608 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON NEW AMERICAN BIRDS. [Nov. 22, 
Long. tota 4°2, alee 2°5, caudee 1°75. 
Hab. Borda do Matto, in imp. Brasil. 
Mus. Vindob. et P. L. 8S. 
Obs. Affinis S. aurantie, sed corporis colore sane diversa. 
Dr. Natterer met with this distinct species of Spermophila at 
Borda do Matto, in November 1822. He remarks in his MS. that 
it is like his no. 282 (S. aurantia) in form, but decidedly different, 
although he at first confounded them together. He met with the 
first examples near San Paolo, upon the water-plants of the morass 
of the Tamandataky. 
Natterer obtained specimens of at least eight species of this group 
of Finches, namely, 
1. S. cinerea, Lafr. et d’Orb., no. 465, Natt. MS., Ytcorare. 
. mysia (Vieill.), no. 763. 
. castaneiventris, Cab., no. 883, Borba. 
. minuta (Linn.), no. 469, Curytiba. 
. cinnamomea, Lafr., no. 1206, Enganho diGama & Matogrosso. 
S. pileata, no. 666, Borda do Matto. 
. S. aurantia (Gm.), no. 282, Thaubaté. 
. S. nigro-rufa (Lafr. et d’Orb.), no. 759, Pornte. 
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4. PoospizA OXYRHYNCHA. 
Emberiza oxyrhyncha, Natt. MS., no. 457. 
Supra pallide fusca, capite cinerascentiore, superciliis angustis 
pallide fulvis ; interscapulio nigricante brunneo striato ; alis 
caudaque fuscis, marginibus externis pallidioribus : subtus pal- 
lide ochracea, pectore summo in cinnamomeum trahente: rostro 
nigro ; pedibus carneis. 
Long. tota 5°3, alee 2°5, caudze 2°6. 
Hab. in prov. Brasiliana Curytiba. 
Mus. Vindob. et P. L. 8. 
This is a typical Poospiza, allied to P. thoracica, P. nigro-rufa, 
P. cinerea*, but distinct in colouring from any species with which I 
am acquainted, The tail is much rounded, the outer rectrices being 
0:8 in. shorter than the medial. The tail-feathers are much worn 
at the points in my specimen. Dr. Natterer’s MS. Journal contains 
the following particulars relative to the species, which bears his 
number 457 :— 
“‘Curytiba, ? October 1820, in Campo, in niederem Gestrauche, 
altes Minnchen. Iris dunkelbraun, Schnabel schwarz, Fiisse dunkel- 
braungrau, die Tarsen mit Réthlich uberzogen.” .. . Altes Mann- 
chen, Curytiba, 28 Nov. 1820, halt sich am Rande der Walder auch 
an Moristen auf niederem Gebiisch auf, setzt sich auch auf etwas 
hdhere Baume; singt laut, nicht angenehm. Iris dunkelbraun, 
Schnabel schwarz. Nasenlécher langlich, aber mit einem hautigen 
Deckel. Zunge knorpelig, an der Spitze zweitheilig, Fiisse dunkel- 
graubraun.” 
* Bp. Consp. p. 472. 
