144 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voi. xxv. 



EUPHONIA VIOLACEA (Linnaeus). 



FrIiKjiUd viulacea Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., lOtli ed., I, 1758, p. 182. 

 I'JiiplioniaviolaceaM.AxnnLiAN, Beitr. Naturg. Bras., Ill, 1830, }>. 439. 



Two .specimens, male and female. " Iris brown.'" 



While there seems to be no constant color ditierence Ijetween ))irds 

 from Guiana and those from southern Brazil and Paraguay, yet the 

 northern race is so much smaller that its recognition by name is well 

 deserved. Dr. Sclater considered^ the Guiana 1)ird to be the typical 

 form; but Linnieus' description, in so far as it is possible to determine, 

 was based on the bird from Brazil, being, moreover, so considered by 

 Cabanis when he separated the race from Cayenne;^ and consequently 

 the latter is the one that should be called EupJwnia vlolacea lichten- 

 sfer?i/\ unless, indeed, Lichtenstein's prior name be considered tenable,^ 

 in which case it would stand as Euplioti'xi riohicea minor. 

 CHLOROPHONIA CHLOROCAPILLA (Shaw). 



P,>n/ vhh,r„mp\Ua Shaw, Gen. Zool., XIII, Ft. 2, 1826, p. 255. 

 TnnagravlridhNi'E.WA.m, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXXII, 1819, p. 426. 

 CMorophonia viridls Bonaparte, Eev. Zool., 1851, p. 137. 



One specimen, an adult male, of which the colors are very rich, 

 particularly the blue of the upper surface, this approaching indigo on 

 the back. '' Iris brown." 



Vieillot's specific name tHridf'.s, connnonly employed for this species, 

 is preoccupied by Tanagra viridis Miiller,* which has been considered 

 a synonym of Calospiza tatm. The proper name for ChloropJionia 

 viridis Auct. is therefore as above given. 



Family FRINGILLID.E. 



PYRRHOCOMA RUFICEPS (Strickland). 



Tachyplunms ruficepii Strickland, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1844, \^. 419. 

 Pyrrhocoma riificeps Cabanis, Mus. Hein., I, 1851, p. 138. 



Two specimens, male and female. *'Iris [of both] brown.'' The 

 male is of a rather clearer slate color, both above and below, than 

 examples from Brazil, and has a somewhat paler throat, though other- 

 wise does not differ. 



CORYPHOSPINGUS CUCULLATUS (Miiller). 



Fringilla mndlatft ^MIjller, Syst. Nat., Anhang, 1776, p. 166. 

 Fringilla cristata Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 926. 



Two specimens, male and female. The latter is darker throughout 

 than the three others of the same sex available for comparison. The 

 iris of both sexes is given as brown by the collector. 



iCat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, p. 74. 



'^ Phonasca lichtensteini Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1860, p. 331. 



^ Euphonia violacea var. minor Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. , 1823, j). 29. 



•'Syst. Nat., Anhang, 1776, p. 158. 



