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 C. Cyanerpes caenileus TLinn.; 



Certhia caeriilea Linnaeus, Sytt. XkI. ed. x. (1758) p. UK (e.\ Edwards— Surinam). 

 C'Kieba ciierulea Pelzeln, Ziii: Orn. Bnis. i. (IfiiiT) p. 'i'l pt. (Barra, Par;l). 

 Cereba rnenilea Layard, Ibis, 1873. p. 37H (Parii). 



Two c? S !ind two ? ? , taken S^. i., :io. iv., Is. i., 7. iv. l'.ii)4. Nos. 1938, 2156, 

 1910, 2037. Iris " brun fonc(5," " bleu-noir " and " brnn." 



These specimens agree iierfectly with Ciiyeiine .-ikins, which we may consider 

 to be typical, bnt have a little shorter bills. The bill measures : 



tj ad., Cayenne, 19 mm. 



<? ad., Bemfica, 18A mm. 



<? ad., Para (Steere coll.), 1 ' mm. 



Two S S, Igarape-Assii, 171 mm., 18 mm. 



Parii is the most southerly locality for C. caertdiitoi in Eastern Brazil. 



7. Cyanerpes cyaneus (Linn.). 



Ct'rthiti injfuti'a Linnaeus, .S//..-/. Xat. .\ii. 1. (I7i>i'i) p. 188 (ex Edwards, Brisson, Marcgrave. — We 



take SKriiium ex Edwards as typical locality). 

 Cuerelti cyaum Sclater & Salvin, /'. Z S. IHGT. p. 570 (ParA, Febr.) 

 Cereba ei/anea Layard, Ibis, 1873. p. 378 (Para). 



One ? only, .\pril 7, 10o4. No. 2040. '• Iris bleu noir." 

 S. Coereba chloropyga (Cab.). 



C'eiihiolu 'lilorojij/i/a Cabanis, Mns. llrnmiii i. (1850) p. ',17 (Babia). 



Certhiolu clilornjii/i/a Sclater iV Salvin, P. Z.S. ISi'u. p 570 (Mexiana Island). 



Certhiola ehlurojti/'ja Layard, Ibis, 1873. p. 378 (Para). 



One ? in worn plumage, January 21, 1904. No. 1924. " iris brun." 

 This specimen, as well as a male, collected by Professor Steere near Bemfica, 

 agree exactly with topotypical skins from Bahia. The back is pale olive-grey, 

 the rump very pale olive yellowish, and there is no visible wiug-spcculum. ('. 

 <iui(inensis (Cab.) is a very distinct form, differing at a glance by its bright yellow 

 rump, and darker, more sooty greyish back. Like in V. chlorfljii/fia, there is no 

 wing-speculum, or it is but slightly indicated below the primary coverts. On 

 the other hand, C. lateola (Cab.) has always a large white speculum, and is 

 much darker (sooty blackish) on the back than the two foregoing species. These 

 differences are quite constant in comparing a series of thirty-four ('. chloropijga, 

 si.xteen C. yuianensis, and si.xtj-nine C. Ititeola. Their distribution is as follows : 



1. C. chloropyga (Cab.) E. Brazil from Rio Grande do Sul to Para. I have 



not seen specimens from Mattogrosso, which may be different. 



2. C. guiaHeitais (Cab.) British Guiana (Roraima, Merume Mts., Camacusa, 



etc.) ; N. Brazil ; Upper Rio Negro (Marabitanas, Lamalonga, Cobati) ; 

 S. Venezuela ; ( 'aura River. 



3. C. lateola (Cab.) Venezuela (I'oast region southwards to the Orinoco 



River) ; Trinidad, Tobago. 



'•'. ''Calospiza punctata (Linn.) 



Tamujm iiHuilala Linnaeus, ■S'vs7. Xiit. xii. 1. (HlKi) p. oll> (ex Brisson — ''Iiides Orientales "— errore ! 

 we substitute ( 'ni/i ma). 



One " i " ad., takeu April Li, 1904. No. 2(i.j1. " Iris brun." 



This specimen agrees in colour and size with a series from the interior of 



