812 FKINGILLID2E. 



coverts and quills edged with ochreous brown ; sides of head and 

 throat, including all the parts which are crimson in the adult, sandy 

 brown ; rest of under surface white, the sides washed with ochreous 

 brown. 



Hab. Brazil. 



a. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Rio Claro, Prov. Goiaz, Brazil Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



(Joyner). 



c. Ad. sk. Novo Fribourgo {J. Youds). Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



d. Juv. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Bahia ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



f. g. Ad. sk. Pernarnbuco ( W. A. Forbes). Salvin-Gudmaii Coll. 



3. Paroaria capitata. (Plate XVI. fig. 5.) 



Capita, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 509 (1802). 



Tachypkonus capitatus, D'Orb. fy Lafr. Syn. Av. p. 29 (1837) ; D'Orb. 



Voy. Amer. Merid., Ois. p. 278, pi. 19. fig. 2 (1835-44); Hartl. 



Lid. Azara, p. 9 (1847). 

 Tanagra capitata, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 364 (1844). 

 Paroaria capitata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 472 (1850) ; Burm. Th. Bras. iii. 



p. 212 (1856) ; id. Rets. La-Plata St. ii. p. 482 (1861) ; Scl. Cat. 



Amer. B. p. 108 (1862); Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 228 (1871); Scl. 8f 



Salv. Nomencl. Av. Keotr. p. 30 (1873) ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, 



p. 598. 

 Passerina capitata, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 97, no. 7444 (1870). 



Adult. General colour above uniform black, with a narrow line of 

 white separating off the black from the crimson head, caused by the 

 white bases to the feathers of the nape ; the rump slightly mottled 

 with ashy bases, the long side plumes of the rump tipped with 

 white ; wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers entirely black, with a 

 narrow fringe of white at the end of the inner web of the outer 

 tail-feather ; crown of head crested, crimson like the lores, sides of 

 face, ear-coverts, cheeks, and chin ; throat black, this colour skirting 

 the cheeks and ascending behind the ear-coverts to the occiput ; sides 

 of neck pure white, nearly forming a collar on the nape ; under 

 surface of body pure white, the sides of the body and flanks slightly 

 washed with ashy, the latter mottled with dusky bars ; thighs white, 

 black posteriorly ; under tail-coverts, under wing-coverts, and axil- 

 laries white, with a patch of black near the edge of the wing ; 

 quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge ; bill and legs orange- 

 yellow in skin. Total length 6-5 inches, culmcn 0-55, wing 3*1, 

 tail 2-7, tarsus 0-8. 



Young. Brown above instead of black, the white under surface 

 washed with brown below, the crimson of the head replaced by 

 ochreous brown. 



Hab. Brazil, Paraguay, and the Argentine Republic. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Cuyaba, Brazil, 1842 (J. Natterer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Juv. sk. Paraguay. Sclater Coll. 



