Species of the Genus Sycalis. 41 



1. Sycalis flaveola. 



FringiUa flm-eola, Linn. S. N. i. p. 321. 



Bruant du Bresil, BufF. PL Enl. 321. fig. 1. 



FringiUa flava, Miiller, Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 164. 



Emberiza brasiliensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 872 ; Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. 

 Av. 1837, p. 73. 



FringiUa brasiliensis, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 47, pi. 61. fig. 1 ^ , 

 2 ? ; Max. Beitr. iii. p. 614. 



Crithagra brasiliensis, Bp. Consp.p.521 ; Gosse, B. Jamaica, 

 p. 245. 



Si/caUs brasiUensis, Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 215 ; Cab. in Schonib. 

 Guian. iii. p. 679, et Mus. Hein. p. 146; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. 

 p. 253; Sol. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 74; Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 83; 

 Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 328. 



Sycalis aureipectus, Bp. Conipt. Rend, xxxvii. p. 917, et 

 Notes Orn. p. 17; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 159; Cat. A. B. 

 p. 126 (jr.). 



Sycalis flaveola, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 231. 



Virescenti-flava, interscapulio nigricante striato ; pileo antico 

 aurantiaco : alis caudaque nigricantibus, flavo linibatis : 

 subtiis aureo-flava unieolor : subalaribus et remigum mar- 

 ginibus internis aureo-flavis : rostro corneo, niandibula in- 

 feriore albicaute : pedibus fuscis : long, tota 5*2, alae 3*0, 

 caudse 2*2, poll. Angl. et dec. Femina fusca, flavo tincta, 

 pileo et dorso nigricante striatis ; alis caudaque nigri- 

 cantibus fiavido linibatis : subtiis cineraceo-alba ; pectore, 

 crisso, tibiis, subalaribus et remigum margiuibus internis 

 flavis. 



Hab. America merid. a surama Columbia usque ad Brasiliam 

 merid. 



Loca certa : Santa Marta [Wyatt) ; Bogota [Mus. P. L. S.) ; 

 "Venezuela [Taylor] ; Brit, Guiana [Scltomb.) ; S. E. Brazil [Max. 

 et Burm.) ; prov. S. Paolo, Ypanema, &c. [Natt.) ; Minas 

 Geraes [Rogers) ; Eastern Peru [Tsch.); Bolivia, Santa Cruz de 

 la Sierra [D'Orb.). 



The well-known " Brazilian Canary," as this bird is often 

 called, appears to have received names from both Linnaeus and 

 Gmelin. The appellation given by the latter has been generally 

 adopted, and I am always unwilling to alter established nomen- 



