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"of the feathers; crown of the head, like the back; lores,. 

 " dusky ashy ; lower eyelid white ; ear-coverts and cheeks, dull 

 " ashy ; fore part of cheeks and upper throat; white ; centre of 

 throat and under surface of bod)', pale ashy grey ; centre of 

 "breast and abdomen, white; thighs and under tail-coverts, 

 "white. Total length 4-4 in., tail 1-75 in. 



" Other males, apparently younger birds, procured at the 

 " same season of the year, are much browner above and on the 

 "margins of the wing-coverts and quills; the under parts are 

 " also suffused with brown, which likewise deadens the white 

 "on the throat and abdomen. Habitat: Guiaua." (B. M. Cat.^ 

 Vol. XII.) 



Sub sp. B. 6^ colonibiana. 

 "Adult male: Similar to the male of 5. plumbea, but a 

 " little paler grey, and distinguished by the feathers below the- 

 " fore part of the cheeks and the entire throat being white. 

 "Total length 4-5 in., tail 1-65. Habitat: U. S. of Colombia." 

 (B. M. C, Vol. XII.) 



The Lined Finch. 



32. 5". lineola. Fig. 2, uncoloured plate. 

 Adtilt male : Upper stirface, Itistrotis greenish 

 black ; which is also the colour of the head and neck ; 

 from the base of the upper mandible there extends a 

 broad longitudinal band of white across the crown of 

 the head, and the base' of each cheek is adorned with 

 a similar stripe ; wings, greenish black relieved with 

 a white patch at base of primaries, a similar patch 

 adorns the secondaries, but this is obscured by the 

 greater coverts; tail, black; under surface pure white 

 washed on the sides and flanks with light grey ; the 

 throat is black ; beak, blackish ; legs and feet, leaden 

 grey ; iris, brown. Total length 4! in,, tail if in. It 

 ranges over South Brazil, Parraguay, Argentina and 

 Bolivia. 



