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the set described above, but are more nearly ovate in shape. They 
measure 17.5 x 13.25 and 17.75x13.25 mm. respectively. 
Sporophila plu.mbe.\ WHITELEV.A.NA (Sharpe). 
Spennophila whiteleyana Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XII. 1888. p. 98. 
Sporophila plumbea ■whiteleyana Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 26. 
Abundant at Altagracia, mid\va\' between Ciudad Bolivar and 
Caicara, from November to February. 1897-8, when a good series was 
collected and sent to the Tring Museum. During my first Orinoco 
expedition the species was not observed at any other points along the 
river, and none have been secured on succeeding expeditions. 
Sporophila minuta minut.a. (Linnaeus). 
Lo.ria minuta L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. I. 1758. p. 176. 
Sporophila minuta Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 26. 
Common at all points visited along the Orinoco and abundant 
at Altagracia and at Caicara from January to March during which 
months the species was usually observed in small flocks, often in com- 
pany with other members of the genus Sporophila. An adult male taken 
May 17, 1907, on the San Feliz River (near the river Cuchivero) had 
the eyes seal brown : bill dusky blackish ; feet dusky slate. 
Sporophila lineoi.a (Linnaeus). 
Loxia lincola L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 I. 1758. p. 174. 
Sporophila lineola Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 26. 
Messrs. Berlepsch and Hartert identify three specimens collected 
by the writer at Caicara in 1898 as true S. lincola; and specimens sent 
from Ciudad Bolivar, by Klages as S. lincola trinitatis} No specimens 
of this species have been noted on more recent expeditions. 
Sporophila bouvronides (Lesson). 
Pyrrhula bouvronides Lesson, Traite d'Orn. 1831. p. 450 (no locality). 
Spermophila bouvronides Leotaud, Ois. Trinidad 1866. p. 318 ( Trinidad). 
Spermophila ocellata Sclater & Salvin. P. Z. S. 1866. p. 181. 
Slpcrniophila] trinitatis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XII. 1888. p. 132 
(Trinidad). 
Sporophila lincola trinitatis Berlepsch &- Hartert. Novit. Zool. IX. 
1902. p. 26. 
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