136 FRINGILLTDiE. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 olive-brown, a little clearer brown towards the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and greater 

 coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dusky brown, 

 edged with olive-brown, the ends of the greater coverts whity brown ; 

 tail-feathers brown, edged with olive-brown ; crown of head like the 

 back ; lores and feathers round eye ochreous buff : ear-coverts light 

 brown, with paler shaft-streaks ; cheeks, throat, and breast ochreous 

 brown, shaded with olive ; abdomen white, washed with olive- 

 yellow ; sides of body and flanks brown with an olive tinge ; thighs 

 and under tail-coverts ochreous buff; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries whitish, washed with olive-yellow : quills below dusky, ashy 

 along the inner web, which is whitish towards the base : " bill pale 

 brown, the lower mandible as in the male ; feet and iris as in the 

 male " (Jelski). Total length 4-4 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 2-05, 

 tail 1*75, tarsus 0-6. 



Young male. At first brown, like the old female, with the black 

 of the throat concealed, and to all appearance not half so extended 

 as in the old male, the black appearance confined to the throat ; but 

 on lifting the feathers the black plumage will be found more or less 

 developed on the fore neck. 



In seasonal plumage the male is dull olive-brown instead of 

 black, the black plumage being obscured by olive-brown tips to 

 the feathers, which are shed when the full plumage is assumed. 

 The abdomen and under tail-coverts are white, as in the adult bird, 

 but the sides of the body are brown. 



Hob. From Colombia to Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



