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the set described above, but are more nearly ovate in shape. Tliey 

 measure 17.5 x 13.25 and 17.75x13.25 mm. respectively. 



Sporophila plumbea whitelEvana (Sharpe). 

 Spcrmophila whiteleyana Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XII. 1888. p. 98. 

 Sporophila plumbea whiteleyana Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 26. 



Abundant at Altagracia, midway between Ciudad Bolivar and 

 Caicara, from November to February, 1897-8, when a good series was 

 collected and sent to the Tring Museum. During my first Orinoco 

 expedition the species was not observed at any other points along the 

 river, and none have been secured on succeeding" expeditions. 



Sporophila minuta minuta (Linnaeus). 

 Loxia minuta L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. I. 1758. p. 176. 

 Sporophila minuta Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 26. 



Common at all points visited along the Orinoco and abundant 

 at Altagracia and at Caicara from January to March during which 

 months the species was usually observed in small flocks, often in com- 

 pany with other members of the genus Sporophila. An adult male taken 

 May 17, 1907, on the San Feliz River (near the river Cuchivero) had 

 the eyes seal brown ; bill dusky, blackish ; feet dusky slate. 



Sporophila lineola (Linnaeus). 

 Loxia lineola L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 I. 1758. p. 174. 

 Sporophila lineola Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 26. 



Messrs. Berlepsch and Hartert identify three specimens collected 

 by the writer at Caicara in 1898 as true 5. lineola; and specimens sent 

 from Ciudad Bolivar, by Klages as 5. lineola triniiatu.'^ No specimens 

 of this species have been noted on more recent expeditions. 



Sporophila bouvronides (Lesson). 

 Pyrrhula bouvronides Lesson, Traite d'Orn. 183 1. p. 450 (no locality). 

 Spermophila bouvronides Leotaud, Ois. Trinidad 1866. p. 318 (Trinidad). 

 Spermophila occllata Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1866. p. 181. 

 S[permophila] trinitatis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XII. 1888. p. 132 



(Trinidad). 

 Sporophila lineola trinitatis Berlepsch & Hartert, Novit. Zool. IX. 



1902. p. 26. 



'The proper name for this form as pointed out by Hellmayr, Novit. Zool. XIII. igo6. p. S8, is 

 Sporophila bouvronides (Less.). See also Hellmayr. Novit. Zool. XIV. 1907. p. 8. 



