46 Mr. P. L. Sclater^s Revision of the 



6. Sycalis lutea. (Plate II. fig. 2.) 



Emberiza lutea, Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. Av. in Mag. de Zool. 

 1837, p. 74. 



Sycalis Moris, Cab. in Tsch. F. P. Aves, p. 316 (1846). 



Sijcalis chloris, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 568, et 1869, 

 p. 153. 



Crithagra chloropsis, Bp. Consp. p. 521 (1850). 



Obscure flava, subtiis et in uropygio clarior : alis et cauda fusco- 

 nigris extiis llavo limbatis : subalaribus pallide flavis ; 

 reraiguni margiuibus intern is pallide fuscis ; long, tota 

 5*5, alse 3*2, caudse 2"1. Fern, omnino obscurior et fusco 

 prsecipue supra induta. 

 Hab. Andes of Bolivia and Peru. 



I first met with this fine species in Mr. Whitely's collections 

 from Western Peru, and determined it, I believe correctly, as 

 S. chloris of Cabanis. Subsequently, on examining the marked 

 specimens of Sycalis in the Paris Museum, I found that it w^as 

 identical with Crithagra chloropsis of Bonaparte. Still later I 

 discovered that specimens of the same species had been obtained 

 byD'Orbigny in Bolivia, and described by him and Lafresnaye 

 in 1837 as Emberiza lutea. This fact was doubtless overlooked 

 by Bonaparte, from the species being altogether omitted in the 

 ' Ornithology ' of D'Orbigny's Voyage. 



The typical specimen of Crithagra chloropsis, Bp., was (ac- 

 cording to my notes taken at Paris) collected in Bolivia by 

 Mr. Pentland. 



7. Sycalis luteocephala. 



Emberiza luteocephala, Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. Av. in Mag. de 

 Zool. 1837, p. 74 ; D'Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 360, pi. 44. fig. 2. 

 Crithagra luteocephala, Bp, Consp. i. p. 521. 



Fusca : capite undique, et abdomine toto medio cum margi- 

 nibus rectricuin et remigum flavissimis. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia. 



D'Orbigny found this Sycalis common in flocks on the eastern 

 slope of the Cordillera from Cochabamba and Valle Grande to 

 Chuquisaca. 1 have examined his specimens in the Paris Mu- 

 seum, and likewise skins in Mr. Eyton's collection obtained by 

 Bridges in Bolivia, but have never been able to obtain examples 

 of this species myself. 



