88. phrygilt/s. ygi 



/'. Smaller; abdomen black like the breast- 

 under tail-coverts black with white 

 edges .... , . . 



ii' w;ti, +i,„ +1 i. ,'. carbonanus, p. 791 



' „ lth T . the tlir °at grey or whitish. ' " 



^ "" ,^ ltl !. r10 rufous on the mantle. 



a'". With the abdomen grey like the 



breast ■ , „__ 



;/// .ii ,"."■••■ unicolor, p. 792. 



b ^Abdomen white; flanks ashy. F 



« . Bill yellow ; a white patch on the 

 inner webs of the tail-feathers; 



» * hro f* slat J f ej otoidfina. p. 793 



b.lSo white on the tail ; throat whitish V 



or pale ashy. 

 « 5 . No white supraloral mark ; 

 throat, centre of breast, abdo- 

 men, and thighs ashy brown ; the 



throat a little greyer plebeiw, p. 795. 



b . A white supraloral spot; throat, 

 centre of breast, abdomen, and 



*,. »r , thl £ bs P ure white ocularis n 7<¥S 



* • Mantle, upper back, and scapulars rufous erythronSJs, v 796. 



1. Phrygilus gayi *. 

 Frmgilla gayi, Eydo UX 8f Gervais, Mac,. Je Zool. 1834, CI. ii. Aves, 

 FringUk formosa, GW<* fr Darwin's Toy. < Beagle,' Birds, iii. p. 93 



Chlorospiza gayi, Gay, Faun. Chilen. i. p. 355 Q847^ 

 Euspizagayi, Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 30c (1849). 



panson of the typical specimens in the P™ Mu ™ c eckeftoT 5 iT" 

 P. j^ of Eydoux and Gervais. Both the de.crmtin, ,, lT , true 



latter authors are poor, and the absence of •, Z Z Z , 1 fT glven ^ the 

 the rump from the rest of foKu ™1 T f to th f dlffe ™t colour of 

 by Eydo'ux and G^^TSjJS^Sff^o^Sf ^J^*""* 

 But, then, how could the belly be* ^^^£^^^7^ 

 conspicuously wtoe in reality' We lnv P n,™>,- ^tter bud, when it is 



of P. gayi winch precisely Ln»JfFli 9 Z ?' ™ the Museum specimens 



the material in the British- and Pa r 5 M £eu m bSo« » 5H d V°* 6Xamine 

 these yellow PW;/; He seems oh 1 i • P ubbsbm S ^ paper on 

 P. cJiceps of Buf eiste^^r lat ffiftSB s'plw ffiT - rf 



we as ye/know^nothing fo- Sain Lcl a e3f ^""T " tbeSe Bunti ^ 8 

 between P. aflwiaW and P ( /^ o^ Sir, p'i con °f ct j° n a PPeara to exist 

 treat of these species'o^s^Se feSof^S^SoS^ 

 means of trinomials, when he has seen the series in t\r ornithologists, by 

 appear somewhat as follows :- '* " thlS Museum . and they will 



1. Phrygilus gayi (Eyd. 8c Gervais). 



j. Phrygilus aldunatii (Gay). 



3. Phrygilus aldunatii caniceps (Barm ) 



4. Phrygilus aldunatii punensis (Bidgw) 



5. Phrygilus aldunatii saturatus (Sharpe) 

 b. Phrygilus aldunatii atriceps (Lafr ) 



