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British Guiana, and (differs only in the rather coarser black spotting on the 

 throat and breast. The spots are also extended along the sides of the abdomen, 

 while these parts are uniform pale green in the Guiana specimens. A series from 

 Cayenne should be compared. 



C. punctata has not yet been recorded from tiie vicinity of Para, though 

 Natterer collected several examples at Manaos. 



10. * Calospiza albertinae (Pelz.). 



CuUUte ulhiji-tinae Pelzeln, Ibis, 1877. p. 3.37 (Salto do Girao, Rio Madeira). 



One S ad. from Igarape-Assii, Panl, 50 m. ; April 14, 10(i4. No. 2131. 

 " Iris brun-rouge, pattes gris-bleu, bee brun, plus clair en dessous." 



Wing :^, tail 40, bill lU mm. 



Fancy my surjirise when finding this bird in the collection ! It is the second 

 known specimen of the species, the type of which came from a very remote district, 

 viz. from the upper course of the Rio Madeira, not far from the Bolivian frontier. 

 An actual comparison might perhaps show some differences, but it would be 

 impossible to judge their value from a single specimen. The Para example agrees 

 with Pelzelu's description, but differs in having the sides of the body and the 

 throat green, while in the type of C. albeiiijiae the whole lower surface except 

 the (green) under tail-coverts is said to be blue. It differs from ('. yi/roloides in the 

 much more yellowish green colour of the back and wings, becoming still more 

 yellowish on the nape without forming a distinct collar ; and in having the shoulder- 

 patch clear orange-rufous [Ridgway, Xomencl. PI. IV. fig. 13] instead of golden 

 yellow. Moreover, the throat is green, with a hardly perceptible bluish tinge, and 

 the green on the sides of the body is more extended. 



11. Tanagra episcopus Linn. 



Taiiaijnt Ejiiscnpiix Linnaeus, Si/st. Xal. xii. 1 (17i)ij) p. Hill (ex " L'Evesque '' ; Brisson, Oni. iii. 



p. 40 ; ".Bresil" — coll. Reaumur.*) 

 Tanagra cucleHtis Spix, Ar. Bnisil. ii. (18-J5) p. 42 part, descr. J (Para). [Types e.xamined.] 

 r. episcnpus Sclater & Salvin, P. Z.S. 18G7. p. 671 (Para) ; Pelzeln, Uni. Bras. iii. (186!l) p. 208 



(part., Pard) ; Layard, Ihis, 1873. p. 379 (Para). 



One cJ ad. and twn immature <^cJ, >S. iv., 1:5. iv., 14. iv. 1904. Nos. 2U42, 

 2052, 2084. " Iris brnn." 



The adult male agrees in every respect with others from (Surinam and British 

 Guiana, but lacks the pale violaceous hue on the lower surface. 



12. Tanagra palmarum Wied. subsp. 



Tuiiaym jjaliiiaruiii yVied, Iii'!se Bianil. ii. (18'21) p. 71) (Canavieras, Bahia) ; Sclater & Salvin, 



P. Z. S. 1867. p. 571 (Mexiana Lsland) ; Layard, Ihis, 1873. p. 370 (Pani). 

 Tamiiira mehiiinptem (nee Sclater) Pelzeln, Ziir (h-n. Bras. iii. (18i;!t)p. 209 (Rio Muria, near Pari). 



One S ad. 24. i. : ? 10. i. ; S .juv. 21. iv. 10(i4. Nos. 1015, 104ii, 2121. 

 " Iris brun." 



These specimens, as well as some others collected by Prof. Steere near Pani, 



• I'rissons description is quite clear and undoubtedly referable tu the bird now known as T. cirixrojius. 

 Ct. •■ les pctitcs couvcrturcs du dessus de I'ailc sont d'un gris-blanc tiraut sur Ic violet : les grandes sont 

 d'uii verd-bleu." The only place in Brazil where T. rj/isecijius occurs is the vicinity of Para. It is hardly 

 to be believed that in Brisson's time specimens from Paru were available. Brisson's type is more likely to 

 have come from Cayenne. 



