312 TANAGRIDA., 
T. chrysomelas, as its name implies, is brilliantly coloured golden yellow and black. 
It is the smallest species of the genus, being of slighter build than 7’. /uctuosus, having 
a shorter tail, but a wing of the same length as that of that bird. The bill is unusually 
slender, almost recalling some of the Mniotiltide, so much so that the female might 
easily be hurriedly passed over as belonging to a species of Geothlypis. 
B. Vertex cristatus. 
5. Tachyphonus delattrii. 
Tachyphonus delattrii, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 72’; Bp. Consp. i. p. 237°; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, 
p. 116°; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 142‘; 1865, p.171°; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. vii. 
p. 831°; ix. p. 100"; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 351°; 1879, p. 503°; Ex. Orn. p. 67, 
t. 84°; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 140"; Ibis, 1874, p. 308». 
Chlorospingus brunneus, Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. x. p. 395”. 
Fusco-niger ; crista verticali lete fulvo-aurantia; rostro nigro ad mandibule basin pallido, pedibus obscure 
fuscis. Long. tota 5-5, ale 3-0, caudz 2-7, rostri a rictu 0°7, tarsi 0-7. (Descr. maris ex Santiago de 
Veraguas, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 
2 brunnea; dorso, alis et cauda saturatioribus, subtus gutture paulo dilutiore. (Deser. femine ex Remedios, 
Colombia. Mus. P. L. Sclater.) 
Hab. Costa Rica, Pacuar (Carmiol > 7), Irazu (Zeledon 1); Panama, Santa Fé, Santiago 
de Veraguas (Arcé 1°), Lion Hill (M‘Leannan® 8), Rio Truando (Wood +*).— 
CotomsBia 9°; Ecuapor? 
T’. delattrit was first discovered by the French traveller Delattre at San Buenaventura, 
on the west coast of Colombia, in which country Salmon also found it, both at 
Remedios and Nechi, in the State of Antioquia®; it also occurs in the trade collections 
sent from Bogota. We have a specimen from Pasto in Northern Ecuador, which is the 
most southern point to which we have traced the species with certainty; for the bird 
obtained by Fraser at Pallatanga, and supposed to be the female of 7. delattrii, and 
figured as such 1°, may possibly belong to another species 12. 
In the limits of our country 7. delattrii has been observed at several points—at the 
falls of the Truando*, on the line of the Panama railway °, in the neighbourhood of 
Santa Fé", and in the eastern parts of Costa Rica>; but it appears to be nowhere 
common. Mr. Wood says that he only once met with it at the falls of the Truando, 
and then about twenty specimens, which seemed to be in company, were noticed, and 
several obtained, though they were very shy and not easily approached. All chattered 
together like a flock of Blackbirds (Icteride), and appeared to be feeding on a berry 
that was abundant*. Salmon says that it feeds on fruit®; but he did not obtain its 
nest or eggs, which remain unknown. 
5. Tachyphonus nitidissimus. (Tab. XXI. figg. 23,32.) 
Tachyphonus nitidissimus, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 188°; Ibis, 1874, p. 308°. 
Chlorospingus axillaris, Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. x. p. 395° 
Tachyphonus luctwosus, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1865, p. 1714? 
