86. PSEUDOCHLORIS. 775 



b'. Quills externally edged with ashy. 



c''. Mantle ashy grey, contrasting with the 



olive-yellow rump ; sides of body yellow. . uropyyialia, p. 776. 

 d". Mantle olive-yellow or ashy, washed with 

 olive, not contrasting with the olive-yellow 

 rump ; sides of body light ashy brown. 

 a"'. Much larger; wing 3 - 5 inches; bright 



yellow over the eye aureiventris, p. 777 . 



b'". Smaller; wing 305 inches; no yellow 



over the eye mendozce, p. 778. 



b. A large white patch on the outer tail-feathers ; I pratensis, p. 779. 

 back thickly streaked with black | citrina, p. 778. 



1. Pseudochloris lutea. 



Emberiza lutea, D'Orb. Sf Lafr. May. de Zool. 1837, p. 74. 



Sycalis chloris, Tschudi Sf Cab. Faun. Peruan., Aves, p. 216 (1846) ; 



Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 568, 1869, p. 153 ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, 



iii. p. 57 (1886). 

 Crithagra chloropsis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 521 (1850). 

 Sycalis chloropsis, Burm. J.f. O. 1860, p. 247 ; id. Reis. La Plata-St. 



ii. p. 489 (1861). 

 Fringilla chloris, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 84, no. 7242 (1870). 

 Sycalis lutea, Scl Ibis, 1872, p. 46, pi. 2. fig. 2 ; id. Sr Salv. Nommcl. 



Av. Neotr. p. 35 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 607 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1881, p. 487 ; Tacz. 0m. Perou, iii. p. 56 (1886). 



Adult male. General colour above bright olive-yellow, pure yellow 

 on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lesser and median coverts clear 

 yellow ; greater coverts dusky, externally clear yellow ; bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers dark brown, ex- 

 ternally edged witb bright yellow ; crown of head bright olive- 

 yellow ; lores and eyelids brighter yellow ; ear-coverts and cheeks 

 deep golden yellow ; throat and under surface of body golden yellow, 

 brighter yellow on tbe breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts ; 

 sides of body and flanks a little duller yellow ; thighs bright yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries pale yellow, whitish at the base ; 

 quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge. Total length 5'5 

 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 3*2, tail l - 9, tarsus 0'65. 



It is apparently only very old males that attain to the bright 

 golden or canary-coloured plumage, the younger males being 

 decidedly greener. 



The adult female differs from the male in being browner, with 

 more or less of an olive-yellow tinge ; the lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts are greenish yellow ; a narrow line over the 

 eye, sides of face, and under surface of body olive-yellow, brighter 

 yellow on the abdomen ; sides of body ashy brown. Total length 

 4-9 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-8, tail 1*8, tarsus 0*7. 



Hah. Western Argentine llepublic to Bolivia and Peru. 



a. <$ ad. sk. Pampas Argentinas (Leubold). Salviu-Godtnan Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Bolivia. W. Bridges [O.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Tinta, Peru, June 23. H. Whitely [C.]. 

 rf.Jad.sk. Tinta, Peru, June 23 (H. W.). Sclater Coll. 



