634 
Mr. Charles Chubb on the 
was purchased by a lady who declined to part with it. I 
always considered this species as one of our rare birds and 
was rather keen on acquiring it.— W.F.~\ 
214. Sporophila pileata paraguayensis, subsp. nov. 
Male. Allied to S. pileata , but differs in having the 
entire upper surface, except the black head, olive-brown or 
ashy brown instead of pinkish buff, the under parts pearly 
white including the under wing-coverts and under tail-coverts, 
instead of rosy buff. Total length 42 inches, culmen 0*35, 
wing 2*15, tail T55, tarsus 06. 
Female. Yellowish brown above, somewhat paler on the 
rump and upper tail-coverts ; under surface ochreous buff; 
under wing-coverts white. Total length 3*9 inches, culmen 
0*3, wing 1*95, tail 1*45, tarsus 0*55. 
a. £ ad. Sapucay, March 24, 1903. 
Bill black; feet black; iris brown. 
b. ? ad. Sapucay, March 25, 1903. 
Upper mandible horn-coloured, lower mandible cream- 
coloured; feet horn-coloured ; iris brown. 
c. <$ imm. Sapucay, March 23, 1904. 
Bill black, lower mandible horn-coloured; feet black ; iris 
brown. 
215. Sporophila hypoxantha. 
Pico grueso pardo y canela Azara, Apunt. i. p. 445. 
no. cxxii. (1802). 
Sporophila hypoxantha Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 150, note 
(1851: Montevideo); Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 7,115 
(Lambare) ; Ilellmayr, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1904, 
p. 527 ; Ihering, Bevista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 321 (Para- 
guay). 
a. $ ad. Sapucay, March 21, 1904 
Bill and feet very dark horn-coloured. 
216. Sporophila ruficollis. 
Sporophila ruficollis Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 150, note, ex 
Licht. (1850). 
Spermophila ruficollis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 
p. 140. 
