140 PROCEEDrNGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. a x v. 



Family TROGLODYTID^E. 



TROGLODYTES MUSCULUS Naumann. 



Tr»<ih„}!iU'^ nnisrHliis Naimaxn, V;)g. Deutschl., Ill, 1828, ].. 724, tu])lt' (Licliten- 

 steiii inHnuscrii)t) . 



One speciiiion. "Iris l)ro\vn/* This bird belonj^'s apparently to the 

 dark race from southern Brazil, to which the name /tntsculus is appli- 

 cable. It is identical with another specimen from the Parana River, 

 and much darker, more rufescent both al)ove and below than the birds 

 from Buenos Ayres. 



Family VTREONID.E. 



CYCLARHIS VIRIDIS (Vieillot). 



Salhtlnr rlridis Vieillot, Encyc. Meth., II, 1823, p. 793. 



Ci/c/orlii.^ riridix Bi'RMEisTER, Syst. Ueber. Thiere Bras., Ill, 1856, p. 107. 



One adult male. "Iris orange." 



CYCLARHIS OCHROCEPHALA Tschudi. 

 ('!/<inrhi)< or}irorf]th(il<i Thchvdi, WieKiiianii's Aniiiv f. Natury. . I, 1845, ]>. 362. 

 One specimen, an adult female. "Iris lirowny red." 



Family CORVID.E. 



CYANOCORAX HECKELII Pelzeln. 

 C,i„i,oc<>vax herh'ld Pelzelx, Sitz. k. Aka<l. \Vis><. Wieii, XX, 1856, ]>. 163. 



A single unsexed, undated specimen of this rare and very handsome 

 jay is in the collection. It is in excellent plumage and apparently 

 entirely typical. Wing, 183 mm.: tail, 159 mm.; exposed cuhuen, 

 28.5 mm.; tarsus, 4-6 mm. 



Family CCEREBID.E. 



DACNIS CAYANA (Linnaeus). 



Motadlla cayana Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., I, 1766, p. 336. 

 Dacnis cayana Strickland, Contr. Orn., 1851, p. 15. 



Two specimens, both of which seem to be rather darker and duller 

 above than ordinary examples. "Iris light brown [male];" "iris 

 brown [female]." 



ATELEODACNIS SPECIOSA (Maximilian.) 



Sylria sjH'c'ujxd Maximilian, Beitr. Naturg. Bras., Ill, 1830, p. 708. 



Two specimens. "Iris brown [male];" "iris light brown [female]." 

 The male is not quite adult, having still a wash of yellowish olive on 

 the upper parts, most of the wing-quills with yellowish green outer 



