378 FKINGILLID^i. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 pale greenish yellow, more ashj on the mantle and upper back, the 

 feathers of which are brown in the centre, with a blackish shaft- 

 streak ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts uniform greenish 

 yellow, the latter somewhat dusky in the centres ; lesser wing- 

 coverts yellow ; median and greater coverts dusky brown, edged with 

 yellow, whitish towards the ends ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, 

 and quills dusky brown, margined with yellow, brighter on the 

 latter, the inner secondaries edged with whity brown ; tail-feathers 

 dusky brown, edged with yellow ; crown of head yellow, washed 

 with ashy, the feathers having dusky shaft-lines and having a con- 

 cealed orange shade on the forehead ; lores and sides of face ashy, 

 as well as the cheeks and throat, the latter slightly washed with 

 yellow ; lower throat, fore neck, and chest yellow, forming a broad 

 band ; remainder of under surface of body ashy whitish, slightly 

 streaked with dusky on the sides ; the sides of the body and flanks, 

 thighs, under wing-coverts, and axillaries yellow ; under tail-coverts 

 whitish, washed with yellow ; quills dusky below, broadly edged 

 with yellow along the inner web. Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 

 0-45, wing 2-9, tail 2, tarsus 0-75. 



According to the identification of Mr. Jelski the adult female 

 becomes like the male, but is a little paler yellow below, with not 

 such a rich orange crown. • 



Peruvian birds are the largest, and have the wing 3-3-15 inches 

 in length. In specimens from other localities it varies from 2-75- 

 2-95 inches. 



A seasonal or winter plumage appears to take place in this species, 

 when the whole upper surface is shaded with ashy and the mesial 

 streaks on the back are more distinct. The yellow of the face and 

 underparts is also overshaded with ashy, and the flanks are rather 

 distinctly striped with dusky brown. In full plumage there is no 

 sign of any streaks on the flanks, and this character may be due to 

 hybridization with S. pelzelni. 



Young males apparently resemble the adult females at first, but 

 are more coarsely striped above, especially on the head ; there is 

 also more yellow on the throat, and the upper parts and wings are 

 browner. 



Hub. From Southern Brazil to Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, Colom- 

 bia, Guiana and Venezuela. 



a. Ad. st. Brazil. A. Murray, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Inim. sk. Brazil. Christiania Museum 



[P.]. 



c. d. <5 5 ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



e. Imm. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



/. Imm. sk. Rio de Janeiro. Sclater Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. Rio de Janeiro. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h, i. 3 ad. sk. Santa F6, Minas Geraes {H. Sclater Coll. 



Rogers), 

 k. c? ad. sk. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Joyner). 



