67. poospiza. 641 



washed with olive-brown above, the sides of the body and flanks 

 being also similarly washed with brown ; the vinous-chestnut colour 

 of the underpartsis also paler. Total length 5*5 inches, culmen 0*5, 

 wing 2-45, tail 2-45, tarsus 07. 



Hab. South-eastern Brazil, extending into Northern Patagonia. 



a. rS ad.sk. Maldonado (C. Darwin) . Zoological Society 



[P.]. 



b. 3 ad. sk. BelgTano, Buenos Ayres, H. Durnford, Esq. 



March 27, 1876. ' [C.]. 



c. § a d. sk. Punta Lara, Buenos Ayres, H. Durnford, Esq. 



Oct. 17, 1875. [C.]. 



d. Juv. sk. Punta Lara, Feb. 2, 1876. H. Buxnford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



e. c? ad. sk. Buenos Ayres, March 10, 1881 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(R W.White). 



f. cf ad. sk. Concliitas, Buenos Ayres, Nov. Sclater Coll. 



1866 (W.H. Hudson). 



g. <$ ad. sk. Conchitas, Oct. 1860 ( W. Sclater Coll. 



H. Hudson), 

 h. 2juv.sk. Conchitas ( W. H. Hudson). Sclater Coll. 



i. $ ad. sk. Rio Negro, Patagonia, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1871 (IF. H. Hudson). 



9. Poospiza whitii. 

 Poospiza whitii, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 43, pi. ix. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above dark slaty 

 grey ; lesser wing-coverts blackish, externally lighter slaty grey than 

 the back ; median and greater coverts blackish, margined externally 

 with slaty grey like the back ; bastard-wing black, narrowly fringed 

 with slaty grey, with a small white spot at the ends ; primary- 

 coverts and quills black, externally edged with slaty grey, paler on 

 the primaries ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; tail-feathers black, 

 edged with slaty grey, the penultimate feather with a wedge-shaped 

 spot at the end of the inner web, larger on the outer one, which has 

 the outer web also white for its whole length ; crown of head like 

 the back, the forehead blackish, as well as a line above the eyebrow; 

 lores black, surmounted by a broad white eyebrow, which extends 

 from the base of the bill, and becomes chestnut above the ear-coverts ; 

 eyelid black, except where it touches the white eyebrow, where it is 

 white ; ear-coverts black ; fore part of cheeks and chin white ; 

 hinder cheeks deej) maroon like the throat, fore neck, and chest, 

 extending down the sides of the breast ; breast and abdomen pure 

 white ; sides of body and flanks slaty grey ; thighs also ashy ; under 

 tail-coverts pale fawn-colour ; under wing-coverts white with ashy 

 bases ; axillaries slaty grey, fringed with white ; quills below dusky, 

 ashy along the inner edge. Total length 55 inches, culmen - 45, 

 wing 2-6, tail 2-5, tarsus 0*75. 



The adult female differs from the male in being duller in colour, 

 the grey upper parts being washed with brown ; the eyebrow is 

 white, posteriorly tinged with buff ; the rufous of the underparts is 



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