66. AMPHISPIZA. 627 



back ; under tail-coverts edged with whitish ; under wing-coverts 

 slaty blue ; axillaries slaty grey like the breast ; quills below dusky 

 blackish, the inner edge more ashy. Total length 4 - 7 inches, cul- 

 men 0-5, wing 2-6, tail 1-95, tarsus 075. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 uniform olive-green : lesser wing-coverts glossy olive-green ; 

 median and greater coverts dusky, externally edged and tipped 

 with dull olive-green ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts dusky 

 brown ; quills dusky brown, externally olive-brown ; tail-feathers 

 dusky brown, externally edged with olive-green ; crown of head 

 and neck uniform olive-green like the back, with a faint streak of 

 lighter olive over the eye ; sides of face, ear-coverts, and cheeks 

 olive-green ; throat and under surface of body ashy olive, a little 

 clearer and more yellowish olive on the throat ; the sides of the 

 body, flanks, and thighs uniform olive-green ; throat, fore neck, and 

 breast streaked with dusky-brown centres to the feathers ; under 

 tail-coverts yellowish white, with dusky bases ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries olive-green, the latter edged with yellow ; quills 

 dusky below, ashy along the edge of the inner web. Total length 

 4 - 7 inches, culmen - 45, wing 2-6, tail 1*85, tarsus 0-7. 



Hah. Brazil. 



a, b, c. <5 ad. sk. Pelotas, Eio Grande do Sul, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brazil (Joyner). 



d. Ad. sk. Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



e,f. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



y, h. S ; *. $ ad. st. Brazil. Purchased. 



k. 2 a d- sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



1. S ad. sk. Ypanema, Brazil, April {J. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Natterer). 



2. Haplospiza uniformis. 



Haplospiza uniformis, Scl. e)- Sale. Nomencl. Av. Neotv. pp. 29, 157 

 (1873) ; Salvin fy Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 366, 

 tab. xxvii. fig. 1 (1886). 

 Adult (type of species). Similar to H. unicolor, but larger and 

 darker in every way ; leaden-grey above and darker slate-colour 

 below. Total length 5-2 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-9, tail 1'95, 

 tarsus 0-75. 

 Hah. Mexico. 



a. Ad. sk. Jalapa, S. Mexico {Be Oca). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



66. AMPHISPIZA. Type 



Amphispiza, Coues, B. N.-West, p. 234 (1874) A. bilineata. 



Range. Western United States to Mexico, eastwards to Western 

 Texas, north to the Great Basin. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Throat black ; no yellow on the edge of the 



wing bilmeata $ , p. 628. 



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