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Lyo. X. Y., viii, 1865, 176 (David, Chiriqui) , 180 (Greytown, Nicaragua); 

 ix, 1868, 99 (San Jose and Angostura, Costa Rica) . — Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1867, 138 (Santa Fe, Yeragua; David, Chiriqui); 1870, 187; Ibis, 1872, 

 316 (Chontales, Nicaragua). — Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 

 550 (hot region, Yera Cruz, up to 3,350 ft. ). — Frantzius, Journ. fiir Orn., 

 1869, 298 (Costa Rica.) 



Tanagra eiuin diaconus Ridgway and Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, Sept. 5, 

 1882, 391 (LaPalma, Costa Rica; habits).— Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 V, 1883, 499 (San Jose, Costa Rica); vi, 1888, 399 (Los Subalos, Nica- 

 ragua). — Bangs, Proc. New Eng. Zool. Club, ii, 1900, 30 (Loina del Leon, 

 Panama R. R.); Auk, xviii, 1901, 32 (San Miguel I., Bay of Panama). 



Tdnagra diacomus [typographical error] Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 

 303 (Cordova, Yera Cruz). 



Thraupis diaconus Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1860, 330 (Costa Rica). 



TANAGRA PALMARUM MELANOPTERA (Sclater). 

 BLACK-WINGED TAKAGER. 



Adult male. — General color plain glossy olive, glossed with purplish 

 blue, darker on back and scapulars, and passing into light olive- 

 greenish on forehead and crown, the auricidar region also inclining to 

 the same color; abdomen, anal region, and vinder tail-coverts tinged 

 with yellowish olive; lores, chin, and anterior portion of malar region 

 pale gray; lesser wing-coverts dull grayish purplish ])lue, passing 

 into yellowish olive on middle and greater coverts; primary'- coverts 

 dull blackish or dusky, edged with greenish olive; remiges brownish 

 black or sooty, faintly edged (especially on primaries) with olive, the 

 ])asal portion abruptly and more or less extensively light greenish 

 olive or yellowish olive in strong contrast; tail brownish black or 

 sooty, with greenish olive edgings; bill blackish; legs and feet dusky 

 (in dried skins); length (skins), 157.5-175.3 (166.6); wing, 89.9-99.3 

 (95.5); tail, 68.8-78.2 (72.4); exposed culmen, 12.7-14.5 (13.2); depth 

 of bill at base, 6.1-7.1 {<d.Q)\ tarsus, 20.1-21.8 (20.8); middle toe, 15- 

 17.5 (16.8).' 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male and not always distinguish- 

 able, but usually with less of the purplish blue or violet gloss, the 

 ])ack lighter olive, the yellowish olive of forehead and crown less dis- 

 tinct, and the remiges more distinctly edged with olive; length (skins), 

 157.5-175.3 (166.9); wing, 90.9-96.5 (93.7); tail, 63.8-72.9 (69.3); 



^ Six specimens. 



