216 MUNGILLID.E. 



15. Chrysomitris barbata. 



Fringilla barbata, Molina, Saggio Hist. Nat. Chile, p. 247 (1782) ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 82, no. 7197 (1870). 

 Carduelis stanleyi, Audvb. B.Amer. hi. p. 137, pi. 185 (1841, = $). 

 Chrysomitris niagellanica (nee V.), Darwin, Voy. 'Beagle,' Birds, 



p. 97 (1841) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 40 ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, 



p. 154. 

 Chrysomitris campestris (nee Spiv), Gould, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 113 ; 



Gag, Hist. Chile, i. p. 352 (1847). 

 Fringilla stanleyi, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 371 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 82, no. 7198 (1870). 

 Chrysomitris marginalis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 160 (1850) ; Cab. Mus. 



Hein. Th. i. p. 160 (1850); Cass, in Gilliss' U.S. Astr. Rrped. 



p. 181, pi. 17 (1855) ; Burm. Reise La Plata-St. ii. p. 290 (1861). 

 Hypacanthus stanleyi, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 161, note (1850). 

 Crithagra flavospecularis, Hartl. Naum. 1853, p. 213. 

 Chrysomitris noveboracensis, Licht. Nomencl. p. 46 (1854). 

 Chrysomitris barbata, Philippi, Arch. f. Naturg. xxvi. p. 28 (1860) ; 



Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 125 (1862, pt.) ; Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 



1865, p. 90: Salv. P. Z. S.18Q7, p. 322; Scl. &• Salv. Ibis, 1868, 



p. 185, 1870, p. 499. 



Adult male. General colour above yellowish green, the mantle 

 and upper back slightly mottled with dusky-blackish centres to the 

 feathers ; lower back and rump clearer olive-yellow ; lesser wing- 

 coverts like the back ; median and greater coverts yellow, brighter 

 on the margins of the latter series, which have conspicuous black 

 bases ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts black ; quills black, the 

 primaries edged with yellow, and bright yellow at the base of the outer 

 web, forming a speculum, the secondaries margined with yellow near 

 the ends, the bases yellow, followed by black in the centre, forming a 

 broad double band ; upper tail-coverts dull olive-yellow, edged with 

 ashy grey ; tail-feathers blackish edged with ashy grey, yellow towards 

 the base, the inner web margined with whitish ; base of tail entirely 

 yellow ; crown of head black, with slightly indicated olive margins 

 to the feathers ; lores ashy whitish ; sides of hinder crown and sides 

 of neck olive-yellow ; sides of face and ear-coverts dull olive-yellow, 

 washed with ashy ; cheeks and under surface of body bright yellow, 

 the throat black in the centre ; abdomen white ; sides of body 

 slightly greener ; the flanks washed with ashy ; thighs ashy, washed 

 with yellow ; under tail-coverts bright yellow, the long ones ashy 

 whitish with black centres ; uuder wing-coverts and axillaries 

 yellow, with dusky bases ; quills below dusky, yellow towards the 

 base of the inner web. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 

 2-9, tail 1-85, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in being much more dusky 

 in colour, the markings of the wing being much less pronounced. 

 The black of the crown is wanting, the head being like the back, 

 and streaked with dusky in the same manner ; the base of the fore- 

 head is pale yellow, united to a broad eyebrow which joins the side 

 of the neck, which is also pale yellow ; ear-coverts dusky olive ; 

 cheeks and under surface of body pale yellow, washed with ashy ; 



