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the base of the upper mandible to the middle of the vertex, resem- 
bling much S. lineola, L. But in this latter species this white line 
is very conspicuous; whereas in S. Jessoni the feathers are white at 
the base only, and therefore the white becomes almost hidden. 
Dr. Léotaud gives a very good description ; that of Lesson is im- 
perfect, the white rump not being mentioned. 
A hybrid name so bad as that given by Lesson cannot be admitted ; 
therefore I have changed it. 
86. OryzoBorvs ToRRIDUS (Scop.); Scl. Cat. p. 103. 
Pitylus torridus, Léot. p. 283. 
Two specimens in old plumage; agreeing accurately with the de- 
scription by Dr. Léotaud. ‘The white speculum is scarcely visible, 
the narrow white on the base of the primaries being nearly hidden 
and covered by the tectrices of the primaries. Gmelin in his dia- 
gnosis (S. N. p. 854), extracted from Scopoli (Annus I. Hist. Nat. 
1769, p. 140), does not mention a white speculum; and therefore 
this species will be the true O. torridus, with which Lowia nasuta 
of Spix is undoubtedly identical, and apparently Lowia torrida of 
Neuwied and Burmeister. The two last-named naturalists do not 
speak precisely enough in respect to the white speculum to settle the 
question definitely. 
We possess a specimen obtained from Verreaux (named Sporophila 
torrida, from Brazil), wliich I cannot take to be the true S. torrida. 
It is an old bird, and agrees in every respect with the specimens from 
Trinidad, except that all the primaries are white at the base, form- 
ing a conspicuous white speculum, being left uncovered for nearly 
3 lines ; besides, this specimen has across the middle of the throat a 
conspicuous band of chestnut, and the longest tectrices of the se- 
condaries show also a chestnut apical shaft-spot. 
I would take it without hesitation for the Coccothraustes rufiven- 
tris, Vieillot (Enc. M. p. 1014), who describes the white on the base 
of the primaries very well; but he does not say any thing of the 
chestnut gular cross band. Having only a single specimen before 
me, I feel unable to declare its novelty ; but should these differences 
prove to be not accidental, I would propose to call it O. specularis. 
rostr. latit. 
Long. al. rectr.med. afront. adbas. tars. 
i oe Ge es 5x" 7" (torridus, Trinidad.) 
2 3 ae RE: 6 52 7  (torridus, Trinidad.) 
Auk z 1 54 53 7 ~~ (torridus, Brazil.) 
I may be allowed to remark that Amaurospiza cerulatra, Cabanis 
(J. f. Orn. 1866, p. 306), from Rio, is synonymous with Sporophila 
meesta, Wartl. (Journ. f. Orn. 1853, p. 36). Dr. Cabanis’s descrip- 
tion, especially the singular form of the bill, agrees in every respect 
with the type in the Bremen Museum, except that he does not say 
that the under wing-coverts are partially white, and the remiges have 
also a whitish edging on the basal half of the inner web. 
