SPOROPHILA. 435 



625. Sporophila gutturalis roraimee. 

 RoRAiMA Yellow-bellied Seed-eater. 



Spermophila gutturalis (nee Licht.) Salvin, Ibis, 18S5, p. 215 (Roraima, 

 3500 ft.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 128, 18S8 (Koraima). 



Sporoj)]iiIa guttunilis Brabounie & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 307, 

 no. 3764 (part), 1912. 



Sjyoropliila gutturalis rornimce Chubb, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 (ser. X.) p. 193, Feb. 1,1921 (Mount Roraima). 



Adult male. Crown of head, nape, sides of face, sides of neck, 

 throat and fore-neck bhick ; entire back, scapulars, and upper 

 wing-coverts dark olive-green ; inner webs of flight-quills dark 

 brown with pale margins ; tail dark brown ; sides of body more 

 or less green ; abdomen, under tail-coverts, axillaries, and under 

 wing-coverts sulphur-yellow ; under surface of flight-quills dark 

 brown ; lower aspect of tail similar but paler. 



Total length 105 mm., exposed culmen 8, wing 54, tail 45, 

 tarsus 15. 



In addition to the characters mentioned above the Roraima 

 birds are smaller than those from Bahia and Pernambuco. 



The type, which is in the British Museum, was collected at 

 Mount Roraima (3500 ft.) by the late Henry Whitely in June 

 1883, Salvin-Godman collection. 



Adult female. Genend colour of the upper surface olive-brown 

 including the top of the head, entire back, wings, and tail ; inner 

 edges of flight-quills white at the base ; sides of face paler than 

 the back; under surface buffy-white including the throat, breast, 

 abdomen, under tail-coverts, axillaries, and under wing-coverts ; 

 under surface of flight-quills and lower aspect of tail pale brown. 

 Wing 55 mm. 



The specimen on which the above descri})tion is based was 

 collected at Mount Roraima by Mr. McConnell during his 

 expedition in October 1898. 



Breeding-season. Unknown. 



JS'est. Unrecorded. 



Kggs. Undescribed. 



liange cifiij'ined to British Guiana. IMoiiiit Roraima, Abary River 

 ( JA' Connell collection). 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



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