736 FKINGILLIDJi!. 



e. 2 ad. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Oct. 23, 1873 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. &). 



f, g. Ad. sk. Savana Grande (O. S. Sf F. D. G.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Types of species.) 

 h. S ad. sk. Volcan de Agua, Nov. 1873 (0. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 i. cJad.sk. Barranco Hondo, Oct. 29, 1873(0. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Pyrgisoma leucote. 



Melozone leucotis, Cab. J. f. 0. 1860, p. 413 ; Cass. Proc. Philad. 



Acad. 1865, p. 169 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 103 (1868) ; 



Frantz. J.f. O. 1869, p. 302. 

 Pyrgisoma leucote, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 326 ; iid. Exot. 



Orn. p. 128 (1868, pt.) ; Scl. Ibis, 1873, p. 373 ; id. fy Salv. Nomencl. 



Av. Neotr. p. 33 (1873); Salvin fy Godman, Biol. Centr.-Anier., 



Aves, i. p. 403 (1886). 

 Embernagra leucotis, Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 92, no. 7352 (1870). 



Adult male. Similar to P. occipitale, but without the grey on tbe 

 crown, the entire crown being black, washed on the nape with olive- 

 green like the hind neck ; the entire throat and fore neck black, 

 mottled on the lower throat with half-concealed white bases to the 

 feathers. Total length 6*8 inches, culnien 0*6, wing 3*1, tail 2 - 65, 

 tarsus 1-05. 



Hob. Nicaragua and Costa Rica. 



rt.Ad.sk. Chontales, Nicaragua (T. Belt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Juv. sk. Costa Rica (Hojfman ). Sclater Coll. 



(A typical specimen.) 



c. Ad. sk. Costa Rica (Boucard). Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Costa Rica. Mr. Van Patten [C.]. 



e. cjad.sk. San Jos<§,Costa Rica, Oct.20, 1865 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. Carmiol; Sm. no. 47461). 

 /, g, h. Ad. sk. Irazu district, Costa Rica (ZT. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Rogers). 



7. Pyrgisoma nationi. 



Pipilo mystacalis, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 521 (wee Buarrenion 



mystacalis, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 515). 

 Buarrenion nationi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 485, pi. xlvi. ; Tacz. Orn. 



Perou, ii. p. 533 (1884). 



Adult female (type of species). General colour above ashy grey, 

 rather browner on the back ; wing-coverts like the back, with paler 

 brown tips to the greater series ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, 

 and quills dark brown, edged with ashy, the first primary externally 

 white ; upper tail-coverts ashy grey, with fulvous-brown tips 5 tail- 

 feathers dusky brown, edged with ashy, the outer ones narrowly 

 tipped with whitish ; crown of head and nape dark chocolate-brown, 

 with a few white feathers on the forehead and on the sides of the 

 hinder crown ; lores, feathers round eye, and ear-coverts black, 

 the latter washed with brown; cheeks and throat white, the 

 former washed with deep ochre; chin black, extending a short 

 distance down the malar line ; sides of neck ashy grey, washed with 

 brown; fore neck ashy grey, varied with whitish edges to the 

 feathers ; breast, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts pale tawny 



