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1. Passer Jagoensis. Gould. 
Plate XXXI. 
Pyrgita Jagoensis, Gould , Proc. of Zool. Soc. 1837. p. 77. 
P. summo capite , et macula parvd gulari intense nigrescenti-fuscis; strigd superciliari, 
collo, humeris dorsoque intensb castaneis, hujus plumis strigd fused centrali notatis ; 
alis cauddque brunneis, tectricibus alarum minoribus albis, qui color fasciam trans- 
versam efficit : lined angusta alba a nare ad ocutum ; genis corporeque subtus albis, 
hoc colore in cinereum ad later a transeunte : rostro, pedibusque fuscis. 
Long. tot. 5 unc. ; caudce , 2\; alee, 2\ ; rost. | ; tarsi, 
Crown of the head and a small mark on the throat intense blackish brown, with a 
stripe on the eyebrows, the neck, shoulders and back bright chestnut, the 
feathers of the latter marked with a central dusky streak ; wings and tail 
brown, with the smaller wing coverts white, forming a transverse bar ; a nar- 
row white line from the nostrils to the eye ; cheeks and under side of body 
white, this colour passing into grey on the sides ; beak and feet dusky. 
Habitat, St. Jago, Cape Verde Islands {January). 
This is the commonest bird in the island ; it frequents, generally in small flocks, 
both the neighbourhood of houses and wild uninhabited spots. It was building 
its nest towards the end of August. 
2. Passer Hispaniolensis. G. R. Gray. 
Fringilla Hispaniolensis, Temm. Man. i, 353. 
In the month of January I obtained a specimen of this bird from St. Jago, 
one of the Cape Verde Islands, where it was not common. 
1. Chlorospiza? melanodera. G.R.Gray. 
Plate XXXII. 
Emberiza melanodera, Quoy <$/• Gaim. Voy. de L’Uranie, Zool. i. p. 109. 
C. Jlavescenti olivacea ; dorso superiori cinereo rufoque mixto ; vertice , auribus, colli 
lateribus pectoreque cinereis rufomixtis ; lined a naribus pone oculos transiente genisque 
albis ; plumis inter rostrum et oculos gulaque atris; remigibus primariis et secundariis 
nigrescentibus flavo marginatis: cauda rectricibus mediis olivaceo -fuscis, tribus ex- 
tends fere toto pallidh flavis; abdomine medio Jlavescenti albo, lateribus obscurioribus . 
Long. tot. 6-J,- unc. ; alee, 3^ ; caudce, 2f ; tarsi, 1 0 lines ; rostri, 5 lin. 
Adult. Yellowish olive, mixed with grey and rufous on the upper part of the back ; 
