634 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



was purchased by a lady "who declined to part with it. I 

 always considered this species as one of our rare birds and 

 was rather keen on acquiring it. — W.F.~] 



214. Sporophila pileata paraguayensis, subsp. nov. 

 Male. Allied to S. pileata, but differs in having the 



entire upper surface, except the black head, olive-brown or 

 ashy brown instead of pinkish buff, the under parts pearly 

 white including the under wing-coverts and under tail-coverts, 

 instead of rosy buff. Total length 42 inches, culmen 0*35, 

 wing 2*15, tail 155, tarsus 06. 



Female. Yellowish brown above, somewhat paler on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ; under surface ochreous buff; 

 under wing-coverts white. Total length 3*9 inches, culmen 

 0*3, wing 1*95, tail 1*45, tarsus 0*55. 



a. <? ad. Sapucay, March 24, 1903. 

 Bill black; feet black; iris brown. 



b. $ ad. Sapucay, March 25, 1903. 



Upper mandible horn-coloured, lower mandible cream- 

 coloured ; feet horn-coloured ; iris brown. 



c. S imm. Sapucay, March 23, 1904. 



Bill black, lower mandible horn-coloured ; feet black ; iris 

 brown. 



215. Sporophila hypoxantha. 



Pico grueso pardo y canela Azara, Apunt. i. p. 445. 

 no. exxii. (1802). 



Sporophila hypoxantha Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 150, note 

 (1851: Montevideo); Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 7,115 

 (Lambare) ; Hellmayr, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1904, 

 p. 527 ; Ihering, Bevista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 321 (Para- 

 guay). 



a. £ ad. Sapucay, March 21, 1904. 



Bill and feet very dark horn-coloured. 



216. Sporophila ruficollis. 



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

 Licht. (1850). 



Spermophila ruficollis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 

 p. 140. 



