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A« Head without any yellow. 



1. P. zena Cnliiitni decidedly oiirvpd. Ahovo dull };riiyisli olive- 

 gree.;. $. Head and lower purls, espi'oiiilly nnleri(jrly, dull hlack, mixed 

 with wiJtish posteriorly. 9. Head and beneath ashy. Win;,', about 

 2.00; tail, 1.7".. Ilah. West Indies (Cuba, Hayti, Porto Rieo, St. 

 Bartholomew, .famaiea, etc.) ; also Key West, Florida (Mavnauo). 



B< Head with yellow ]>atches. 



2. P. puBilla. Culmen perfectly straight. Above rather liright olive- 

 green. ^, asupraloral stripe, u patch on chin, and upper part of throat, 

 with edge of wing, bright yellow ; forehead, lores, and jnguluni black. 

 9 with the black and yellow only indicated, or wanting. 



Whole crown, checks, breast, and upper part of abdomen black. 

 Hah. Middle America, from Mirador to Panama, and southward. 



var. ;) u sill 11 .' 



Only isolated .spots, covering forehead, lore, and base of lower jaw, 

 and patch on juguhim, black. JIah. West Indies. (Porto Eic'o, 

 Hayti, Jamaica, Cuba, etc.) vnr. oli r aceu ■ 



3. P. canora.' Culmen decidedly curved. Above bright olive-green ; 

 beneath pale ashy, whitish on anal region. A bright yellow broad 

 crescent across the lower part of the throat, curving upward and 

 forward, behind and over the auriculars, to above the eyi;. ^. Lores, 

 auriculars, and chin, and a band across the jugulum, black. 9 • Chin, 

 etc., chestnut-brown ; no black on jugulum. Hub. Cuba. 



Fhonipara zona, Bryant. 



THE BLACK-FACED FINCH. 



Fringilla zena, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1, («d. 10,) 1758, 183 (basod on Passer hicolor halmmcnsis, 

 CATEsnY, Carol. I, tab. 37, Bahamas). — BliVAST, Pr. Host. Son. N. H. X, 180.''., 254. 

 FriiH/illa hicolor, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, (cd. 12.) 17t)fi, 324 (same original as zcna). 

 Spcnnophila hicolor, GossE (Jamaica). I'huniiinra hicnhir, Nkwton (St. C'loix). 

 ? Tiaris omissa, Jaudine, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1847, 332 (Tobago). Plwnipnra omi.tsn, 

 ScLATElt. Phunipara mtirchi, Baiud, Pr. A. N. S.-. Pliila. Nov. 1803, 297 (Jamaica). 

 Fringilla zciw, var. vuirclii, Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. 18G7, 43. FriiujiUa (Phonipura) 

 zena, var. portoriceiisis, Bi'AANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. X, 18t)5, 254 (Porto Rico). 



Sp. CiiAU. ^fak adult (G27, Bryant coll. ; Inngna). Above dull olive-green, the head 

 and lower parts black, the two colors blending in.sensibly into each other ; feathers of 

 the middle of the abdomen and cris.sum edged with whitish. Wing, 2.10; tail, 1.80, 

 culmen, .35; tarsus, .0.3; niidiUe too, .50. 



Female adult (983, Bryant coll.; Inagua). Above dull olive-green, beneath ashy, 

 whitish on the abdomen and erispum ; no black. Wing, 2.10. 



Male jitv. (981, Bryant coll. ; Inagua). Like the adult female, but the head anteriorly, 

 the chin, throat, and jugulimi medially, black. Wing, 2.05. 



Hab. West Indies (Bahamas ; Jamaica, Porto Rico ; St. Croix, Tobago?). 



1 Tiaris pusillii, Swainson, Phil. Mag. I, 1827, 438. P/ionipara pusilln, Sclateis, P. Z. S. 

 1855, 159. 



* Emheriza olivacea, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 309. Plionipara olivacea, Sclateu, P. Z. S. 



1855, 159. 



* Loxin cnnora, Gmemn, Syst. Nat. I, 858. Plioiiiimm erninm, Ronap. 



