778 FRINGTLLID^. 



the long ones with a mesial streak of dark brown. Total length 

 5-2 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 3 - 7, tail 2-25, tarsus 0-75. 

 Hub. Chili and the Western Argentine Republic to Bolivia. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Chili. Purchased. 



c, d. $ 5 ad. sk. Province of Santiago, Chili Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Landbeck). 



e,f. c? $ ad. ; g. Santiago, Chili {Landbeck). Sclater Coll. 



2 imui. sk. 



h,i. $ juv.sk. Pampas Argentinas (Leybold). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Bolivia. Mr. Bridges [C.]. 



5. Pseudochloris mendozae. 



Adult male. Similar to P. aureiventris, but smaller, and having 

 no bright yellow over the eye. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 

 0*45, wing 3 - 05, tail 1*9, tarsus 0*75. 



Hab. Mendoza, Argentine Republic. 



ad. sk. Mendoza (Burmeister). Sclater Coll. 



ad. sk. Mendoza {Burmeister). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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6. Pseudochloris citrina. 



PFringilla xanthorrhoa, Bp. Journ. Philad. Acad. iv. p. 350 (1825) ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 84, no. 7236 (1870). 

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

 Sycalis citrina, Pelz. Om. Bras. pp. 232, 333 (1871, ex Natterer 



MSS.) ; Scl. Ibis, 1872, p. 48 ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 043 



(1882) ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 217. 

 Fringilla citrina, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 84, no. 7241 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above olive-yellowish, mottled on the 

 mantle and back with blackish-brown centres to the feathers ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts uniform greenish yellow ; wing-coverts 

 blackish, edged with olive-yellow, brighter on the greater series ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, margined with 

 yellow, more ashy on the inner secondaries ; tail-feathers blackish, 

 edged with olive-yellow, with a large patch of white at the end of 

 the inner web of the outer tail-feather ; on the penultimate feather 

 a smaller white patch ; crown of head uniform dull golden yellow, 

 the nape and hind neck like the back ; lores dusky, yellow above 

 and round the eye ; ear-coverts olive-yellow ; cheeks and under 

 surface of body bright yellow, the lower throat and fore neck 

 slightly greener, as well as the sides of body and flanks : thighs and 

 under tail-coverts yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries olive- 

 yellow, with dusky bases ; quills below dusky, ashy along the inner 

 edge. Total length 4-4 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 2-6, tail 1*7, 

 tarsus - 55. 



Adult female. Different from the male, and browner, streaked 

 with blackish centres to the head and entire upper surface, the 

 rump rather clearer brown, washed with pale olive ; wing-coverts 

 and quills blackish brown, edged with ashy or whitish ; sides of 



