78. prRGisoiiA. 731 



Achdt female. Similar to the male, but not so bright in colour 

 with indistinct dusky tips to the feathers of the chestnut crown' 

 lotai length 7-5 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-3, tail 3-5, tarsus 1-15 



One of the female birds from Oaxaca has the thighs ashy grey 



Young. Differs from the adult in being altogether browner with 

 scarcely any indications of the chestnut crown ; the white mesial 

 streak on the forehead also nearly obsolete ; throat, breast, and 

 abdomen isabelline, the sides of the body entirely pale brown 



Hob. Mexico. 



a. Juv.sk S. Mexico (de Oca) . Sclater Coll. 



6. £ ad. sk. La Parada, Mexico. A. Boucard [0.1. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Oaxaca (Boucard). Sclater Coll 



d, e. ? ad. sk. Oaxaca (Fenochio). Salvin-Godman Coll 



KS^vft ^^m"---' p. bia T K pe- 



78. PYRGISOMA. 



enb. Sysl£.§A*h fig. 10 (isSO) P. wSum 

 Kienena, Bp. C. R. xl. p. 356 (1855) ......... p. HanS 



Range. Throughout Central America, reoccurring in Peru. 



Key to the Species. 

 a. Crown and nape chestnut ; forehead black or ashy. 

 a. Forehead ashy; ear-coverts ashy brown, with 



chestnut behind and below rubricatum, p. 731 



. Similar to P. rubrwatum, but larger ; no white 

 ring round the eye ; top of head brown like 



the back, not chestnut kieneri n 73 9 



c'. Forehead black ; no black under the eye, which ' ' 



is white all round; ear-coverts dark chestnut, 

 black anteriorly; sides of neck white behind 

 the ear-coverts; no black spot on the fore 



d'. Forehead black ;' feathers below the eye black ; Karaw ^ ^ 733 - 

 ear-coverts chestnut, black anteriorly; sides 

 of neck black behind the ear-coverts ; a black 



spot on the tore neck cabanm, p. 734. 



b. No chestnut on the head. F 



e'. Throat entirely black; abdomen white; hind 

 neck olive-yellow. 

 a". Crown of head grey, with lateral black 

 bands ; a spot on the fore neck, separated 

 by a white collar from the black throat. . . . occijntale, p. 735 

 b ■ Crown of head blackish, witli no grey ; throat 



- T] a "5 f o[e neck entirely black kucote, p. 736. 



/. lliroat white, with some black on the chin; 

 abdomen bright tawny like the under tail- 

 coverts ; no yellow on the hind neck nation/, p. 736. 



1. Pyrgisoma rubricatum. 

 Tanagra rubricata, Licht. MSS. in Mus. Berol unde 



