TABLE 2 in Taxonomic status of the Western Hemispingus Sphenopsis ochracea (Thraupidae) and a review of species limits in the genus Sphenopsis P. L. Sclater, 1861

TABLE 2 Plumage colour of species in the genus Sphenopsis, scored using study skins (n = 43) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia (ANSP) and Delaware Museum of Nature & Science, Greenville (DMNH) collections (see Appendix for lists of specimens examined). The codes ‘tail-D’ and ‘tail-V’ denote the dorsal and ventral surface of the tail, respectively. Numbers are taken from Smithe (1975): (18) Orange Yellow; (23) Raw Umber; (28) Olive-Brown; (49) Greenish Olive; (51) Citrine; (82) Blackish Neutral Gray; (83) Dark Neutral Gray; (89) Jet Black; (119A) Hair Brown; (121) Vandyke Brown; (121A) Prout’s Brown; (123A) Cinnamon; (123B) Clay Color; (123C) Yellow Ocher; (124) Buff; (129) Dark Brownish Olive; (136) Raw Sienna; (223D) Tawny Olive.
SpeciesCrownBackTail-DTail-VThroatBreastBellyVentS. melanotis melanotis83383728323123A123A124123AS. m. castaneicollis82837283288931361241364S. frontalis frontalis491,3,549328328186515515515S. f. hanieli493491,328328123C 4123B123B123AS. piurae893119A28328489313613641364S. ochracea831129228328223D123B 3223D123A
1 slightly browner 5 slightly more yellow 2 slightly lighter and more olive 6 slightly duller, less bright 3 slightly darker 7 slightly more olive 4 slightly lighter