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Show !)() ZOOLOGY OF TilE VOYAGE OF TilE BEAGLE. top of the head, ears, sides of the neck and breast, grey mixed with rufous; the lines from the nostrils reaching behind the eyes and cheeks, white; the space between the bill and eye, and the throat, deep black; the primaries and secondaries blackish, margined with yellow; the tail, with the middle feathers, olivaceous black, with the three external nearly wholly pale yellow; the middle of the abdomen yellowish white, with the flanks darker. Young: Upper surface brownish white, with the middle of each feather black; the throat lighter; the wing coverts and secondaries margined with white and brown ; the primaries with yellow; the tail blackish, with their outer margins yellow, and the external feather wholly pale yellow white; beneath the body pale yellowish white, streaked on the breast and flanks with a darker tint. Habitat, East Falkland Island (March), and Santa Cruz, Patagonia (April). This bird is extremely abundant in large scattered flocks in the Falkland Islands. 2. CHLOUOSPIZA? XANTHOG RAl\IMA. G. R. Gmy. PLATE XXXIII. C. cinerascenti olivacea, 1'Ufo paulo tincta j linea a nm·ibus pone oculos transiente genisque jlavis ; plumis inter 1'ost1·um et oculos gulaque at1·is ; 1·emigibus sec1tndariis nig1·escentibus, cinereo et olivaceo late marginatis ,· primariis nig1·escentibus, jlavo anguste 11ta1·ginatis; caudd cinerascenti nigrd, plumis externis albis ; cmpm·e infra flavescenti albo, kypochondriis obscuriorihus. J,ong. tot. 7! unc . ; alOJ, 3! ; cnudOJ, 3; tarsi, 1; rost1'i, 7 lin. Adult: Greyish olive, very slightly mixed with rufous, a line from the nostrils reaching behind the eyes and cheeks, yellow; the space between the bill and eye, and the entire throat, deep black; the secondaries blackish, broadly margined with grey and olive; the primaries blackish, slightly margined with yellow; the tail greyish black, with the outer feathers white; beneath the body yellowish white, darker on the flanks. Female : Upper surface brownish white, with each feather blackish brown in the middle, the head and throa_t paler ; the wing-coverts and secondaries blackish, margined with brownish white; the primaries blackish, slightly margined with yellow; the tail blackish white-margined, with the outer feathers nearly wholly white; beneath the body yellowish white, streaked with brown on the breast and flanks: and the space from the nostrils reaching to behind the eyes and cheeks, yellowish. Habitat, East Falkland Island (Marclt), and Tierra del Fuego (Feb1·uary). |
