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Subsp. a. Phonipara pusilla. 



Tiaris pusilla, Swains. Phil. May. new series, i. p. 438 (1827). 

 Fringilla lepida, Licht. Preis-Verz. mex. Yog. p. 2 (1830); Wagler, 



litis, 1831, p. 525; Cab. J.f. O. 18G3, p. 56. 

 Tiaris olivacea (nee Gin.), Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 184S, p. 91. 

 Euetheia pusilla, Cab. Mm. Hein. Tli. i. p. 146 (1850); id. J.f. O. 



1861, p. 1. 

 Phonipara pusilla, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 159, 1856, p. 304, 1859, 



pp. 365, 379; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 298 (1861) ; Scl. Cat. 



Amer. B. p. 106 (1862); id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 174; id. $ Sate. 



t. c. p. 352 ; Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1865, p. 169 ; Salv. Ibis, 



1866, p. 193 ; id. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 142 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 



ix. pp. 103, 201 (1868); Frantz. J. f. 0. 1869, p. 301 ; Sumichr. 



Mem. Bast. Sue. N H. i. p. 552 (1869); Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, 



p. 190 ; Wi/att, Ibis, 1871, p. 328 ; Scl. \ Salv. Komencl. Av. Neotr. 



p. 29 (1873) ; Baird, Brew , # Ridyw. Hi*t. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 93 



(1874); Lawr. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mm. iv. p. 20 (1875) ; Scl. $ Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1875, p. 237 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 58; Scl. \ Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 507 ; Salvia, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 224 (1882) ; 



Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 444 ; Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. 



p. 495 (1883); Salvin fy Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 359 (1885). 



Adult mole. General colour above yellowish green : lesser wing- 

 coverts rather brighter and more olive-yellow ; median and greater 

 coverts yellowish green like the back : bastard-wing and primary- 

 coverts dusky, externally edged with yellowish green ; quills dusky, 

 externally edged with yellowish green, the secondaries entirely of 

 the latter colour ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; centre tail- 

 feathers yellowish green, the remainder dusky, edged with yellowish 

 green ; crown of head more dusky than the back, the forehead 

 blackish, shading gradually off on the crown ; lores and a narrow 

 eyebrow golden yellow, as well as the upper and under margin of 

 the eyelid ; feathers round eye, ear-coverts, and cheeks black ; chin 

 and upper throat golden yellow ; sides of neck olive-green ; lower 

 throat, fore neck, and breast blackish, extending a little down the 

 centre of the abdomen, which is dark ashy, slightly shaded with 

 olive ; sides of body and flanks olive-yellowish, as also the thighs ; 

 under tail-coverts olive-yellowish with dusky centres ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries olive-yellow, the latter duller like the sides 

 of the breast ; quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge. 

 Total length 4 - 4 inches, culmen 0"4, wing 2-05, tail l - 65, tarsus 

 0-65. 



Adult female. Different from the male, and wanting the black on 

 the head and face. Above uniform olive-greenish, the wing-coverts 

 like the back ; quills and tail-feathers dusky, externally olive- 

 greenish like the back ; sides of face and under surface of body also 

 olive-greenish, yellower in the centre of the abdomen ; chin pale 

 orange-yellow. Total length 3*8 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 2*1, 

 tail 1-6, tarsus 0-7. 



