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 Cu. Tachyphonus cristatus (Gm.). 



Tanagra cristata Gml., .S;/.v^ Xnt. I. 1. (1788) p. 898 (ex Briss. & Buff.— Cayenne). 



Suapnre: 2 SS ad. 20 Oct. 19()0 and 21 Feb. ISO'.), ? ? 9. iv., (5. iii. '09. 

 " Iris brown, feet aud bill black " (Klages coll.) 



Al. 78 — 7(i, caud. 07^ — OGi, culm. IT) -14^, tars. \'\ nun. 



Nicare : iS 22. i. lOol (E. Andrl:). 



\a\ Pricion : 6 1. ii. 19iil (E. Andrf5). 



These specimeua agree best witli s])eciiuens fonnd in Bogot.^ collections, 

 though they differ from them by having tlie red crest somewhat shorter and 

 bordered anteriorly by a baud of a lighter <;reamy colour (not so rufescent), bv 

 having the fnlvons of tlic lower back sornewhat ]ialcr and the wings and tail 

 somewhat shorter. 



From Mr. Sdater's remarks {C<(t. liirdx lirif. Mks. \\. ]). 211) it appears 

 that specimens from Bogota are identical with a Cayenne bird in the Salvin-Godman 

 collection. In case, however, that the former diller from (.j'aycnue specimens, they 

 ought to be called T. cristatus cristatellus (Scl.), the name crixtdtiis remaining for 

 the Cayeune form. A series from Cayenne is necessary to decide this question, and 

 also whether our birds belong to the typical form or not. 



68. Tachyplionus surinamus (L.). 



Turdiis surinamus Linn., Si/st. Nal. Ed. XII. (17G6) i. p. 297 (ex Briss.— ex Surinam). 



Nicare: (5 c?c? January 1901 (Andre). 



Snapure : 3 cTc? ad. 27 April, 28 Jime, 9 Nov., and a young ? 27 April, 1890. 



Iris brown, dark brown ; feet and bill black. 



? juv. : "Iris dark grey, feet light blue-grey, bill brownish at base of mandible, 

 but nearly altogether black." 



(S,i ad. Al. 8()i— S2i, caud. 77—75, culm. ItU— 10, tars. Isi— 17i mm. 



These birds agree perfectly with trade skins generally called Trinidad skins, 

 but which may come from the Orinoco delta. 



A specimen from Cayenne in Mus. H. v. B. does not differ except by possessing 

 a little longer creamy yellow crest and somewhat longer tail. Specimens found in 

 Bogota collections lack the yellowish plumes at the sides of the breast, but do not 

 seem to differ otherwise from the Suapure skin.s. The colour of the uropygiuin 

 appears to be very variable. 



A series from Cayenne is necessary to conlirni the constancy, or otherwise, 

 of these differences. 



09. Nemosia flavicoUis VielU. 



Nemosia flavkoUie Vieillot, Nouit. Did. XXII. (1818) p. 4(11 (Ami'r. mt'ridionale). We take 

 Cayenne as the typical habitat. 



Suapure : i ad. 11. iv., cJ ad. 12. iv. " Iris brown ; feet dark grey ; maxilla 

 black, mandible pinkish white." S ail. 2. iv., " ? " (an potius c^ juv. !) 12. x. 

 ? ad. 28. iv. (Klages). 



Nicare (Caura II.) 4 <J(J 22. i. lOOl (E. Andrd). 



