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olive ; centre of breast and abdomen, whitish. Total 

 length 4J in., tail if in. 



"Habitat: from Guiana to Venezuela ; Trinidad, and Co- 

 "lonibia extending to Panama." (B. M. C.) 



The Plumbeous Finch. 



4. 5". pliimbea. Uncoloured plate, fig. i. 



Adult male : The general colour of the upper 

 surface is ashen, rump a little lighter; tail, blackish 

 edged with greyish brown and slightly tipped with 

 pale ashy; lesser wing-coverts, ashen; median and 

 greater coverts blackish, edged with ashy grey ; 

 primaries, edged with whitish grey, the inner ones 

 white at the base of the outer web, forming a fairly 

 large white patch (see plate) ; crown of head, ashen ; 

 lores, black; ear-coverts, dark ash grey with whitish 

 shaft lines ; cheeks, dark ash grey, with a small white 

 streak at the base ; lower eyelid, white ; the under 

 surface is ashy grey, with the centre of the breast, 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts almost pure white; 

 thighs, whitish grey ; beak, blackish ; legs and feet, 

 brownish grey ; iris, brown. Total length 4^ in., tail 

 if in. (Described from living .specimen at the Zoo.) 



"'Habitat: Brazil, extending into Bolivia." (B. M. Cat., 

 Vol. XII.) 



Sub sp. A. .S". whiteleyana. 

 " Adult male : General colour above, pale ashy grey rather 

 " lighter on the lower rump ; lesser wing coverts like the back; 

 " median and greater coverts dusky blackish edged with hoary 

 " ashy on the latter; bastard wing, primary coverts and quills, 

 " dusky blackish edged with ashy, the primaries margined with 

 " hoary grey, the inner ones white at the base of the outer web, 

 "forming an alar speculum; tail coverts, ashy gre}' ; tail 

 " feathers, blackish edged with ashy, and pale brown at the tips 



