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obscured doubled bar ; primaries, flights and tail- 

 feathers, dusky with olive brown margins ; crown of 

 the head, sides of face and ear-coverts, olive brown ; 

 the ear coverts, streaked with whitish ; lores, eye 

 region, breast and abdomen, whitish-buff; cheeks and 

 tinder surface of bodj% buffish-ochre ; sides and flanks, 

 light olive-brown ; thighs and under tail covers, pale 

 whitish-ochre.* Total length 4 in. full, tail if in. 



" Young males at first resemble the adult female, 

 " but show a good deal of black on the throat and 

 ■" crown, all, however, concealed by the overlying 

 '■'■ greenish plumage. 



" Hab. : Brazil, Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, ex- 

 " tending into Panama, Ecuador and Peru." (B. M. C. 

 of Birds, Vol. XII). 



The; Whitk-Throated Finch. 



I. 5. albigularis. 

 This, one of the most frequently imported of the 

 SpermophilcE, is also a very handsome fellow, but its 

 demeanour in the aviary is anything but amiable, he 

 is in fact a confirmed bully, will not tolerate males of 

 liis own species in the same enclosure, and is also 

 very intolerant of any nearly related species. Though 

 quietly clad, his garment is very pleasing, the con- 

 trasts are sharp, yet not harsh, and he is also shapely 

 formed. To add to his other charms, he is cheap, 

 enduring and has a sweet little song, which he is very 

 fond of pouring forth. This species has bred in cap- 

 tivity, but as the Rev. C. D. Farrar has given a full 

 account of his success in Bird Notes, Vol. IV., it need 

 not be repeated here. One point may be worth re- 



* Described from living specimens. 



