462 Bangs and Noble, Birds of Peru. [o c t. 



S. i. capitalis (Cab.) in being smaller and in having yellow not white 

 femoral region. On the whole we feel content to call them, for the present, 

 pcruanus somewhat approaching alleni. 



Astragalinus psaltria croceus (Jouy). Four adults, one male, three 

 females, Bellavista, September. 



The male and one of the females are extreme of this form, with the maxi- 

 mum amount of white in the tail; the male with the characteristic light 

 yellow underparts. Of the two remaining females, one has very little 

 white, this whitish not pure white, in the tail; the other none. We can- 

 not however, bring ourselves to refer these two to another form — A. p. 

 columbianus (Lafr.). 



This was written before the appearance of Chapman's ' Distribution of 

 Bird-Life in Colombia ' and we refer to his remarks, p. 564, where the equally 

 puzzling examples from Colombia are discussed at length. 



Myiospiza aurifrons (Spix). Three adults, one male, two females, 

 Bellavista, September. 



Brachyspiza capensis peruviana (Less.). Eight adults, both sexes, 

 Huancabamba, August. 



Phrygilus alaudinus (Kittl.). One adult female, Huancabamba, 

 September 3. 



Phrygilus ocularis Scl. Six specimens, two immature males and 

 adults of both sexes. Huancabamba and Sullana, August. 



Coryphospingus cucullatus (Mull.). Two adult males, Bellavista 

 and Perico, September. 



Sicalis flaveola (Linn.). Three adult males, Huancabamba, Sullana, 

 and Bellavista, August and September. 



Volatinia jacarini splendens (Vieill.). Four specimens, one im- 

 mature male, and three adult males, Bellavista, September. 



These do not appear to differ from Central American examples. One 

 adult male has the under wing coverts and axillars wholly black; the others-' 

 have some slight admixture of white, but only to the same extent often 

 shown by specimens from the very northern part of the range of the sub- 

 species. 



Piezorhina cinerea Lafr. Two adults, male and female, Sullana, 

 July. 



Sporophila simplex (Tacz.). One adult male, Bellavista, September 

 25. 



Sporophila gutturalis inconspicua Berl. and Stolzm. One female, 

 Bellavista, September 25. 



It is doubtful if the subspecies can with certainty, be told by a single 

 female, and we refer our bird to inconspicua, only because the chances 

 seem to favor its being that form. 



Catamenia homochroa Scl. Two immature males, Tabaconas, 

 September. 



Pheucticus chrysogaster (Less.). Six adults, both sexes, Huan- 

 cabamba, August. 



