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FBINGILLmaS. 



Sycalis brasiliensis (nee Gm.), Scl. $ Salt: P. Z. S. 1867, p. 573. 

 Fringilla colunibiana, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 84, no. 7232 (1870). 



Adult male. Similar to S. flaveola, but smaller in size, with the 

 back uniform olive-yellow, and the quill-lining narrower and pale 

 sulphur-yellow or yellowish white. Total length 4*3 inches, culmen 

 0*45, wing 2*2, tail 1*5, tarsus 0*6. 



Two other males have the wings 2-4 inches. 



Female. Unknown. 



Young male after the first moult. Not so bright yellow as the 

 adult and greener ; the head only slightly more yellow than the 

 back aud without any orange ; underneath paler yellow, with the 

 centre of the breast and abdomen white. Wing 2-2-2-3 inches. 



Hah. Venezuela, probably Trinidad, extending into Amazonia. 



a. Ad. sk. Venezuela. Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. [Trinidad.] Sclater Coll. 



c. S ad. ; d. <3 juv. Barra do Rio Negro, April Sclater Coll. 

 sk. 1833 {J. Xatterer). 



e. $ juv. sk. Barra do Rio Negro, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1833 (J. Natter er). 



3. Sycalis pelzelni. 



Chiiy, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 479 (1802). 



Passerina flava, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 932 (1823, pt.). 



Crithagra brasiliensis {nee Gm.), Darwin, Voy. ' Beagle,' Birds, 



p. 88 (1841). 

 Passerina brasiliensis (nee Gm.), Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 9 (1847). 

 ? Crithagra flaveola, Bp. Consp. i. p. 521 (1858). 

 Sycalis chloropsis, Scl. fy Sale. P. Z. S. 1869, pp. 161, 632 {nee Bp.). 

 Sycalis brasiliensis {nee Gm.), Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 232 (1871). 

 Sycalis pelzelni, Sclater, Ibis, 1872, p. 42 ; id. <$• Salv. Nomencl. Av. 



Neotr. p. 34 (1873) ; Bumf. Ibis, 1877, p. 172 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. 



Coll. p. 215 (1882) ; Berlepsch 8f Diering, in Madardsz, Zeitschr. 



ges. Orn. ii. p. 125 (1885) ; Gibso?i, Ibis, 1885, p. 278. 

 Sycalis flaveola (nee L.), Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1873, p. 247 ; White, 



P. Z. S. 1882, p. 600. 

 Sycalis intermedia, Cab. J.f. O. 1883, p. 216. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above yellow, the 

 feathers of the hind neck, mantle, and back mesially streaked with 

 blackish ; lower back and rump uniform yellow, shaded with dull 

 ashy grey ; lesser and median coverts like the back ; greater coverts 

 also yellow, with blackish shaft-lines; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, 

 and quills dusky brown, edged with j-ellow, rather brighter on the 

 primaries ; upper tail- coverts like the back, but with dusky brown 

 centres ; tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with yellow externally ; 

 crown of head brighter yellow than the back, the forehead deep 

 orange ; lores bright yellow, as well as the feathers round the eye ; 

 ear-coverts yellow, a little duller posteriorly ; cheeks and under 

 surface of body bright yellow, duller on the sides of the body and 

 flanks, the latter with distinct dusky blackish streaks ; thighs and 

 under tail-coverts bright yellow, as also the under wing-coverts 



