1 . P a s s e r J a g o e n s i s . Gould.
P l a t e X X X I.
Pyrgita Jagoensis, Gould, Proc. of Zool. Soc. 1837. p. 77.
P . swnimo capite, et macuJâparvâ gulari intense nigrescenti-fuscis; strigâ superciliari,
collo, humeris dorsoque iìitensè castaneis, hujus plumis strigâ fuscâ centrali notatis ;
alis caudâque brunneis, tectricibus alarum minoribus albis, qui color fasciam trans-
versam efficit : lineâ angustá albâ à nare ad ocuîum ; genis corporeque subtùs albis,
hoc colore in cinereum ad latera transeunte : rostro, pedibusque fuscis.
Long. tot. 5 une.; caudæ, 2 \ j aloe, 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 tlie latter marked with a central dusky streak ; wings and tail
brown, with the smaller wing coverts white, forming a transverse bar; a narrow
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 neighbourliood of houses and vvild uninhabited spots. It v'as building
its nest towards the end of August.
2 . P a s s e r H i s p a n i o l e n s i s . 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. C h l o r o s p i z a ? m e l a n o d e r a . G .R .G r a y .
P l a t e X X X I I .
Emberiza melanodera, Quoy Sf Gaim. Voy. de L’Uranie, Zool. i. p. 109.
C. fiavescenti olivácea ; dorso superiori cinereo rufoque mixto ; vertice, auribus, colli
lateribus pectoreque ciñereis rufomixtis; lined à naribus pone oculos transiente genisque
albis ; plumis inter rostrum et oculos gulâque atris; remigibus primariis et secundariis
nigrescentibus fa v o marginatis: caudâ rectricibus mediis oliváceo juscis, tribus externis
ferè toto pallidè jiavis; abdomine medio fiavescenti albo, lateribus obscurioribus.
Long. tut. 65 unc. ; aloe, 85 ; caudæ, ; tarñ, 10 lines ; rostri, 5 lin.
Adult. Yellowish olive, mixed with grey and rufous on the upper part of the back ;