67. poospiza. 637 



5. Poospiza bonapartii. 



Poospiza hispaniolensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 473 (1850). 



Poospiza bonapartii, Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 341, pi. xx. ; Scl. fy Salv. 



Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 30 (1873); Taczan. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 322; 



id. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 31 (1886). 

 Passerina hispaniolensis, Gray, Hancl-l. B. ii. p. 98, no. 7464 (1870). 

 Passerina bonapartii, Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 99, no. 7475 (1870). 

 Poospiza torquata, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 520. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above brown, mottled 

 witb darker brown centres to tbe featbers of tbe mantle and upper 

 back ; lower back and rump asby grey, washed witb brown ; lesser 

 wing-coverts ashy grey ; median coverts blackish, tipped with ashy 

 grey ; greater coverts blackish, edged with ashy or brown and tipped 

 broadly with white, forming a wing-band ; bastard-wing blackish, 

 externally edged with ashy whitisb ; primary-coverts dusky blackish, 

 externally ashy ; quills blackish, edged with ashy grey, hoary whitisb 

 towards the end of the primaries, and white at the base, forming a 

 distinct speculum ; the secondaries edged with brown ; upper tail- 

 coverts ashy grey ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged witb ashy grey, 

 all but the centre feathers white on the inner web, decreasing some- 

 what towards the centre of the tail ; crown of head and hind neck 

 dark asby grey ; lores black, surmounted by a white eyebrow, whicb 

 is bordered by a black line above ; eyelid white above and below, 

 black in front and behind like the ear-coverts and feathers below 

 the eye, which are also black ; cheeks white like the throat ; sides 

 of neck ashy grey ; feathers of fore neck black, edged witb ashy, 

 forming a collar ; sides of fore neck ashy grey ; breast and abdomen 

 white ; sides of body and flanks pale ashy brown ; thighs white ; 

 under tail-coverts white, with tawny bases ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, witb ashy bases ; quills below dusky, white 

 along the inner edge. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 25, 

 tail P8, tarsus - 8. 



Adult female. Differs from tbe male in being browner, the head 

 like the back, slightly mottled with dusky centres ; the lower back 

 and rump rather more ashy ; lesser wing-coverts ashy grey ; median 

 and greater coverts blackish, edged witb ashy, pale tawny towards 

 the ends of tbe feathers ; bastard-wing dusky brown, edged with 

 ashy, whitish towards the end : quills dusky brown, edged with 

 reddish brown, more asby on the primaries, hoary whitish towards 

 the ends ; tail-feathers brown, edged with lighter brown, the three 

 outer featbers witb a white spot at the end of the inner web, in- 

 creasing towards tbe outermost ; lores ashy ; feathers below the eye 

 and ear-coverts brown ; a distinct white eyebrow ; cheeks and 

 throat white, with a few dusky spots on the sides of the lower 

 throat, joining some blackish streaks which form an indistinct collar 

 across the latter; breast and sides of the body pale ocbreous brown, 

 with dusky streaks ; centre of breast, abdomen, and thighs white ; 

 under tail-coverts pale tawny, witb white tips. Total length 4*6 

 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-45, tail 1-8, tarsus 08. 



