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ashy, the outer primaries with greyish white, the fourth and fifth 

 being bordered with white to the base, the inner secondaries 

 externally reddish brown ; tail-feathers blackish brown, edged with 

 ashy, the three outer ones white at the end of the inner webs, in- 

 creasing in extent towards the outermost, which has the outer web 

 for the most part white ; crown of head duller ashy than the back ; 

 the forehead blackish, extending in a hue above the eye ; lores 

 dusky, surmounted by a white streak ; feathers below the eye and 

 ear-coverts dark slaty grey, with whitish shaft-lines ; cheeks, throat, 

 and fore neck fawn-buff ; chest, centre of breast, and abdomen pure 

 white ; sides of breast, sides of bod}-, and flanks deep rufous or 

 chestnut ; thighs dark ashy ; under tail-coverts chestnut, a little 

 paler than the flanks; under wing-coverts and axillaries white; 

 quills below dusky, whitish along the inner edge : " bill blackish 

 brown, paler on the lower mandible, but not quite white ; feet fleshy 

 brown ; iris brown " (Burmeister). Total length 6 inches, culmen 

 0-55, wing 2-8, tail 3-6, tarsus 0-9. 

 Hab. South-eastern Brazil. 



a. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Brazil. Zoological Society [P.], 



13. Poospiza assimilis. 



Poospiza assimilis, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 137, note (1850) ; Barm. 



Th. Bras. Th. iii. p. 216, note (1856) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 439 



(1871) ; Tllute, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 599. 

 Poospiza cabanisi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 473 (1850) ; Burm. Th. Bras. iii. 



p. 216 (1856). 

 Passerina assimilis, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 99, no. 7474 (1870). 

 Passerina cabanisi, Gray, t. c. p. 99, no. 7470 (1870). 

 Poospiza lateralis {nee Nordm.), Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 229 (1871). 



Adult male. General colour above ashy brown, gradually washed 

 with rufous towards the rump and upper tail-coverts, which are 

 entirely ferruginous ; lesser wing-coverts dark slaty grey ; median 

 coverts the same, but slightly tinged with reddish brown ; greater 

 coverts dusky brown, edged with reddish brown, the outer ones 

 •with ashy, white towards the ends ; bastard-wing and primary- 

 coverts blackish, edged with ashy ; quills dusky brown, edged with 

 reddish brown, broader and more rufous on the inner secondaries, 

 the primaries edged with ashy, hoary whitish towards the ends ; 

 tail-feathers blackish, the three outer ones tipped with white on the 

 inner web, increasing towards the outermost ; crown of head ashy 

 brown like the mantle ; lores dark ashy, surmounted by a white 

 eyebrow ; eyelid blackish ; ear-coverts dark ashy, with whitish shaft- 

 lines ; cheeks and chin ashy whitish ; lower throat and fore neck 

 pale ashy grey ; breast and abdomen white ; sides of body and 

 flanks cinnamon-rufous ; thighs white ; under tail-coverts pale 

 tawny buff; under wing-coverts and axillaries whitish, with ashy 

 bases, those near the edge of the wing dusky, forming a patch ; quills 





