784 FRIFGILLID^. 



Hab. Western Argentine Republic and Chili and Patagonia. 



Chili. Old Coll. 



Chili (E. C. Reed). Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



Chili. Sclater Coll. 



Coquimbo, Chili, Nov. 1881 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(A. II. Markham). 



Santiago, Chili (E. C. Reed). Sclater Coll. 



Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Jan. 4, Voy. H.M.S. ' Beagle.' 



1839 (C. Darwin). 



Patagonia (Dr. Cunningham). Sclater Coll. 



Catamarca, Argentine Repub- Sclater Coll. 



lie, Sept. 14, 1880 (E. W. 



White). 



Subsp. a. Phrygilus caniceps. 



Phrygilus caniceps, Biirm. J. f. O. 1861, p. 158 ; id. La-Plata Reis. 



ii. p. 487 (1861 ) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 89, no. 7317 ; Durnf. 



Ibis, 1878, p. 393. 

 Phrygilus gayi (nee Eydoux 8,- Gerv.), White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 599. 



Adult male. Similar to P. gayi, but rather larger, and distin- 

 guished by the lower back and rump being of the same colour as 

 the back, olive-yellow strongly washed with rich orange : the sides 

 of the face and throat are of the same dark slate-colour as the crown ; 

 the under surface is brilliant orange, the whole of the lower abdo- 

 men conspicuously white, with a tinge of ashy isabelline on the lower 

 flanks and sides of the vent ; under tail-coverts entirely white : 

 " upper mandible dark horn-colour, under mandible pale horn-colour, 

 the tip rather darker ; legs rufous brown, feet and claws black, 

 the under surface lighter ; iris light rufous " (H. Durnford). Total 

 length 6-4 inches, culmen 06, wing 3;65, tail 2-5, tarsus 085. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but slightly larger and per- 

 haps a little more yellow underneath : " beak, legs, and feet horn- 

 colour with a touch of lavender, the upper mandible darkest ; iris 

 wood-brown " (H. Durnford). Total length 6-2 inches, culmen 055, 

 wing 3--J5, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-85. 



P. caniceps is in all probability only a seasonal stage of P. aldu- 

 natii, and is probably the same species in summer plumage. Like 

 P. aldunatii, it has the rump exactly like the back, and both the latter 

 and the breast are very richly coloured and of a brilliant orange. 

 In P. caniceps only the lower abdomen is whitish, with a shade of 

 isabelline brown on the lower flanks. 



Hab. Argentine Republic to Patagonia. 



a. 3 imm. sk. Fuerte de Andalgala, Cata- Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



marca, Argentine Republic, 

 Oct. 1,1880 (E. W. White). 



b. ,5 ad.sk. Fuerte de Andalgala, Sept. 16, Sclater Coll. 



1880 (E. W. White). 



c. 8 imm. sk. Chuput, Patagonia, March 23, Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



1878 (H. Durnford). 



d. 3 ad. sk. Chuput, Sept. 5, 1877 (//. Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



Durnford). 



