808 fkixgillid^:. 



«. (5 ad. sk. [Bahia.] Salvin-Godman Col!. 



b. Ad. sk. [Bahia.] Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Bahia ( Wucherer). Sclater Coll. 



97. RHODOSPINGUS. 

 CorypbospinguS) pt., auct. recent, (nee Cab.). 

 Range. Ecuador to Peru. 



1. Rhodospingus cruentus. (Plate XV. lig. 1.) 



Tiaris cruenta, Less. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 435 ; Gray, Gen. R. ii. p. 375 

 (1844) ; Rurm. Th. Bras. iii. p. 215, note (1856). 



Lophospiza cruenta, Rp. Consj). i. p. 471 (1850). 



Coxyphospingus cruentus, Cab. Mils. Hein. Th. i. p. 145, note (1850) ; 

 Scl. P. Z. 8. I860, p. 276 ; id. Cat. Amer. R. p. 109 (1862) ; id. § 

 Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 30 (1873) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, 

 p. 322. 



Tiaris cornptus, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 45 (1854, teste Rttrm.). 



Passerina cruenta, Gray, Hand-l. R. ii. p. 98, no. 7449 (1879). 



Adult male. General colour above glossy black, the feathers of 

 the rump slightly mottled with greyish bases ; wing-coverts black 

 like the back : quills black, with a concealed white patch at the 

 base of the inner web ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers black ; 

 crown of head black, with a large sincipital mark of crimson ; lores, 

 sides of face, feathers round eye, ear-coverts, and hinder cheeks 

 black; the fore part of the cheeks crimson like the throat aud 

 under surface of the body ; chin buffy whitish ; sides of fore neck 

 and of breast black ; abdomen slightly paler than the breast, 

 whitish near the vent ; sides of body and Hanks streaked with black ; 

 thighs buffy whitish, black at the base ; under tail-coverts pale 

 crimson ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; quills below 

 black, white towards the base of the inner web. Total length 4-2 

 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-25, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 brown, slightly paler on the lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts ; lesser wing-coverts like the back, remainder of the coverts, 

 as well as the quills, dusky, edged with brown like the back ; tail- 

 feathers dark brown, edged with paler brown ; crown of head 

 brown like the back ; lores and feathers round the eye buffy whitish ; 

 ear-coverts brown, with ochreous-buff shaft-lines ; cheeks, throat, 

 and under surface of body ochreous buff, paler on the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, 

 slightly tinged with ochreous buff ; quills below dusky brown, white 

 along the inner edge. Total length 4-3 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 

 2-1, tail 1-45, tarsus 0-65. 



The Ecuadorian specimens are much paler on the abdomen than 

 the Peruvian one described. As, however, this pale coloration is 

 accompanied by sandy-brown edges to the feathers of the upper 



