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 32. Cyanerpes caerulea cherriei Beil. & Hart. 



[Certhia caertileu Linnaeus, Si/sl. -Vi/'. x. p. U8 (1758. — ex Edwards : Surinam).] 



Cyanerpes raerule I cherriei Berlepsch & Hartert, Xov. Zool. ix. p. 16 (1902. — Munduapo, Orinoco) ; 



Hellmayr, I.e. xiv. p. 347 (Humaytlia). 

 Caereba caerulea Pelzein, I.e. p. •25 (Saltodo Girao). 



No. 566. c? ad., Jamarysinho, 16. ix. 1U07. — Wing 54 ; tail 25 mm. 

 No. 609. ? al, S. Isabel, 2. .x. 1907.— Wing 54; tail 27 ; bill 16 mm. 

 Cf. Nor. Zool. xiv. pp. 42-43, where characters aud range of this form are 

 given. 



[6'i. Chlorophanes spiza (Linn.) subsp. 



Mntaeillii spiza Linnaeus, Syst. Nttl. x. p. 188 (1758. — ex Edwards : Surinam ; ex;l. var. (3). 

 DaciuK atricapilla Pelzein, I.e. p. 2() (Engenlio doGima, Guapore : Salto Girao). 



Rio Madeira : Salto do Girao (Natterer). 



I have not seen specimens from the Rio Madeira. They possibly belong to 

 r. s. caerulescens Cass.*] 



34. Procnias viridis occidentalis Scl. 



[^Ilirunilo vlriilix llliger, Protlr. Syst. Mam. el Ac. p. 229(1811. — based on " L'Hirondelle verte' 

 Temminck, Cat. Sysl. Cab. iVOni. et Quadriim. 1807. p. 245. No. 980: Brasilia ; = ?); 

 cf. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mas. X. V. ii. 1889. p. 70.] 



Procnias iiccuhuUilis Sclater, Pruc. Zool. Soc. Loud. xxii. 1854. p. 249 (April 1855. — "Nova 

 Grenada "). 



Nos. 603, 627, 654, 655, 660. S <S nd., S. Isabel, Rio Preto, 2, 5, 9, 10. x. 

 1907.— Wing 82—84, (one) 89; tail 49—55 ; bill 9--10 mm. 



No.s. 677, 659. c?(J jnv., S. Isabel, 10, 1 1. x. 1907. 



No. 920. (Jjnv., Marnins, 9. vi. 1908. 



Nos. 605, (i53, 704. ¥ ? ad., S. Isabel, 2, 9, 16. x. 1907.— Wing 82—85 ; tail 

 53 — 55 mm. 



No. 913. ¥ ad., Marnins, 7. vi. 1908.— Wing 85 ; tail 55 mm. 



" Iris brown or reddish brown, feet dark grey or blackish, bill black." 



The specimens agree, in coloration and size, with a large series from Colombia 

 (Bogota and Choco), Ecuador, and Venezuela (Cumana). Examples from Eastern 

 Brazil (Bahia and Rio) are much larger (wing 90 — 95, tail 58 — 62 mm.) and of a 

 lighter, more greenish (Nile) blue. The latter undoubtedly represent typical 

 P. firidis viridis. To my mind, P. v. occidentalis is a very well-marked race, 

 though occasionally specimens may be fonnd tiiat do not differ in colour from 

 the typical race. The difference in size, however, is quite constant. 



35. Euphonia aurea aiirea (Pall.) [an subsp. ?]. 



Parus aureus Pallas in Vroeg's Culalogue, Aduuibrut. p. 4 (1764. — Surinam). • 



Tanagra chlurolirii Linnaeus, Sysl. Nat. xii. 1. p. 817 (1766. — ex Brisson : " Cayania "). 



No. 1052. (J ad., Marnins, Rio Machados, 22. vii. 1908. " Iris, feet, and bill 

 black."— Wing 55 ; tail SOi ; bill 8 mm. 



Difl'ers from Cayenne skins in the Munich Museum by its much darker, deep 

 bluish black (instead of bright purple) throat ; the yellow on the anterior porfion of 

 the crown is rather more extended, the bill soinewiiat thicker and stouter, and the 

 outermost rectri.x only (instead of the two other ones) has a white spot on the inner 

 web. A large series from different j)arts of its range is required to establish the 



* ChUyrophanes caeruleicens L'assio, Pruc. Acad. N. Sci. Piiilad. l.b(J4. p. 2GS (Yuvacares, Bolivia). 



