Foreign Birds. 141 



Section V. Upper surface dark olive-green or plum- 

 beous-olive. 



Gould's Eupiionia (E. gouldi). 

 Unknown to English aviculture. 



Adult male: Upper surface glossy bronze-gi'een, wiUi fore- 

 half of crown yellow; under surface of body olive -green, with 

 middle of abdomen and vent chestnut, and sides of aljdonien 

 lightly flecked with yellow; bill lead -colour; legs and feet 

 brown. Total length 3^ inches, tail l|r. 



Female: Duller, but similar to the male, save that the 

 front is deep rufous, and the under surface yellowish-olive. 



H ah it at : Southern Mexico and Central American fslli- 

 mus down to Costa Kica (B.M.C.). 



Black and Gkeen Eupiionia (E. mcsochnjsa) : I have 

 given the above trivial name to this species from the distinctive 

 markingo of the wing and tail-feathers, viz., blackish, edged 

 with green. 



Unknown to English aviculture. 



Adult male: Upper surface glossy bronze-green, with a 

 patch of darker green on the nape, and broad frontal l)aud 

 of yellow; under surface greenish-yellow, with the iniddle of 

 abdomen and vent rich orange-yellow; underside of tail ashy- 

 brown; bill lead-colour; legs and feet palish brown. Total 

 length 3| inches, tail 1 and 1.3. 



Female: Similar to the male, but lacks the yellow- 

 frontal -band and her abdomen is ashy-bulf. 



Habitat: Coloinbia, Ecuador and Peru (B.M.C.). 



Olive-fuonted Eupiionia (E. chryso'paytas) : Unknown 

 to English aviculture. 



I had no skin of this species by me, and being unable 

 to get to the museum, I quote the B.M.C. description in 

 extenso. 



" Above dark bronzj' green ; nape dark cinereous ; front, sides of head 

 " and rump tinged with yellow ; below golden yellow, brighter in the mid- 

 " die, and slightl}- flecked on the breast and Hanks with green ; under sur- 

 " face of wings and tail dark cinereous ; under wing-coverts white ; bill 

 " plumbeous ; feet brown. Wliole length 4'3 inches, wing 2'P>, tail 1'5. 



''Female: Above like the male ; below pale cinereous, whiter in the 

 "middle of the belly ; flanks and crissum pale yellow ; under wing-coverts 

 ' white." 



■' Habitat : Amazonia, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia." 



