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[MAY, 1907. 



BIRD NOTES: 



THE JOURNAL OF 



THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 



^be (Beiuis Spermopbila. 



By WESr.EY T. Page, F.Z.S. 

 This interesting genus belongs to the family 

 FRINGIIvLID^, and consists of thirty-six species, 

 most of which are fair songsters, some being of more 

 than average merit in this respect. They are of fine 

 contour, chastely and prettily clad : while not sombre 

 there are no really brightly clad members of the 

 genus. Their range as a whole is from Texas 

 throughout Central and practically the whole of 

 South America. The species are as follows : 



I albigularis 



Z hypoleiica 



3 grisea 



4 piiirnbea 

 •whiUleyana sub sp.A 

 colu7iibiaiia ,, B 



5 superciharis 



6 simplex 



7 obsciira 



8 paiipea 



9 telasco 



10 iotiiata 



11 homochroa 



12 analis 



13 analoides 



14 castaiieiventris 



15 tnintitii 



16 hypoxmitha 



17 pa his iris 



18 nigroauraniia 

 ig nigrortifa 



20 pileaia 



21 cucuUata 

 poliotiata, sub sp. A 



22 melanocephala 



23 iorqiieola 



24 albiiorgnis 



25 ophthalmica 



(Brit. Museum Cat. of Birds, Vol. XII.). 



It is my purpose in this paper to give a sufficient 

 description of all the above to enable readers to 

 identify rare species (this is only possible by constant- 

 ly quoting from the B. M. Cat. of Birds, Vol. XII.). 



26 lineata 



27 moreleii 



28 parva 



29 cceriilesceizs 



30 gtiHeralis 



31 ocellata 



32 lineola 

 irinitaiis, sub sp. a 

 a?]iazonica ,, B 



33 aiiriia 



34 luctuosa 



35 corritia 



36 bicolor 



