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exposed culmen; the tip of the upper mandible is slightly hooked. 

 The wing is rounded, the third, fourth, fiiith, and sixth primaries 

 are longest and subequal, the second about equal in length to the 

 seventh and the first to the ninth. The tail is rounded at the tip 

 and nearly as long as the wing. The tarsus exceeds the length 

 of the exposed culmen by about three-fifths. Coloration : male 

 and female similar. 



690. Mitrospingus oleagineus. 



Salvin's Ckestbu Tanager. 



Hiicomefis oleaginea Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 500 (Twek-quay Mountain, 



Carimang River).. 

 Mitrospinqus oleagineus Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 423, 



no. 4.355, 1912. 



Adult, General colour of the upper surface dai-k citron-yellow, 

 including the top of the head, hind-neck, entire back, upper tail- 

 covert.", upper wing-coverts, and outer aspect of flight-quills ; 

 bastard-wing and primary-coverts blackish ; inner webs of flight- 

 quills also blackish becoming paler on the margins; tail blackish ; 

 fore part of head and sides of face dark lead-colour ; throat 

 similar but rather paler ; the feathers on the lores are bristly in 

 texture ; breast, abdomen, sides of body, under tail-coverts, and 

 axillaries old-gold yellow ; thighs green ; under wing-coverts 

 grey; under surface of quills dark brown; lower aspect of tail 

 similar but paler and having whitish shafts to the feathers. 



Total length 187 mm., exposed culmen 17, wing 96, tail 81, 

 tarsus 27. 



The specimen described was collected at ilount Roraima by 

 Mr. McConneil during his expedition in October 1898. 



Another specimen in the McConneil collection is similar to the 

 one described, while a third one differs in the almost entire 

 absence of grey on the forehead, sides of face and throat. The 

 latter is most probably a young bird. It may be remarked, 

 however, that neither of the specimens cited above has been 

 sexed. 



Breeding-season. TJuknoM'n. 



Nest. Unrecorded. 



Eggs. Undescribed. 



