786 fringillidj:. 



o. Ad. sk. Bolivia (D. Forbes). Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Chiuata, Western Peru, July Sclater Coll. 



19, 1867 (H. Whitely). 



3. Phrygilus atriceps. 



Ernberiza atriceps, If Orb. Sf Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1837, p. 76 ; D'Orb. 



Voy. Amer. Mend., Ois. p. 363, pi. 47. fig. 2 (1839). 

 Euspiza atriceps, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 376 (1844). 

 Phrygilus atriceps, Cab. Arch. f. Naturg. x. p. 290 (1844) ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 477 (1850) ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 110 (1862) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 89, no. 7312 (1870) ; Scl. 8,- Salv. Nomenct. Av. 



Neotr. p. 31 (1873) ; Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mm. x. p. 435 



(1887). 



Adult. General colour above orange-brown, the lower back and 

 rump yellow ; scapulars like the back ; lesser wing-coverts dark 

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

 coverts, and quills black, edged with slaty grey, whitish at the ends 

 of the greater series ; upper tail-coverts black, the long ones edged 

 with slaty grey ; tail-feathers black, with ashy margins ; crown of 

 head and nape black, as also the lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, 

 cheeks, and throat; sides of neck and under surface of body deep 

 orange-yellow, the centre of the breast and abdomen bright yellow, 

 whiter on the vent ; thighs dark slaty grey, with ashy margins ; 

 under tail-coverts black, broadly tipped with white ; under wing- 

 coverts white, with slaty-grey edges ; axillaries bright yellow ; quills 

 below dusky brown, fringed with ashy whitish along the inner edge : 

 '•' bill slate-colour ; feet and legs black ; iris light brown " (H. 

 Rowland, MSS.). Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 3*6, 

 tail 2'5, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. Olive-brown, a little more olive on the lower back 

 and rump ; wings and tail-feathers brown with ashy margins ; head 

 brown, with dusky centres to the feathers ; over the eye an ashy- 

 brown shade ; sides of face and throat isabelline-brown ; the latter 

 mottled with black centres to the feathers ; breast dull orange-yellow, 

 a little paler on the lower breast ; the abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 white, the latter with dusky centres. Total length 6*5 inches, 

 culmen 0-6, wing 3 - 65, tail 2*4, tarsus 1-05. 



Hub. Bolivia and Peru* 



a. <3 ad. sk. Iquique, Peru (H. Boirland). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. <S ad. sk. Tavapaca, Bolivia (Baymer). Sclater Coll. 



c. c? ; d, e. 2 ad. Bolivia ( W. Bridges). Sclater Coll. 

 sk. 



/. cJ ad. sk. Bolivia. W. Bridges [C.]. 



4. Phrygilus melanoderus. 



Emberiza melanodera, Quoy fy Gaim. Voy. ' Uranie,' Zool. i. p. 109 



(1824) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 377 (1844). 

 Chlorospiza melanodera, Darwin, Voy. ' Beagle,' Birds, p. 95, pi. 32 



(1841) ; Gay, Faun. Chile, Zool. i. p. 354 (1847). 



