176 List of Birds, with Descriptions of New Species* 



Fam. FRINGILLLD^E. 

 19. Spersnopliila collaris, sp.nov. 



Male. Upper plumage glossy black, the feathers of the rump are- 

 plumbeous at base, between which color and the white end of each fea- 

 ther is a narrow black band ; upper tail coverts black ; throat and upper 

 part of breast black, around the neck is a narrow collar of pure white, 

 almost if not quite meeting behind ; tail and wings black, a square spot 

 of white on the primaries; lower part of breast and middle of abdomen 

 white; sides white intermixed with black; "eyes dark brown, legs and 

 bill black." 



Length (fresh) 4f in. ; wing 2^ ; tail If ; tarsi f w . 



20. Volatinia jacarina (Linn.). 



21. Cyanospiza ciris (Linn.). 



Fam. ICTERIDJS. 



22. Icterus spurius (Linn.). 



23. Icterus Baltimore (Linn.). 



24. Sturnella Mexicana, Scl. 



Fam. TYRANNID^E. 



25. Elainea subpagana, Scl. 



26. Elainea Chiriqtiensis, sp. nov. 



Male. Upper plumage dull greenish olive, crest pure white ; tail' 

 umber brown with edges the color of the back ; quills umber brown, the- 

 primaries narrowly margined with dull olive, the secondaries with yel- 

 lowish white, and the tertiaries more broadly with white ; the middle 

 and larger coverts end with white, forming two conspicuous bands on 

 the wings ; under wing coverts very pale yellow ; throat greyish ash ; 

 upper part of breast and sides ashy olive ; middle of breast, abdomen, 

 and under tail coverts very light dull yellow ; upper mandible dark 

 brown, the under whitish horn color with the end brown ; " eyes brown, 

 legs blaol: " 



