372 Miscellaneous. 



Descriptions of some New Species of Tanagers. 

 By Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.Z.S. &c. 



Nemosia guirina. 



Nemosia guiray Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 155. 



Flavescenti-olivacea, superciliis longis cum piaga cervicali utrin- 

 que conjunctis favis : gutture et capitis lateribus nigris : dorso 

 postico cinnamomeo, pectore item cinnamomeo sed saturatiore et 

 magis castaneo : abdomine cinerascenti-favidoy crisso flavicante. 



Long, tota 5*0, alse 2*9, caudee 2*0. 



Hab. New Grenada, Bogota ; East Peru. 



Three specimens of what would at first sight appear to be N. guiray 

 m my possession, two of which are from New Grenada and the third 

 from Peru, offer such a marked difference in the length of the wing 

 on comparison with specimens from the eastern coast, that I cannot 

 avoid separating them specifically. They are also distinguishable, as 

 the yellow colour is more developed on the sides of the neck, but 

 does not form a band between the breast and black throat, as in 

 N. guira. And in the N. guirina the breast has more of a deep chest- 

 nut tinge, which extends quite up to the black throat. 



Nemosia insignis. 



Nigra, brunnescente tincta : speculo alari et corpore subtus albis : 

 interscapulio et dorso inferiore cum gutture et crisso favis. 

 $ brunnescenti-olivacea, alarum et caudcB marginibus flaves- 

 centibus : subtus favida, lateribus obscurioribus. 



Long, tota 5*5, alee 2*9, caudae 2*1. 



Hab. South Brazil. 



Obs. Similis N. flavicolli, sed crassitie major e, dorso fiavo altius 

 ascendente et gutture pallidius flavo, dorso fere concolorCy 

 distinguenda. 



I possess three specimens oi \hh Nemosia , male, female and young 

 male, out of a collection formed, I believe, in the southern part of 

 Brazil. They are certainly larger in all their dimensions than the 

 N. flavicollis, besides showing the other differences above noted, and 

 I think can hardly be passed over as merely a local variety of that 

 species. 



Nemosia auricollis. 



Nemosia flavicollis ex Cayenna, auct. 



Saturate nigricanti-brunnea ; speculo alari parvo albo : dorso 

 postico, gutture et crisso aureo-flavis, abdomine albido. 



Long. tota4'6, alae 2*7, caudse 1'9. 



Hab. Cayenne; East Peru, river Ucayali {Hawxwell). 



Mus. Brit., &c. 



Obs. N. flavicolli simillima, sed colore brunneo, et dorso postieo 

 aurescentiore flavo, necnon speculo alari magis celato, distin- 

 guenda. — Proc. Zool. Soc.y May 13, 1856. 



