27. CHRYSOMITRIS. 221 



a. 2 ad. sk. Roraima, Nov. 23, 1883 (H, Sclater Coll. 



Whitely). 



b. cJ ad. sk. Roraima, Jan. 29, 1884 (H. W.). Sclater Coll. 



c. S ad. sk. Roraima, Dec. 28, 1881 (l£. W.). Sclater Coll. 



d,e. S £ ad. sk. Roraima, Nov. 1883 (H. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 f>9- 6 2 ad.sk. Roraima, Jan. 6, 1882 {H. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Subsp. S. Chrysomitris sieiniradzkii. 



Chrysomitris siemiradzkii, Berlepsck fy Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 551, 

 pi. 50, 1884, p. 313; Tacz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 50 (1886). 



Adult male. Similar to C. icterica, but apparently always uni- 

 form olive-yellow, with tbe rump and under surface of the body 

 brilliant golden yellow ; hind neck also bright yellow, forming a 

 tolerably distinct collar. Total length 3-6 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 

 2-2, tail 1-25, tarsus 0-5. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



a. [ (J ad.] sk. Balzar Mountains, Ecuador Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (Mlingworth). 



17. Chrysomitris notata. 



Carduelis notata, Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Bely. xiv. pt. 2, p. 106 (1847) ; 



id. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 247. 

 Fringilla notata, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 371 (1819) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 82, no. 7196 (1870). 

 Chrysomitris notata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 516 (1850) ; Cab. Mas. Hein. 



Th. i. p. 160 (1850); Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 304, 1858, p. 303, 1859, 



pp. 365, 380 ; Scl. $ Salv. Ibis, I860, p. 275 ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. 



p. 124 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 474 ; Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 



1865, p. 92 ; Sumichr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 550 (1869) ; 



Scl. fy Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 34 (1873) ; Lawr. Bull. U. S. 



Nat. Mus. iv. p. 22 (1876) ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 214 (1882) ; 



id. fy Godrn. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 428 (1886). 



Adult male. General colour above olive-yellow, golden yellow on 

 the rump ; all the wing-coverts, as well as the bastard-wing and 

 primary-coverts, black ; quills black, with the basal third golden 

 yellow ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers black, all but the central 

 rectrices bright yellow for the basal half; head all round, throat, 

 and fore neck black ; sides of neck, chest, and under surface of body 

 golden yellow, paler on the abdomen ; sides of body and flanks a 

 little more olive-yellow ; thighs and under tail-coverts yellow : 

 under wing-coverts yellow with blackish bases ; asillaries yellow ; 

 quills below black, yellow towards the base of the inner web. Total 

 length 4*1 inches, culmen - 45, wing 2-6, tail 1-5, tarsus 0*5. 



The sexes in this species are said to be alike ; but I greatly doubt 

 the correctness of this determination. A female (so-called) in the 

 Sclater Collection exactly resembles the male ; but I see that the 

 late M. Jules Verreaux has written on the label " est un J ;" but 

 whether he wrote from positive knowledge or from conjecture I 

 cannot say. The colours are altogether less brilliant than in the 



