PYRRHULAQKA. — SPOROPHILA. 427 



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

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

 The wing 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. Pyrrhulagra propinqua. 



Lawrence's Bullfinch. 



Loxigilla noctis vsir. propinqua Lawr. Proc. TJ.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 58, 



1878 (Guiana). 

 Loxigilla propinqua Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 85, 1888. 

 Pyrrhulagra propinqua Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 364, 



no. 3726, 1912. 



This species is not represented in the McOonnell collection, nor 

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

 Lawrence's description it is similar to P. noctis, 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 2f , tarsus f . 



Breeding-season, Unknown. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undeseribed. 



Range confined to British Guiana. Essequibo River and Berbice 

 [Lawxence) . 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



Genus SPOEOPHILA Cab. 



Sporophila Cabanis, Arch, fiir Naturg. 10, p. 291, 1844. Type 

 S. luctnosa (Lafr.). 



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Fig. \Q^. ^Sporophila whiteleyana. 



Li this genus the bill is short and stout; the length of the 

 exposed culmen is about equal to the height and width at the 

 base. The wing is rounded, the four.outer primaries longest and 



