450 KORTII Ail ERIC AN BIRDS. 



times interrupted on liind-ncck), and rest of lower parts (except black 

 cbest-band), wbite or pule buffj-. Adult female: Above plain olive, 

 ratber lighter on rump, the wings varied by two wbitisb bands across 

 tips of middle and greater coverts ; lower parts dull light olive-buify. 

 Immature male: Variously intermetliate in plumage, according to age, 

 between adult male and female, as described above, several years evi- 

 dently being required to attain the perfect plumage. Length 3.75^.50, 

 wing 1.90-2.10, tail 1.85-2.05. Nest in bushes, composed of fine rootlets, 

 dried grasses, etc., horse-hairs, etc., very thin, sometimes semi-pensile. 

 Eggs (unknown). Hah. Lower Eio Grande Valley, in Texas, south 

 through eastern Mexico and Central America to Costa Eica. 



602. S. morelleti sharpei Ijawr. Sharpe's Seedeater. 

 a*. "Wing-coverts without lighter tips. 



6". Adult male : Top and sides of bead, back, scapulars, wings, upper tail- 

 coverts, tail, and band across chest black; rump and lower parts, pos- 

 terior to black chest-band, pale tawny or cinnamon-buff; chin, throat, 

 and sides of neck white, or buffy white. Adult female : Above plain 

 grayish brown ; beneath pale grayish buff}*, shaded with grayish brown 

 across chest. Immature male: Similar to adult, but back, scapulars, 

 wings, upper tail-coverts, and tail brownish gray, instead of black. 

 "Wing about 2.10-2.25, tail 1.90-2.00. Hah. Western Mexico, north to 

 Mazallan aud Guanajuato, south to Tehuantcpec. 



S. torqueola Bonap. Ochraceous-rumped Seedeater.' 

 t'. Adult male: Entirely black, except under wing-coverts and axillars and 

 a spot at base of quills (the latter sometimes concealed by primary 

 coverts), which are pure white. Adult female : Uniform greenish olive, 

 paler below. AVing about 2.10-2.25, tail 1.95-2.20. Hab. Eastern Mex- 

 ico (Vera Cruz) and south to Costa Rica. 



S. corvina Scl. Black Seedeater.' 



Genus EUETHEIA REicnENBAcn. (Page 380, pi. CX., fig. 8.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Above plain olive-green, beneath blackish, grayish, or 

 whitish. Adult male with head and chest (sometimes nearly whole lower parts) 

 black, the former with or without j-ellow markings. Adult female with the black 

 and j-ellow wanting, or but faint!}' indicated, or (in E. camra) with chin and upper 

 throat chestnut-rufous and a band of yellow across lower throat, extending upward 

 behind ear-coverts to above ej-os. 



' Spcrmophila lorgueola BoNAP., Consp. i. 1850, 495. 



» Speninphiln corrinn Sci,., V. Z. S. 1859, 379. SporopJiiln corvina Ca.ss., Pr. Ac. Pliil. ISfio, ir.9. 



NoTK. — A fourth Mexican species is S. pnrvn (Lawr.), — Spcrmophila parrn LAwn., Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sci. ii. 

 1883, 382), — from Tcliuantepco. I have seen the typo, which is a feniivle or younj; hinl, iin'i believe it to be a 

 very distinct species, the ndult male of which is unknown. The type being now in Europe, I am unfortunately 

 not nblo to incluJo the specios in the above synopsis. 



