beneath the body pale dusky green, somewhat darker on the breast and
sides ; uropygium yellowisb-green.
Three specimens of this species are contained in the British Museum, ex-
liibiting male, female, and young.
2 . A g l a ia V it t a t a .
Tanagra vittata, Temm. P i. col.
Maldonado; not common.
P iP IL L O PERSONATA. S w a h lS .
P l a t e XXXV.
P . personata, Sicains. Two cent, and a quart, p. 311.
Maldonado; not common. The stomach of one, which I shot, contained
E m b e r i z o i d e s p o l i o c e e h a l u s . G. R . Gray.
E. oUvaceus, dorsi plumis medio nigro striatis; capite gulâque ciñereis, priore plumis
singulis, medio nigrostriatis; eorpore infra rufescenti albo; hypochondriis tectnabus
caudæ inferioribus obscurioribus ; alarum margine tali flava, remigibus primants
secundariisque nigris; prioribus pallidè oliváceo, posterioribus olivascente jiavo lath
marginatis.
Long. tot. 7 | unc. ; aloe, SJ ; caudæ, 4 ; tarsi, l ^ ; rostm, 8 lin.
Olivaceous, with the feathers of the back marked down the middle with black ; the
head and throat cinereous, with each feather of the former streaked down the
middle with black ; beneath the body rufous white, darker on the flanks
and under tail coverts : the border of the wings bright yellow ; the secondaries
and primaries black, the former broadly margined with pale olive, the
latter with bright olivaceous yellow ; base of hill dusky orange.
Habitat, northern shore of the Plata. {May and August.)
This bird is common both near Monte Video and Maldonado, in swamps.
Stomach full of seeds ; it makes a shrill loud cry : its flight is clumsy, as if its
tail were disjointed.
F a m .— COCCOTHRAUSTINlE.
G e n u s , G e o s p iz a , Gould.
Corporis figura brevissima et robusta.
Rostrum magnum, robustum, validum, altitudine longitudinem prcestante ; culmine
arcuato et capitis verticem superante, apice sine denticida, lateribus tumidis.
Naribus basalibus et semitectis plumis frontalihus.