27. CHRXS01IITRI8. 1 99 



aiwl h ^J emaU - Biffere f fl ™ the male. General colour above 

 olive-yellow; rump and upper tail-coverts bright yellow Lsslr 



SETS* bellow 6 W 1 , medIan "^ greater -ries'blackrsh 

 ripped with jellow; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 blackish brown, all the latter yellow at the base except the inner 

 most, which are whitish towards the end of the outer web S 

 feathers blackish, yellow at the base; head like th i balk 'lores" 



Hab. Brazil. 



«,b. S% ad. sk. Brazil. P„™w ^ 



c,rf. d? ad.sk. Brazil. lltrOU 



/• J ad. sk. Bahia ( W uc] gfifiSt- Coll 



y. d ad. sk. Pernambuco ( 7F. ^. i^,j es ). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Chrysomitris spinescens. 

 Friugilla spinescens, Licht. in Mm. Berol., undk 



p. 10U, bcl. # Salv. Aomenel. Av. Neotr. p. 34 d8731 



Frmgilla spinescens, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. P 8 l,no. 7178 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above dull green, the rump -reenish 



veow; lesser wmg-coverts like the back; median courts blak 



ye lowish green at the ends ; greater coverts black, ti^edwth 



■ t g r f 11 ™: b^ard-wing and primary-coverts black • quills 



black, edged with greenish yellow, the inner secondaries mar£d 



w b y aTb^r en ' endi ? g in ^ ite to ™ ds the «* ** K 



tail c'ove tsl T'T* SeCondaries 7*°w at the base; upper 

 tail-coverts dull yellowish green; tail-feathers black, yellow at the 

 base; crown of head black, forming a cap; lores and eyelid also 

 black; ear-coverts, cheeks, and sides of neck vellowish teen 

 washed with hghter yellow on the cheeks ; remainder ofunder sur' 

 ace dull greenish yellow, brighter yellow on the breast and abdomen 

 the Wr abdomen white; under tail-coverts bright yellow -under" 



be n g AT r L tS , and 11 aXmarieS Pale >' elW ** dusky base, • quills 

 below blackish yellow towards the base of the inner web Total 



fitf^V^ °' 4 \ WiDg 2 ' 6 ' taU 1>55 ' t-sus 0-55 ' 

 Adult female. Differs from the male in being greyish green above 

 yellowish green on the lower back and rump LckiS tlS hLlT ' 

 so that the head is like the back ; sides o^ani^der^S 

 of body greenish grey, white on the lower breast and abdomen 

 under tai l-coverts white tinged with yellow. Total length 4 3 



inches culmen 0-4, wing 2-6. tail 1-6, tarsus 0-55 * 3 



■tlab. L. S. Colombia. 



