98. PAKOARIA. 



809 



surface, it may be an accompaniment of seasonal plumage or a sign of 

 immaturity. 



Hah. Ecuador and Peru. 



a. $ ad. sk. Balzar Mountains, Ecuador Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(lllingworth). 



b. Jad.sk. Babahoyo, Ecuador, July 1859. L. Eraser [C.]. 



c. d. <5 2 a d- sk. Babahoyo, Ecuador, July 1859 Sclater Coll. 



(Z. Fraser). 



e. cjjuv.sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador, Sept. 1858 Sclater Coll. 



(L. Fraser). 



f. <$ ad. sk. Lechugal, Tern (Jelski). Sclater Coll. 



2. Rhodospingus mentalis. (Plate XV. fig. 2.) 



Adult male. Similar to R. cruentus, but distinguished by the black 

 spot on the chin. Total length 4 inches, culnren 0-5, wing 2-05, 

 tail 1*45, tarsus - 65. 



Hub. Puna Island in the Gulf of Guayaquil. 



a. <S ad. sk. Puna Island ( Villagomez). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



98. PAROARIA. 



Type. 



Paroaria, Bp. Saggio Distr. Met. An. Vertebr. p. 141 



(1832) ' _ P. cucullata. 



Calyptophorus, Cab. Arch. f. Naburg. xiii. p. 329 (1847) P. cucullata. 



Coccopsis, Keichenb. Syst. Nat. pi. Ix.wii. fig. 8 (1850) . . P 



Range. Venezuela to Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru. 



Key to the Species. 



a. With ashy-grey wing-coverts, resembling the 



back ; kind neck grey, with ovate spots of white cucullata, p. 809. 



b. With black wing-coverts. 



a'. Pump and lower back grey lurvata, p. 811. 



b' . Pump and lower back black. 



a". Ear-coverts crimson like the crown; with 

 black on the throat. 

 a'". Bill entirely yellow ; no black on the 



upper mandible ; legs yellow capitata, p. 812. 



b'". Upper mandible black, lower one yellow; 

 legs blackish. 

 « 4 . Lores and feathers round the eye black, 

 extending in a streak above the ear- 

 coverts gvlaris, p. 813. 



6*. No black on the lores or round the eye cervicalis, p. 814. 

 b". Ear-coverts black; throat entirely crimson nigrigems, p. 814. 



1. Paroaria cucrxllata. (Plate XVI. fig. 1.) 



Le Cardinal Bominiquain, Daubent. PL Enl. iv. pi. 103 ; Buff. Hist. 

 Nat. Ois. iii. p. 501, note (1775). 



