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MS. name applied to it by Mr. John Gould in his collection. The habitat 

 there given is somewhat vague, being described as ' the country southward 

 of the Bay of Honduras.' We are, however, enabled to state with certainty 

 that its true patria is the littoral of Venezuela." 



In the ' Revue Zoologique ' for 1847, M. Lafresnaye described and 

 renamed the present species Cardinalis granadensis ; this being the only 

 other synonym which this fortunate bird possesses. 



In the ' Ibis ' for 1864, Mr. E. C. Taylor says : " The low sandy coast 

 near the town of Barcelona in Venezuela, covered with dense bush and 

 low trees, is the only locality where I met with this beautiful species ; 

 there, however, it was tolerably plentiful. I do not believe it ever occurs 

 in Trmidad." But Dr. 0. Finsch has, since Mr. Taylor wrote the above, 

 received specimens which confirm its existence in that island. 



Mr. A. Goering procured this bii'd at Cariipano, and states that it is 

 " found only on the coast, and not met with a few leagues in the interior. 

 San Esteban is situated about six English miles inland from Puerto 

 Cabello, in a valley, through which runs a small river. Most of the birds ob- 

 tained here are different from those found in Eastern Venezuela, where my 

 first collections were formed. It is singular that Cardinalis phamiceus, so 

 common near Cariipano, is very rare here. I have never seen this bird on 

 the hills, but only on the ^^lains near the coast, which are covered with a 

 simple vegetation of Mimosa, Cactus, &c." 



On the authority of Dr. 0. Finsch this species was received in a collec- 

 tion of birds sent to Mr. Kohlmann from the island of Trinidad. 



The specimen a in my own collection is one of the types described by 

 Bonaparte in the P. Z. S. 1837 ; the other is now in the British Museum. 



Specimens examined. 



Locality. Length. Wing. Tail. Tars. Culm. 



Honduras 1 {Bonaparte). 6-35 3-25 3-3 0-9 0-7 



Cumana {Bridges). 645 3-2 3-3 085 0-65 



Cuniana {Bridges). 6-1 3'1 3-05 0-9 0-65 



Cariipano, Venezuela 



{Goerinff). 7.1 3-15 3-4 09 075 



The figures (Plate 11.) are taken from b in my own collection ; that of 

 the female from a specimen in the British Museum. 



