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No. 2026. ? ad., Goyaz, April 190(5.— Wing 73 ; tail o5 ; bill lli mm. 



The adnit males agree exactly with a description in my note-book taken 

 from the type-specimen in Count Berlepsch's collection. Moreover, the latter was 

 obtained not far from Goyaz on the Rio Araguay, in the vicinity of the village 

 Leopoldina. 



Having studied a very large series of the C._fiava group, I think it nsefnl to 

 give a short n'sumi; of the results arrived at. Besides the material in Tring, I 

 had before me all the specimens of the Vienna and Munich Museums, and have 

 also examined a few interesting e.^amples in the British Museum collection. The 

 following forms appear to be recognisable : 



(a) C. Jlavajiava (Gm.). 



Tanagra jlava Ginelin, Si/sl. Nat. 1. ii. p. 896 (1788. — ex Brisson, Ornitli. iii. p. 39 : ex Marcgrave, 

 Hist. Nat. Bras. p. 212 : '' Guira-perea." — Enstirn Brazil). 



Hah. Eastern Brazil from Bahia to Pernambuco (Forbes, Robert). 



S ad. All the top of the head (from the base of the bill to the nape) is 

 uniform golden buff, scarcely darker than the back. On the rump there are 

 sometimes a very few narrow streaks of silvery-greenish to be seen. 



? ad. Top of the head dull ochraceous yellow. 



Ten adult S3 from Bahia. — Wing 72—74, once 70 ; tail 52 — 5-5 mm. 



Two adnlt c? S from S. Loureneo, Pernambuco (A. Robert coll.). — Wing 73, 74 ; 

 tail .51, 55 mm. 



One adnlt ? from Bahia. — Wing 7H ; tail 52 mm. 



N. B. — The birds from Pernambuco are absolutely similar to those from Bahia. 



{h) C. .ftava chloroptera (Vieill.). 



Tanagra chlomjitera Vieillot, Nouv. Diet, xxxii. p. 407 (1819. — " Br^sil " — type in the Paris 



Museum examined). 

 T.fnrmosa VieiUot, l.r. p. 407 (1819. -ex Azara, No. 96 : Paraguay). 



Bab. South-eastern Brazil, S. Paulo : Ypanema, Paciencia, Porto do Piahy, 

 Ytarar^, Rio Paransl, Faz. do J. Dias (Natterer); Campinas, Victoria (Hempel), etc. 

 Paraguay (Azara): Sapucay (Foster, Mus. Brit.). 



<S ad. Differs from C. f. Jinmi in its larger size, slightly stouter bill, duller 

 ochraceous sides of the body, less golden back, and especially by having the 

 forehead more or less tinged with ochraceous, this colour forming an indistinct 

 frontal band. 



? ad. In coloration fully like C.f../iava, but with longer wings and tail. 



Seven adult S S from S. Paulo. — Wing 77 — 78; tail 56 — 58 mm. 



Five imm. Si from S. Paulo. — Wing 74 — 77 ; tail 55—59 mm. 



Two adult ? ? from S. Paulo.— Wing 74, 75; tail 57 mm. 



One adult 3 from Sapucay, Paraguay. — Wing 77| ; tail 59 mm. 



Type of T. chloroptera Vieill. : S adult. — Wing 77 ; tail 56 mm. 



N.B.— The type of T. chloroptera was obtained in 1818 by Mods. A. Saint- 

 Hilaire in South-eastern Brazil : S. Paulo or Parana. Though somewhat faded 

 through exposure to light, it belongs undoubtedly to the present form. Count 

 Berlepsch • says that a specimen from Sapucay, Paraguay, in the British Museum, 



* Omis xiv. p. 348. 



