356 FEINGILLID^* 



2 saturate olivacea; alls caudaque obBcnrioiibns dorsi colore limbatis; subtus dilutior, Bubalaribns albis. 

 (Descr. maris et feminse ex Cboctum, Ghiatemala, Mas. nostr.) 



Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sumichrast ^), Playa Vicente {Boucard ^) ; Guatemala, Yzabal 

 {0. S.% Choctum (O. S. & F. B. G.); HondueasI, San Pedro {G. M. Whitely^); 

 NiCAEAGUA, Blewfields {WicJcham'^), Chontales (Belt^'^), Los SahaloB (Mctting''^^), 

 Grey town (Holland^ Kennicott^^^^) ; Costa Eica (v. Frantzius^), Angostura^, 

 Pacuar^, San Jose^^ {Carmiol'^), Turrialba {Carmiol'', ArcS). 



Spermophila corvina is a bird of Eastern Mexico, being found in the State of Vera 

 Cruz^ and at Playa Vicente, whence the types came ^. In Guatemala and Honduras, 

 too, it is a bird of the eastern forests, as is also the case in Costa Bica. In Nicaragua 

 alone it approaches the Pacific, having been found at Los Sabalos on the western 

 shore of the Lake of Nicaragua, still, however, on the eastern side of the Cordillera. 

 It is a bird of the lowlands, and is usually found in clearings of the forest feeding on 

 small seeds, especially those of grasses. 



7. Spermophila grisea. 



Loxia grisea, Gm, Syst. Nat. i. p. 857 (ex D'Aubenton, PI. Bnl. 393. f. 1*). 



Spermophila grisea, Scl. Ibis, 1871, p. 18"; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 507'. 



Sporophila intermedia. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 149*. 



Spermophila intermedia, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 189°, 



Spermophila cinerea ?, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 474 (nee d'Orb. & Lafr.) '. 



Spermophila schistacea, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N, Y. viii. p. 10'. 



-GbscTire grisea, alis et cauda fusco-nigricantibus dorsi colore Hmbatis, speculo alari (interdum vix distinguendo) 

 albo ; subtus dilutior, abdomiue medio et crisso albis ; rostro flavo, pedibus obscure corylinis. Long, tota 

 4-0, alse 2-4, caudse 1*7, tarsi 0'5. 

 $ fuscescenti-olivaoea, subtus dilutior, ventre medio albo ; rostro comeo. (Descr. maris et feminse ex Bugaba, 

 Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Paijama, Bugaba (-4rc^^), Lion WM^M'Leannan^'^). — Colombia^; Venezuela ^ 

 and Teinidad ^ ; Gulvna ^. 



Mr. Sclater seems to us to have rightly united the Panama with the Guiana bird of 

 this form, and with them placed all coming from intermediate localities under the name 

 Spermophila grisea, that given by Gmelin to D'Auben ton's " Gros bee de Virginie" ^, 

 which evidently refers to the same bird. 



Both Mr. Sclater and Mr. Lawrence allude to the white spots on the side of the 

 neck of many Panama birds, and also to their variable character. We have a 

 specimen from Chiriqui with no spots at all, and another where they are plainly 

 shown, so that they do not serve to distinguish Panama from more southern and 

 eastern birds. 



The occurrence of S. grisea in Guiana has been recorded by Mr. Sclater^. 



