BIRDS OF MIDDLE AND NOBTH AMEEICA. 349 



Zool. Soc. Loiid., 1874, 329 (w. Peru).— Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1874, 521 (Lima, Maraynioc, and Punamarca, w. Peru); 1879, 230 

 (Tambillo and Pacasmayo, n. Peru); 1880, 199 (Cutero, n. Peru); Orn. <lu 

 P^rou, ii, 1884, 45.— (?) Allen, BulL Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1876, 353 (Cor- 

 vico, Moho, and Oonima, Lake Titicaca, Peru). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Sue. 

 Lond., 1878, 57 (San Jos6, Cartage, Sarzero, and Volcan de Irazu, Coata 

 Rica; descr. eggs).— Salvin and God.man, Ibis, 1879, 200 (Atenques, prov. 

 Santa Marta, Colombia, 2,700 ft.); 1880, 122 (San Sebastian, prov. Santa 

 Marta) ; Biol. Centr.-Am.,Aves,i, 1884, 370, part (Jrexican, Central American, 

 and Colombian localities and references) .—Zeledon, Cat. Aves de Costa Kica, 

 1882, 9; An. Mus. Nac. Costa Kica, i, 1887, 111 (Alajuela, Santa ilaria de 

 Dota, Cartago, San Jos(5, etc., Coata Rica).— Berlepsch and Taczanomski, 

 ■Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, 551 (Cayandeled, w. Ecuador); 1HS4, 294 

 (Cechce, w. Ecuador).— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 610, part 

 (Mexican, Central American, and Columbian references and localities; Are- 

 quipa, Peru?; Cuenca, v,-. Ecuador). — Behlepsch and Stolz.mann, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1892, 377 (Lima and lea, Peru) .—Salvadori and Festa, 

 Boll. Mus. Zool., etc., Torino, xv, 1899, 26 (Pun, e. Ecuador?; Cuenca, 

 Valle del Chota, Lloa, Valle del Ghillo, and Quito, centr. Ecuador) . 



[Zonotrichia] pileata Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 93, no. 7389, part.— Sclatek and 

 Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 31, part. 



"Zonotrichia" pileata T^iDGWAY, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 496, 500 (Yolcan 

 de Irazu and San Jos^, Costa Rica). 



Zonoirichia capengis costaricensis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., iii, no. 2, Sept. 

 29, 1891, 375 (San Jos6, Costa Rica; Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.).. 



BRACHYSPIZA CAPENSIS INSULARIS Ridgway. 

 CURACAO SFARROW. 



Similar to £. c. peruviana but smaller, with the bill larger and 

 relatively longer; coloration paler, with head-stripes purer gray, 

 under parts purer white, and the black patches on sides of foreneck 

 always(?) distinctly separated; length (skins), 12i. 46-134. 62 (128.78); 

 wing, 64.01-67.31 (65.02); tail, 55.88-60.96 (58.67); exposed culmen, 

 12.45-12.70; depth of bill at base, 7.37-8.13 (7.62); tarsus, 20.32- 

 21.08 (20.57); middle toe, 13.72-15.24 (14.73).' 



Islands of Curasao and Aruba, Caribbean Sea. 



Zonoirichia pileata (not Emberiza pileata Boddaert) Peters, Journ. fiir Orn., 

 1872,115 (Cura(^ao). — Berlefsch, Journ. fiir Orn., Jan., 1892, 82 (Curagao) . — 

 Hartekt, Ibis, 1893, 295 (Aruba), 314 (Curasao; descr. nest and eggs). — 

 Robinson, Flying Trip to Tropics, 1895, 165 (Curagao). 



Brachyspiza capensis insularis Ridgway, Auk, xv, Oct., 1898, 321 (Curagao; TJ. S. 

 Nat. Mus.). 



Genus MELOSPIZA Baird. 



Melospiza B.urd, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, June 17, 1858, 478. (Type, Fringilla 



melodia Wilson.) 

 Helospiza Baird, Rep. Pa(;ific R. R. Surv., ix, June 17, 1858, 478, in text. (Type, 



Fringilla paluslris Wilson, = jF. georgiana Latham.) 



' Four adult males from Curagao. No specimens seen by me from Aruba. Accord- 

 ing to Dr. Hartert (Ibis, 1895, 295), the single Aruba specimen examined by him 

 "has a very stout bill, but otherwise agrees entirely with those from Curasao." 



