. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum . Godman Coll. (^Bucklei/). 35. Buarremon citrinellus. Buan-emon (Atlapetes) citrinellus. Cab. J. f. 0. 1883, p. 109, t. 2. Above olive-green, darker on the head ; wings and tail blackishbrown, edged with olive; a broad superciliary stripe, commencingon the front on each side, and another commencing at the gape,bright yellow, leaving in the middle a broad patch of dark olive :beneath yellow, breast and flanks olivaceous ; throat yellow, bordered 48. NESOSPIXGTJS. 271 on each side bj- a dark olive mystacal stripe ; bill black ; feet brown :w
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum . Godman Coll. (^Bucklei/). 35. Buarremon citrinellus. Buan-emon (Atlapetes) citrinellus. Cab. J. f. 0. 1883, p. 109, t. 2. Above olive-green, darker on the head ; wings and tail blackishbrown, edged with olive; a broad superciliary stripe, commencingon the front on each side, and another commencing at the gape,bright yellow, leaving in the middle a broad patch of dark olive :beneath yellow, breast and flanks olivaceous ; throat yellow, bordered 48. NESOSPIXGTJS. 271 on each side bj- a dark olive mystacal stripe ; bill black ; feet brown :whole length <J-5 inches, wing 28, tail 2. Huh. Tucuman, rep. Argentina. A rather aberrant species, with short wings, which should, per-haps, be separated generically. The j-ellow on the sides of the head,surrounding the dark olive auricular patch, makes it easily recog-nizable. a. (S ad. sk. Tiicumau (Schillz). Sclater Coll. (One of thetypes of the species.) 48. NESOSPINGUS. Type. Nesospingus, Sclater, Ibis, 1885, p. 273 N. speculifen // / /. Structure of Nesospingus spcculiferus. (Ibis, 18S5, p. 274.) This peculiar form is distinguishable from Chlorospingus (towhich genus it has until recently been referred) by its stouter biU,with the culmen more incurved, and large Friiigilline feet. I havesome doubts whether it would not be better placed with the Ground-Finches. 272 TANAGRID^. 1. Nesospingus speculiferus. Chlorospingus speculiferus, Laivreiice, Ibis, 1875, p. 383, pi. ix. fig. 1; Gundl. J. f. O. 1878, p. 1G8,1882, p. 161 (nest); id. Anal. Soc. Esp. H. N. 1878, p. speculiferus, Sclater, Ibis, 1885, p. 273. Above nearly uniform dark earthy brown ; head rather darker, andwith indications of longitudinal striations on the cap ; a small whitespeculum on the fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries; under surfacewhite, slightly varied with grey : bill, upper mandible brown, lowerwhite ; feet brown : whole length 6*5 inches, wing 34, tail 2*5. Hah. Porto Eico. a. S ad
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