PHRYUILUS. 789 



5. Phrygilus xanthogrammus. 



Chlorospiza xanthogramma, Gray in Daricin's Vuy. ' Beayle,' Birds, 



p. 196, pi. 23 (1841) ; Gay, Faun. Chile, Zool.i. p. 354 (1847). 

 Emberiza xanthogramma, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 377 (1844). 

 Melanodera xanthogramma, Bp. Consp. i. p. 470 (1850) ; Gould, 



P. Z. S. 1859, p. 95. 

 Phrvgilus xanthogrammus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 385 ; id. # Salv. Ibis, 



1868, pp. 185, 186 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 90, no. 7321 (1870) ; 



Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 228 (1882). 



Adult. General colour above bluish grey, with a slight tiuge of 

 yellow here and there on the head and back ; lesser wing-coverts 

 olive-yellow ; median and greater coverts, bastard-wing, and pri- 

 mary-coverts olive-yellow edged with grey ; quills dusky brown, 

 externally olive-yellow, the inner secondaries edged with grey ; the 

 primaries hoary towards the end ; upper tail-coverts grey, like the 

 back ; tail-feathers dusky brown edged with grey ; the outer feathers 

 for the most part white, yellow externally, with a mark of dark 

 brown along the end of the outer web, increasing in extent towards 

 the centre of the tail, and occupying the greater part of the inner 

 web as well ; crown of head like the back, with a line of bright 

 yellow along the base of the forehead, extending backwards and 

 forming an eyebrow ; lores black ; eyelid yellow ; ear-coverts bluish 

 grey washed with olive-yellow, especially below the eye ; cheeks 

 yellow, forming a moustachial streak, which becomes paler pos- 

 teriorly and joins a collar of pale yellow below the throat, which is 

 black ; sides of neck bluish grey ; fore neck, breast, and sides of 

 body bluish grey, mixed with olive-yellow ; abdomen white, as also 

 the under tail-coverts ; thighs bluish grey ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries pale yellow ; quills below dusky ; inner edge of quills 

 ashy or yellowish ashy. Total length 7 inches, culnien - 45, wing 4, 

 tail 2*7, tarsus - 8. 



The specimen described has a slight tinge of yellow here and 

 there on the upper surface. This is more distinctly shown on 

 another specimen from Hermit Island, and a third, from the same 

 locality, has the whole of the upper surface of the body olive- 

 yellowish, including the wings and the sides of face, sides of neck, 

 and breast ; in fact it is yellowish where the other bird is grey. 

 The eyebrow, cheeks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts are brighter 

 yellow. 



This yellow-bellied bird has the appearance of being very distinct 

 from P. melanoderus, and if it were peculiar to Hermit Island 

 if would be a very recognizables pecies. Two specimens, however, 

 are in the Museum from the Falklands ; and one of them in the 

 Bclater Collection is apparently a hybrid between P. melanoderus 

 and P. xanthogramma. It is evident, therefore, that a much larger 

 amount of material must be collected and examined before a proper 

 understanding of these two species can be arrived at. 



Hah. Falkland Islands ; Patagonia and Chili. 



