27. CHRYSOMITRIS. 211 



I think Mr. Buckley's identification must be wrong. In either case 

 the plumage of the hen bird is very different from that of the female 

 of C. xanihogaster. 

 Hah. Bolivia. 



a, b. cf $ ad. sk. Bolivia {D. Forbes). Sclater Coll. 



c. <$ ad. ; d. [?$ Sorata, Bolivia (C. Buckley). Sclater Coll. 

 ad.] sk. 



e. J ad. sk. Sorata, Bolivia (C. Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. c? ad. sk. Nairapi, Bolivia (C. Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



12. Chrysomitris uropygialis. 



Chrvsomitris uropygialis, Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 12-5 (1862) ; Cass. 



Proc. Philad. Acad. 1805, p. 91 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 332, 338 ; 



id. 8)' Salv. Nomencl. An. Neotr. p. 34 (1873) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, 



iii. p. 54 (1886). 

 Fringilla uropygialis, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 81, no. 7190 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above black, the feathers margined 

 with yellow ; lower back and rump bright yellow ; lesser and 

 median coverts like the back, and similarly margined ; greater 

 coverts black, broadly tipped with yellow ; bastard-wing and 

 primary-coverts black ; quills black, fringed with white at the ends, 

 rather more broadly on the inner secondaries, which are broadly 

 edged with yellow towards the ends ; all the quills yellow at base, 

 except the innermost secondaries, which are black to the base ; 

 shorter upper tail-covcrts yellow, the longer ones black, fringed 

 with yellow ; tail-feathers black, all but the centre ones yellow for 

 the basal two thirds ; head all round, sides of neck, and throat 

 black ; remainder of under surface of body bright yellow, greener 

 on the sides of body and flanks, the latter mixed with blackish; 

 thighs yellow with dusky bases; under tail- coverts, under wing- 

 coverts, and axillaries yellow, the edge of the wing mottled. with 

 dusky bases ; quills below blackish, yellow towards the base of the 

 inner web. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 325, tail 

 1*9, tarsus 0-65. 



None of the specimens in the Museum have an indication of the 

 female sex on their labels, and the sexes are probably alike in colour. 

 The extent of the yellow margins to the dorsal feathers varies 

 greatly ; but I have no evidence to show that this is a seasonal 

 peculiarity, and it may be that the younger birds or the females 

 have the back more obscured by these pale margins than the fully 

 adult males. 



Hah. Chili, extending to Southern Peru. 



a. (S ad. sk. Prov. Santiago, Chili {Ley- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



bold). 



b, c. Ad. sk. Chili. Dr. Leybold [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Chili. Sclater Coll. (Type 



of species.) 



e. Ad. sk. Chili (Bridges). Sclater Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Chili. ' Mr. Bridges [C.]. 



p2 



