Mr. V. L. Sclater on the Genus Spermophila. 21 



omnino grandior esse dicitur et rostro prsesertiin majore 

 gaudet. Specimen unicnm in Museo Berolinensi. 



7. Spermophila melanops. 

 Spermophila melanops, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 2Ji5 et 331. 



" Capite, nucha, regione auriculari et gula circumscripte nigris, 

 notseo flavesceute cinereo-fusco : gastraeo brunnescente albo, 

 hypochondriis ochraceo lavatis : remigibus albo notatis : 

 long, tota 45." 



Hub. Porto do Rio Araguay [Natt.) . 



Obs. Ad Sp. ccei-ulescentem proxime accedit. 



8. Spermophila melanogaster. 

 Spermophila melanogaster, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 225 et 332. 

 " Corpore supra et lateribus colli, pectoris et abdominis cinereis, 

 uropygio parum clariore : gastrseo a gula inde, exceptis 

 plumis analibus et tibiarum albesccntibus, nigro ; long, 

 tota 4-3. 

 Hab. Prov. S. Paulo, Brazil. 



9. Spermophila ruficollis. 



Fringilla ruficollis, Licht. in Mus. Berol. 



Sporophila ruficollis, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 150. 



Spermophila ruficollis, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 225. 



Hab. Monte Video {Mus. Berol.) ; Mattogrosso {Natt.). 



Aff. S. hx/poxanthee, et hujus sp. forsan avis junior : sed ab ave 

 adulta pectore inferiore et ventre albesccntibus rufescente 

 tinctis diversa. 



10. Spermophila rufirostris. 



Sporophila rufirostris, Landb. J. f. 0. 1865, p. 404. 



This species, which Herr Landbeck met with eastward of the 

 Portillo pass, on the road from Santiago to Mendoza, would 

 appear to belong to the section embracing S. grisea and S. 

 plumbea. It is described as being generally of a dark lead-grey 

 colour, with darker centres to the feathers on the head and back, 

 lower belly whitish, and crissum rufescent. Total length 5i in. 



