78. PYRGISOMA. 735 



d. Ad. sk. San Jose, Costa Rica, Oct. 20, Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



I860 (J. Carmiol, Sin. no. (Type of species.) 



41369). 



e. tf ad. sk. San Jose, Costa Rica, April Sclater Coll. 



1877 (A. Boucard). 



f. g. Ad. sk, Irazu, Costa Rica, Dec. 1877 Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



(H. Rogers). 



5. Pyrgisoma occipitale. 



Ckamasospiza torquata (nee Dubus), Scl. fy Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 274. 



Pyrgisoma leucote (nee Cab.), Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 205 ; Scl. § Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1868, p. 326 (pt.) ; iid. Exot. Orn. p. 128, pi. 64. fig. 2 

 (1868, pt.) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 33 (1873, pt.). 



Pyrgisoma occipitale, Solum, Ibis, 1878, p. 446 ; id. $ Godman, Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 404 (1886). 



Adult male. General colour above brown, rather more ashy on the 

 upper mantle and inclining to reddish brown on the back ; lesser 

 wing-coverts olive-yellow ; median coverts dusky with olive-yellow 

 margins ; greater coverts dusky, externally olive-yellow, the inner- 

 most reddish brown ; bastard- wing dusky, externally ashy grey ; 

 primary-coverts and quills dusky brown, with olive-yellow edges, 

 the secondaries externally rufous-brown ; upper tail-coverts reddish 

 brown ; tail-feathers dark rufous-brown, more rufous on the mar- 

 gins ; crown of head slaty grey, with a broad band of black along 

 the sides of the crown, the nape slightly washed with olive-yellow, 

 the hind neck entirely olive-yellow, forming an indistinct collar ; 

 a tiny streak of white in the centre of the base of the forehead ; 

 lores and eyelid white, with a black anterior mark on the latter ; 

 above the ear-coverts a streak of bright yellow joining the sides of 

 the neck, which are also bright yellow ; ear-coverts, cheeks, and 

 throat black, with a large white spot on the ear-coverts : centre of 

 body white from the throat downwards ; fore neck with a large 

 black patch ; sides of fore neck and upper breast slaty grey ; sides 

 of body and flanks brown ; thighs ashy grey ; uuder tail-coverts 

 light rufous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries olive-yellow, 

 brighter yellow on the edge of the wing ; quills below dusky, ashy 

 along the inner edge. Total length 7 - 5 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 

 3-4, tail 3'15, tarsus l - 05. 



Adult female. Similar to the male but a little duller in colour. 

 Total length 6*8 inches, culmen 0*65, wing 3'1, tail 3, tarsus l'Oo. 



Young. Much browner than the adults, the head brown, mottled, 

 like the olive-yellow hind neck, with blackish edges to the feathers ; 

 the wing-coverts pale reddish at the ends ; facial markings as in 

 the adult, but the black much more dusky, and the throat dusky 

 blackish ; the white breast washed with pale olive-yellow. 



Hab. Guatemala. 



a. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Osbert Salvin, Esq. [P.]. 



b, c. $ 5 ad. Volcan de Fuego Sept. and Sclater Coll. 

 sk. Oct. 1873 (O. S.). 



d. cj imm. Volcan de Fuego, Sept. 5, Sahin-Godman Coll. 

 sk. 1859 (O. S.). 



