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equal to about three- fourths the length of the exposed culmen, 

 and its width at the base is about three-fourths that of the depth. 

 The Avinor is rounded, the third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest 

 and equal, the second slightly shorter than the sixth, and the first 

 about equal in length to the tenth. The tail is square at the tip 

 and about seven-eighths the length of the wing. The tarsus 

 exceeds the length of the middle toe and claw by about one-third. 

 Coloration : male and female different. 



618. Pyrrlmlagra propinqua. 

 Lawrence's Bullfinch. 



LoxigiUa noetis var. 'pro'pinqua Lawr. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. i. p. 58, 



1878 (Gruiana). 

 Loxiqilla 'propinq[ua Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 85, 1888. 

 Fyrrhular/ra propinqua Bi-abourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 361, 



no. 3726, 1912. 



This species is not represented in the McUonnell collection, nor 

 is there a specimen in the British Museum. But according to 

 Lawrence's description it is similar to P. noetis, but very much 

 smaller. The under tail-coverts are of a paler rufous, the rufous 

 on the throat is more restricted, and the superciliary line extend- 

 ing beyond the eye. Length 4^ inches, wing 2|, tail 2§, tarsus |. 



Breed im/season. Unkn own, 



S^est. Unrecorded. 



J'^^gs. Un described. 



Itanye confined to British Guiana. Essequibo River and Berbice 

 [Lawrence) . 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



Genus SPOROPHILA Cab. 



Spnrophila Cal)anis, Arch, fiir Naturg. 10, p. 291, 1844. Type 

 »V. luctuosa (Lafr.). 



V 



Fii^. 103. — Sporopliila luliitfdci/nnu. 



In this genus tiie hill is short and stout ; the length of the 

 exposetl culmen is about e(|ual to the height and width at the 

 base. The wing is rounded, tli" tour outer primaries longest and 



