers below the eye, and ear- coverts 

 glossy black like the crown ; the cheeks white, forming a broad 

 stripe ; throat and sides of neck glossy black ; fore neck mottled, 

 the feathers being black at the base, with a round white spot at the 

 tip ; breast and abdomen white ; sides of body and flanks white, 

 slightly mottled with black bases to the feathers ; thighs black 

 externally, white internally ; under tail-coverts white ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white ; edge of wing mottled with black ; 

 quills below bladkish, edged with ashy, and white at the base : " bill 

 black; feet dull black; iris dark brown" (A. Goering). Total 

 length 4-2 inches, culmen 035, wing 2-1, tail P65, tarsus 055. 



The white streak in the centre of the forehead is not a positive 

 character in this species. In some of the Nauta specimens there 

 are a few traces of white, but in two individuals it is altogether 

 absent. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 dull olive-brown, a little lighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; 

 wing-coverts like the back, the median and greater coverts with 

 paler ends, forming an obsolete double wing-bar ; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills dusky brown, edged with pale olive- 

 brown, broader on the inner secondaries ; tail-feathers dusky brown, 

 edged with olive-brown ; crown of head like the back ; lores and 

 feathers round eye ochreous buff ; ear-coverts paler olive-brown than 

 the head ; cheeks, throat, and fore neck pale ochreous buff; breast 

 and abdomen buffy white : sides of body, flanks, thighs, and under 

 tail-coverts ochreous buff; under wing-coverts and axillaries buff, 

 with an olive-yellow tinge ; quills below dusky, ashy along the inner 

 edge, whitish towards the base : " iris dark brown " {A. Goering). 

 Total length 4 - 5 inches, culmen 0-3, wing 2*1, tail 1*7, tarsus 055. 



