782 FRJNGlLT.rD.E. 



Phrygilus formosus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 477 (1850) ; Ridyio. Proe. U.S. 

 Nat. Mm. x. p. 432 (1887). 



Phrygilus gayi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 477 (1850) ; Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. 

 p.* 134 (1850) ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 110 (1862) ; Scl. $ Salv. Ibis, 

 1869, p. 285; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 89, no. 7310 (1870) ; Scl. 8f 

 Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 31 (1872) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 7 ; Scl. Rep. Vov. H.M.S. < Challenger; ii. Birds, p. 100 (1881); 

 Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 227 (1882). 



Adult male. General colour above orange-brown on the mantle 

 and upper back ; the lower back and rump clear yellow ; scapulars 

 rather yellower but washed with orange-brown, and greenish ex- 

 ternally ; lesser wing-coverts slaty grey washed with olive-green ; 

 median and greater coverts clear slaty grey ; bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, quills, and tail-feathers blackish, externally slaty grey, 

 more hoary on the primaries ; upper tail-coverts slaty grey ; crown 

 of head clear slaty grey ; the hind neck and sides of neck olive- 

 greenish, slightly separating the crown from the mantle ; lores and 

 a narrow line across the base of the forehead, as well as the feathers 

 round the eye, slaty blackish ; ear-coverts, cheeks, and throat lighter 

 and more pearly grey ; fore neck and rest of under surface of body 

 bright yellow, with a slight tinge of olive-green below the throat ; 

 lower breast and abdomen slightly paler yellow ; thighs slaty grey ; 

 under tail-coverts white, the longer ones slaty grey with broad white 

 edgings ; under wing-coverts white with ashy bases ; axillaries pale 

 lemon-yellow, ashy at the base ; quills below dusky, ashy whitish 

 along the inner edge. Total length 5-9 inches, culmen - 55, wing 

 3-35, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in being paler in colour, 

 especially underneath, the throat being light pearly grey and the 

 breast pale yellow, with ashy-brown flanks. Total length 5"2 

 inches, wing 3, tail 2-05, tarsus 0*85. 



Young. Similar to the adult female, but more dingy, with the 

 head washed with yellowish green like the back. The yellow colour 

 rather brighter on the under surface of the body, with dusky streaks 

 on the breast and flanks ; the throat also yellow. 



Hah. Patagonia and Chili. 



c? ] ad. sk. [Chili.] Sclater Coll. 



cjjad.sk. Chili. Old Coll. 



[ S J ad. sk. Chili. Sclater Coll. 



d, e. ? ad. etjuv. Porto Bueno, Jan. 9, 1876. Voy. H.M.S. 'Chal- 



sk. lenger.' 



/. [ 3 ] ad. sk. Tierra del Fuego (C. Darwin). Voy. H.M.S. ' Beagle. 



(Type of F. formosa, Gould.) 



g. Ad. ; h. Juv. sk. Tierra del Fuego (C. Darwin). Voy. H.M.S. ' Beagle.' 



i. [ 5 1 ad. sk. Tierra del Fuego. Purchased. 



k. [ $ ] ad. sk. Straits of Magellan. Capt. King [P.]. 



1. J ad. sk. Tom Bav, Straits of Magellan, Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert, 

 Jan. 18, 1879 (Dr. Cop- 

 pinger). 



m, n, o. 3 ad. sk. Hermit Island. Antarctic Expedition. 



