774 FR.INGILLID.ffl. 



2. Spiza townsendi. 



Eniberiza townsendi, And. B. Amer. pi. 400. fig. 4 ; id. Om. Biogr. 



iii. p. 183 (1834), v. p. 90 (1839) ; id. Syn. p. 101 (1839). 

 Euspiza townsendi, Bp. Comp. ListB. Eur. 8f N. Amer. p. 32 (1838) ; 



Corns, Key N. Amer. B. p. 148 (1872) ; Baird, Brewer, Sf Ridqtv. 



Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 68 (1874) ; Ridgiv. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



iii. p. 182 (1681) ; Cones, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 387 (1884) ; 



Brewster, Auk, i. p. 191 (1884) ; A. 0. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. 



p. 354 (1886). 



Male. " Upper parts, head, and neck all round, sides of body, 

 and fore part of breast slate-blue ; the back and upper surface of 

 wings tinged with yellowish brown ; the interscapular region streaked 

 with black. A superciliary and maxillary line, chin and throat, 

 and central line of underparts from the breast to crissum, white ; 

 the edge of the wing, and a gloss on the breast and middle of belly, 

 yellow. A black-spotted line from the lower corner of the lower 

 mandible down the side of the throat, connecting with a crescent of 

 streaks in the upper edge of the slate portion of the breast. Length 

 5-75, wing 2-86, tail 2-56." {Baird, Brewer, 6c Ridgway.) 



Eab. Chester County, Pennsylvania. 



Only a single specimen known. " Its peculiarities cannot be 

 accounted for by hybridism, nor probably by individual variation " 

 (A. 0. U. Chech-list, I. c). Dr. Coues suggests that it may be a 

 hybrid between S. americana § and Guiraca ccerulea cJ . 



86. PSETJDOCHLORIS. 



Type. 



Orospina, Cab. J.f. 0. 1883, p. 108 (nee Kaup, 1829) P. pratensis. 



Sycalis, pt., auct. recent. 



Head of Pscudochloris aureiventris. 



Range. The greater part of South America from Guiana and 

 Colombia southward. 



Key to the Species. 



a. No white patch on the outer tail-feathers. 

 a'. Quills externally edged with bright yellow. 

 a". Head yellow like the rest of the upper sur- 

 face lutea, p. 775. 



b". Sides of body yellow; head grey like the 

 back ; fore part of crown olive-yellow ; 

 sides of body ashy luteocephala, p. 776. 



