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DOLOSPINGUS. 



Dolospingus, EUiot, Ibis, 1871, p. 402 D. nuchalis 



Range. River Orinoco. 



1. Dolospingus nuchalis. 



Dolospingus nuchalis, Elliot, Ibis, 1871, p. 402, pi. xi. 



-lilfS w "^- H ead, throat, and entire upper parts black, with 

 slight bluish reflections upon the back; a conspicuous white spot in 

 the centre of the neck behind; primaries brownish black, smaller 

 coverts tipped with white, forming an alar bar ; rump white ■ upper 

 tail-coverts black ; tail blackish brown, the feathers rather pointed ■ 

 entire underparts and flanks white ; bill very thick at the base' 

 converging to a sharp point of horn-colour ; the base of the mandible 

 and sides of maxilla blackish ; feet and tarsi black. Total length 

 5 inches, wing 2|, tail 2\, tarsus f. (Elliot.) 

 Hab. R. Orinoco. 



MELOPYRRHA. 



Melopyrrha, Bp. C. R. xxxvii. p. 924 (1853) * T p Pe ' 



• Th rl )ill i n this geUUS is rather hi ^ ber than in SpermopMla but 

 m reality there is scarcely any difference between the two o- e nera 

 Even the black coloration of Melopyrrha is approached bv Spermo 

 phila corvina and other species. " 



Range. Confined to Cuba. 



1. Melopyrrha nigra. 



Loxia nigra, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 306 (1766) 



Le Bouyreuil on Bee Rond noir et blanc, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. 



p. oJ4 (17/o). 

 Pyrrhula crenirostris, Vieitt. Ois. Chanteurs, p. 77 (1805) 

 Pyrrhula nigra, Vieill. Galerie des Ois. i. p. 65, pi. 57 Q825) ■ PS„ 



Zool. Jmrn iii. p. 440 (1827) ; VOrb. in lianL cle la Sagia, R& 



Nat. Ois. Cuba, p. 87, pi. 18 (1838). ' ' 



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

 Sporophila nigra, Bp. Consp. i. p. 499 (1850) 

 Melopyrrha nigra, Cab. J f. O. 1856, p. 8; Sal. Cat. Amer. B. p. 103 



U»bJ), bcl. if £>alv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 2S (1873); Gvndl 



