88. PHRYGILUS. 785 



Subsp. j3. Phrygilus punensis. 



Phrygilus gayi (nee Ei/d. ty Gervais), Tschudi, Faun. Peruan. p. 218 

 (1845) ; tacz. P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 520, 1880, p. 199 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1881, p. 486 ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, Hi. p. 32 (188G). 



Adult male. Similar to P. caniceps, but with a certain resem- 

 blance to the true P. gayi, in that the rump is slightly paler and 

 clearer yellow than the back, but the latter scarcely approaches the 

 orange-brown of P. gayi, but is on the contrary rich olive-yellow, 

 with which the rump scarcely contrasts. The grey of the head and 

 throat is darker in P. punensis than in P. gayi, and it has the 

 tinge of isabelline, which is also seen on the ventral region of P. 

 caniceps. It resembles P. gayi in the under tail-coverts being slaty 

 grey, edged with white. Total length 6*7 inches, culmen - 7, wing 4, 

 tail 2-75, tarsus 1. 



Another bird from Tinta, presumably a male, is very much paler 

 everywhere than the one described (also from Tinta), while another 

 from the vicinity of Lima is scarcel}' to be told from P. aldunatii. 



Hah. Peru. 



a. c? ad. sk. Andes of Lima, Peru (Prof. Sclater Coll. 



Nation). 



b. Ad. sk. Tinta, June 10, 1869 (H. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



WMtely). 



c. <$ ad. sk. Tinta, Feb. 6, 1869 (H. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Whitely). 



Subsp. y. Phrygilus safraratus. 



Emberiza gayi {nee Eyd. § Gerv.), D'Orb. Sf Lafr. May. de Zool. 



1837, p. 75. 

 Phrygilus atriceps (nee D'Orb.), Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 985; 



Tacz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 34 (1886). 

 Phrygilus caniceps {nee Burnt.), Salvia, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 227 



(1882). 



Adult male. Similar to P. punensis, but with a much darker 

 slaty-grey head, orange-browu back (approaching that of P. atriceps), 

 the rump brighter yellow, in evident contrast to the mantle and 

 back. Total length 6 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3 - 7o, tail 2 - 7, 

 tarsus 1. 



This is a form of P. punensis, intermediate between that race and 

 P. atriceps, to which it shows such close affinities that it is probable 

 that a complete link will be found to connect P. punensis and P. 

 atriceps. A bird marked " female " by Mr. Whitely, from Chiuata, 

 Peru, is very nearly as black on the head as Bolivian specimens of 

 true P. atriceps. 



/lab. Bolivia and Western Peru. 



a. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia (C. Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of P. saturatus.) 



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

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