220 PASSERES. 



ORYZOBORUS. 

 Oryzoborus, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. p. 151 (1851). 



1077. Oryzoborus torridus. 



Loxia torrida, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 854. 

 Oryzoborus torridus, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 102. 

 Loxia nasuta, Spix. Av. Bras. ii. p. 45, pi. 58. 

 a Brazil (Johnson) 1837. b f Brazil (N. C. Strickland) 

 1838. c Trinidad (Argent) 1852. 



1078. Oryzoborus maximiliani. 



Oryzoborus maximiliani, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 151: Scl. 

 Cat. Am. B. p. 102. 



a Brazil (Argent] 1851. b Brazil? (Argent} 1852. 



b is a skin of a female bird probably from Bolivia. It agrees 

 in dimensions with a, a young male referable to this species. 



1079. Oryzoborus crassirostris. 



Loxia crassirostris, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p 862. 

 Sporophila crassirostris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 498. 

 Oryzoborus crassirostris, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 102. 

 a Trinidad (Argent) 1853. 



AMAUROSPIZA. 

 Amaurospiza, Cabanis, Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 3. 



1080. Amaurospiza unicolor. 



Oryzoborus unicolor, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 240. 

 Amaurospiza unicolor, Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 28. 

 a (N. C. Strickland} 1838. 

 A Brazilian species. 



SPERMOPHILA. 

 Spermophila, Swainson, Zool. Journ. iii. p. 348 (1827). 



1081. Spermophila minuta. 



Loxia minuta, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 307. 



Spermophila minuta, Scl. Ibis, 1871, p. 3. 



a Chili? (N. G. Strickland) 1838. b Bogota (St. at Stevens 's) 

 1845. c Trinidad (Argent) 1852. 



The locality assigned to a is erroneous, the species being restricted 

 to the northern portions of South America. 



