Mr. P. L. Sclater un the Genus Sperniophila. 7 



I have no hesitation in regarding as immature males of S, tor- 

 queola, an adult of which was also obtained by Col. Grayson at 

 Tepic. They differ only in the brown back ; but one specimen 

 in my collection is clearly intermediate ; and I have another, 

 still younger, specimen with the back brown, and the black on 

 the head and chest-band only just appearing, which renders the 

 series complete. 



S. torqueola seems to be a western species. I have never 

 seen it in collections from Vera Cruz and the eastern sea-board. 



7. Spermophila castaneiventris. 



Sporophila castaneiventris, Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 679. 



Spermophila castaneiventris, Bp. Consp. p. 495 ; Scl. et Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 181, 1869, p. 597; Pdz. Orn. Bras. p. 225; 

 Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 104. 



Plumbea : alis caudaque nigricantibus ; speculo alari albo : 

 subtus paulo dilutior, niedialiter omnino castanea : long, 

 tota 3 '6, alse 2*0, caudse 1"5. Fern. Fuscescenti-olivacea, 

 alis caudaque nigricantibus : subtus dilutior, ochraceo 

 perfusa. 



Hah. Guiana (Schomb.) ; Rio Negro and Rio Madeira [Natt.) ; 

 Eastern Peru, Lower Ucayali {Bartlett), Pebas [Hauxivell] ; 

 New Granada, Bogota [Lewy in Mus. Paris). 



8. Spermophila telasco. 



Spermophila telasco. Less. Voy. Coq. Ois. p. 663, 1. 16, fig. 2 ; 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 496; Scl. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 147; Gray, 

 Gen. p. 386. 



Sporophila telasco. Cat. Mus. Hein. i. p. 150. 



Pyrrhula alaudina, Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. A v. p. 83. 

 . Spermophila alaudina, Bp. Consp. i. p. 496. 



Fuscesceuti-cinerea, fusco obsolete variegata ; uropygio albi- 

 cante : alis caudaque nigris ochraceo limbatis : speculo 

 alari et remigibus ad basin albis : subtus alba, macula 

 gulari castanea : long, tota 3*8, alse 2"1, caudse 1-6. Fern. 

 mari similis sed macula gulari nulla. 



Hab. Peruvia occ, Lima [Nation), Tacna {D'Orb.). 



Mus. P. L. S. Smithson, (ex Lima, Church). 



The only examples I possess of this species arc those obtained 



