27. CHRTSOJIITKIS. 219 



t. d ad. sk. Conckitas, Buenos Ayres ( W. Sclater Coll. 



H. Hudson). 



k. <$ ad. sk. Carnpana, Buenos Avres, Henry Dumford, Esq. 



Dec. 31, 1876. [G]. 



/, m. S 2 ft d. sk. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Joyner). 



n. S juv.sk. San Paulo, Brazil (Joyner). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



o,p. cJad.sk. Bahia, Brazil (IT "ucherer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Subsp. a. Chrysomitris capitalis. 



Ckrysomitris magellanica (nee V.), Tsch. & Cab. Faun. Peruan. p. 220 



(1845-46). 

 Ckrysomitris icterica (nee Lielit.), Scl P. Z. S. 1858, p. 552, I860, 



p. 66 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 125 (1862, pt.). 

 Ckrysomitris capitalis, Cab. J. f. O. 1866, p. 160; Scl. $ Salv. 



P.Z.S. 1867, p. 985; Taez. P. Z.8. 1874, p. 522, 1879, p. 230, 



1882, p. 17; id. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 49 (1886). 

 Ckrysomitris barbata (nee Mol), Scl. Sf Sale. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. 



p. 34 (1873, pt.) ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 422 ; Berlepsch &• Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1884, p. 294, 1885, p. 85. 



Adult male. General colour above bright olive-yellow ; the lower 

 back and rump golden yellow ; the upper back and mantle slightly 

 mottled with black centres to the feathers ; hind neck and sides of 

 neck brighter yellow than the mantle ; lesser wing-coverts like the 

 back ; median and greater coverts bright yellow with black bases, 

 forming a band across the base of the latter ; bastard-wing and 

 primary-coverts black ; quills black, bright yellow at the base of 

 all but the innermost secondaries, which are edged with white at 

 the tip and have a subterminal margin of yellow on the outer web, 

 the primaries only fringed with white at the ends ; upper tail- 

 coverts olive-yellow, the long ones black edged with yellow ; tail- 

 feathers black, fringed with ashy grey ; the entire tail yellow for the 

 basal half ; crown of head as far as the occiput, sides of face, ear- 

 coverts, cheeks, and throat black ; remainder of under surface of 

 body golden yellow, the sides of body and flanks a trifle greener ; 

 lower abdomen whitish ; thighs and under tail-coverts pale yellow, 

 the long ones white at the end with a central streak of black ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries yellow, with dusky bases ; quills below 

 blackish, yellow for the greater part of the inner web. Total length 

 5 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-9, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-55. 



Variation takes place in a series -with regard to the brilliancy of 

 the plumage, some, apparently younger birds, having a greener 

 shade on the upper surface, and the yellow on the hind neck not so 

 vivid. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in the same way as the female 

 of C. icterica, which it greatly resembles. The general tone of the 

 plumage, however, is decidedly yellower both above and below, and 

 not so ashy as in C. icterica. The pale yellowish edgings to the 

 wing-coverts and inner secondaries are very broad. Total length 

 4-5 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-75, tail 1-65, tarsus 0-6. 



Hab. Peru and Ecuador. 



