722 FRINGILLID-E. 



b". A black malar line. 



d'". Larger ; culmen O f 7 inch ; wing-coverts 

 uniform, brown ; a black streak above 



the grey eyebrow rufescens, p. 725. 



e"'. Smaller; culmen 055 inch ; wing-coverts 

 chestnut, with black centres; no black 



line above the grey eyebrow sumichrasti, p. 726. 



b'. Edge of wing pale yellow ; ear-coverts uniform 



light ashy grey stolzmanni, p. 727. 



b. With black on throat or fore neck. 



c'. Throat white ; a black collar across the fore neck humeralis, p. 727. 

 d'. Throat black ; fore neck grey. 



c". Bill blackish, lower mandible yellow ; back 



streaked with black ; a white cheek-stripe . mystacalis, p. 728. 

 d". Bill entirely yellow ; back uniform ; no white 



cheek-stripe pulclira, p. 729. 



1. Hsemophila super ciliosa. 



Aimophila superciliosa, Swains. An. in Menag. p. 314 (1837) ; id. 



Classif. B. ii. p. 287 (1837) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 486 (1850). 

 Embernagra superciliosa, Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 91, no. 7344 (1870). 

 Hsemophila superciliosa, Scl. 8f Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 33 



(1873) ; Salvin fy Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 395, tab. 



xxx. fig. 1 (1886). 



Advlt male. General colour above reddish brown, strongly streaked 

 with black centres to the feathers of the mantle and back, which 

 have whitish edges ; lower back and rump also mottled with black 

 centres to the feathers ; scapulars like the back ; lesser wing-coverts 

 uniform reddish brown, with whitish margins at the ends ; median 

 and greater coverts black, externally reddish brown, edged with 

 white at the ends, the greater series margined with hoary grey or 

 white ; bastard-wing blackish, edged with white ; primary-coverts 

 and quills dusky brown, externally margined with light ashy or 

 fulvous, the secondaries with rufous ; upper tail-coverts like the 

 back ; tail-feathers blackish, externally edged with whitish or ashy, 

 the centre feathers lighter brown, black along the middle, the outer 

 ones pale brown externally, whitish towards the end of the inner 

 web ; crown of head chestnut, streaked with black, with indications 

 of a pale mesial band down the centre of the crown ; lores and a 

 broad eyebrow creamy white ; feathers in front of and below the 

 eye as well as the ear-coverts black, the latter streaked with 

 white, except on the upper margin ; eyelid white ; cheeks creamy 

 white ; throat white ; sides of neck ashy grey, streaked with black ; 

 fore neck and breast ashy grey, the abdomen whiter ; sides of 

 upper breast with a few black streaks : sides of body and flanks 

 ashy, browner towards the latter, where there are a few black spots 

 and streaks ; thighs ashy ; under tail-coverts white with black 

 centres ; under wing-coverts whitish with black bases ; axillaries 

 ashy fulvous : quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge. Total 

 length 6 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 6-1 

 nches, culmen 0-65, wing 3 - 05, tail 2-5, tarsus 1. 



