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The Lineated Finch. 



(Radiated Grosbeak. Lath.) 



26. 6'. lifteata. 



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

 of face, ear-coverts, mantle, back, and upper tail 

 coverts, glossy black, with a greenish sheen ; lower 

 back and rump, mottled with ashy- grey ; wing coverts, 

 quills and tail-feathers, black ; median and greater 

 feathers, tipped with white ; inner primaries, white at 

 base of inner web ; tail feathers narrowly tipped with 

 ashy ; cheeks, tiny spot below each eye ; throat, sides 

 of neck, centre of breast and abdomen, and under tail 

 coverts, white ; sides of body and flanks ashy ; band 

 across foreueck and sides of breast, black. Total 

 length 4^ in., tail i^ in. 



Adult female : Principally olive- brown ; slightly 

 fulvous on the rumps ; wing-coverts, quills and tail- 

 feathers, dusky brown, edged with paler brown; under 

 surface, yellowish-buff; centre of breast and abdomen> 

 whitish ; sides and flanks, washed with brown. 



Habitat : According to Mus. Cat., Guiana and 

 Amazonia. 



27. 5". moreleti. 



Adult male : Black on the upper surface; with a 

 broad band of white across the rump; wing-coverts, 

 tipped with white ; base of inner primaries, white on 

 the outer web ; whole of the head, black ; throat, 

 sides of neck, and under surface, white, slightly tinged 

 with yellowish-bufi" below the breast ; a broad black 

 band crosses the foreneck. Total length 3I in., tail 

 if i". 



Adult female : Dull yellowish-brown, slightly 

 washed with olive on the upper surface ; greater and 



