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The adult female differs from the male, being 

 principally light olive-brown above, and same colour 

 below, but much paler ; the principal wing feathers 

 and also those of the tail being dusky-brown, edged 

 with pale olive. 



Habitat : Mexico. 



24 5. albitorquis. 

 " Adult male : Similar to 5. tofquela, but distiuguisbed by 

 "a white collar round tlie bind neck. Total leugtb 4-4 in., 

 " tail 1-85 in." Habitat : Mexico. (B. M. C, Vol. XII.) 



The Spectacled Finch. 



25 5". ophthalfnica. 



Adult male : Crown of head, nape, lores, sides of 

 face, ear-coverts, mantle, back, wings and tail, black ; 

 the feathers of the lower back and rump have the 

 bases grey, merging into black, with the tips pure 

 white, giving a mottled whitish-grey surface; lesser 

 coverts edged with white ; the greater coverts with a 

 white streak at the ends ; primaries and quills with 

 white bases, obscured on the latter, but forming a 

 distinct oblong wing patch on the former ; cheeks, 

 throat, sides of neck, breast, abdomen, white slightly 

 mottled with black on the sides and flanks ; a broad 

 black band crosses the foreneck, and there is a tiny 

 spot of white below each e3^e. Total length 4 in., 

 tail if in. 



Adult female : Differs considerably from the male, 

 being light brown above ; tinged with ashy on head 

 and mantle ; wings and tail, blackish ; under surface, 

 paler than the upper surface and slightly tinged with 

 yellowish ; centre of abdomen, white. 



Habitat : Ecuador. 



