640 FRINGILLID^. 



a, b. 3 2 a< i. sk. Goiaz, Brazil (J. Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. [Brazil.] Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



8. Poospiza personata. 



Chipiu negro y ranela, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 527 (1802). 



Pipillo personata, Swains. An. in Menag. p. 311 (1837); Gould in 



Darwin's Voy. Beagle, Zool. p. 98, pi. 35 (1841) ; Gray, Gen. B. 



ii. p. 360 (1844). 

 Ernberiza personata, cPOrb. § Lafr, Mag. de Zool. 1837, p. 81; 



Hard. Ind. Azara, p. 10 (1847). 

 Poospiza nigrorufa, Cab. in Wiegm. Arch. f. Naturg. 1847, p. 350; 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 473 (1850) ; Barm. La-Plata Beis'ii. p. 484 (1861) ; 



Sclater, Cat. Amer. B. p. 108 (1862) ; Scl. § Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, 



p. 140 ; Hudson, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 113 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 439 



(1871) ; Hudson, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 508 ; Scl. $ Salv. Komencl. Av. 



Neotr. p. 30 (1873) ; Bumf. Lbis, 1877, p. 171 ; Barrows, Bull. 



Nutt. Orn. Club, viii. p. 129 (1883) ; Gibson, Ibis, 1885, p. 277. 

 Poospiza mesoleuca, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Berol. p. 43 (18-54) ; Pelz. 



Orn. Bras. p. 229, note (1871). 

 Poospiza nigrorufa, Burnt. Th. Bras. iii. p. 216 (1856). 

 Passerina nigrorufa, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 98, no. 7461 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above blackish slate- colour : lesser 

 wing-coverts like the back ; median and greater coverts black, edged 

 with slaty grey ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, 

 narrowly edged with slaty grey ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; 

 tail-feathers black, the two outer ones with a spot of white at the 

 end of the inner web, larger and extending to the outer web of the 

 outermost tail-feather ; crown of head deep black ; lores white, sur- 

 mounted by a narrow white eyebrow, which becomes chestnut above 

 the ear-coverts ; eyelid, feathers below the eye, and ear-coverts 

 black ; cheeks white, forming a distinct moustache, which extends 

 on to the base of the chin ; throat and under surface of body vinous 

 chestnut ; sides of neck slaty grey ; abdomen white ; sides of body 

 and flanks dark slaty grey ; thighs ashy grey ; under tail-coverts 

 pale rufous, the outer ones whitish ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries slaty blackish, edged with white ; quills below blackish, ashy 

 along the inner edge : " bill black, the under mandible white at 

 the base ; feet pale greyish fleshy brown ; iris brown " (Burmeister). 

 Total length 5-5 inches, cvtlmen 0-45, wing 2-45, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-75. 



This species seems to have a distinct seasonal plumage, when the 

 adult male is browner above and the rufous of the underparts is 

 less vivid. 



The young bird is dusky brown above and striped below like a 

 young Bunting. The throat is dull white, all the feathers being 

 tipped with dusky ; the fore neck, breast, and sides of body pale 

 fulvous, streaked with dusky blackish, broader on the sides, flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts ; the abdomen dull whitish, with dusky 

 shaft-streaks. 



The adult female is duller black than the male and is slightly 



