Birds of Paraguay. 643 



Agelams ruficapillus Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 347 ; 

 Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 1 16 (Paraguay) ; Ihering, Revista 

 Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 323 (Paraguay). 



Agelceus rujicollis Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Paraguay, p. 81. 



a. $ imm. Sapucay, April 17, 1903. 



The following is a description of the young, and only, 

 example sent : — The feathers of the forehead and crown 

 chestnut; hinder crown and nape more or less mixed with 

 golden buff like the sides of face and ear-coverts ; throat as 

 well as the breast and abdomen of a similar colour, but paler 

 and shewing blackish streaks ; on the throat a few spots of 

 chestnut, on the breast and sides of the body a few dark 

 blue-black feathers are appearing; vent, thighs, and under 

 tail-coverts blackish brown ; feathers of the back and wing- 

 coverts black with brown margins, imparting a scolloped 

 appearance ; quills dark brown with paler edgings ; tail- 

 feathers black. Bill black above, paler below ; tarsi and 

 feet black ; iris brown. Total length 65 inches, culmen 0'7, 

 wing 3 - 45, tail 2*35, tarsus 115. 



233. Agel^us cyanopus. 



Tordo negro y vario Azara, Apunt. p. 313. no. lxxi. (1802). 



Agelaius cyanopus Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. 

 p. 552 (1819: Paraguay). 



Agelceus cyanopus Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 344 ; 

 Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 11, 116 (Lambare) ; Ihering, 

 Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 323 (Paraguay). 



a. S imm. Sapucay, March 17, 1904. 



Male immature. Head and hind-neck black, with olive- 

 brown margins to the feathers ; lores, sides of face, and ear- 

 coverts black ; mantle, scapulars, and greater coverts black, 

 with dark chestnut edges to the feathers ; lesser and median 

 wing-coverts black, margined with olive-brown like the lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; primary and secondary 

 quills dark brown with paler edgings ; tail-feathers black ; 

 under surface fulvous yellow, paler on the vent, and streaked 

 with black, more broadly on the sides of the body ; under tail- 

 coverts black, fringed with dull yellow; under wing coverts 



