384 FRINGILLrD.55. 



coloration, but having the outer tail-feather obliquely marked with 

 white. Total length 4 - 7 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 2-75, tail L85, 

 tarsus 055. 



The length of wing in this subspecies varies from 2-7 to 2-85 

 inches. 



Hub. Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. 



a. Ad. sk. Lima, Peru (W. Nation). Sclater Coll. 



b. $ ad. sk. Arequipa, Peru, Feb. 20, Sclater Coll. 



1868 (H. WMtely). 



c. d. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador ( C. Buckle;/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. J 1 ad. sk. Cuenca, Ecuador, Nov. 1867 Sclater Coll. 



(L. Fraser). 



f, g, h. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



k. Ad.sk. Bogota (G. Crowther). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Subsp. />. Sycalis minor. 



Sycalis minor, Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 679 (1848) ; Pelz. 



Orn. Bras. p. 232 (1871) ; Sedv. Ibis, 1885, p. 217. 

 Crithagra hilarii, Bp. Consp. i. p. 521 (1850). 

 Sycalis hilarii, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 147 (1850) ; Burnt. Th. 



Bras. iii. p. 254 (1856) ; Scl. Cat. Arner. B. p. 126 (1862) ; id. 



8,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 573; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 232 (1871). 

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



Adult male. Similar to S. arvensis, but smaller and brighter 

 yellow below; ear- coverts and sides of neck brighter olive-yellow, 

 the latter much more brilliant than in S. luteiventris. Total length 

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



Adult female. Similar to the male, but browner and greener on 

 the rump. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2--55, tail 1*7, 

 tarsus 0-55. 



Hub. Amazonia, Venezuela, and Guiana. 



a. rf ad. sk. Island of Mexiana, Lower Ama- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



zons, Dec. 1848 (A. B. Wal- 

 lace). 



b. $ ad. sk. Island of Mexiana (A. B. W.). Sclater Coll. 



c. j ad. sk. Caraccas, Venezuela. Sclater Coll. 



Subsp. y. Sycalis chrysops. " 



Sycalis chrysops, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 376 ; Salv. Bois, 1866, 

 p. 194; Scl. Ibis, 1872, p. 45, pi. ii. fig. 1; id. $ Salv. Nomencl. 

 Av. Neotr. p. 35 (1873) ; Salv. §• Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 

 i. p. 433(1886). 



Fringilla chrysops, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 84, no. 7237 (1870). 



Adult male (type of species). Very similar to S. arvensis, but 

 without any white on the outer tail-feather, which resembles that 

 of the true S. arvensis. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 

 2-55, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-6. 



Hah. Central America, from Mexico to Guatemala. 



a. g ad. sk. Mexico. Sclater Coll. (Type 



of species.) 



b. Imm. sk. Duenas, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sept. 1862 (O.S.). 



