7. DACNI3. 



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2. Dacnis ccerebicolor. (Plate III.) 



Dacnis ccerebicolor, Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 106 • id P Z S 

 1854, p. 252, 1855, p. 137 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 51 ; id. Ibis, 1863, p."314 ;" 

 Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 117 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 324 (Bucaraiuauo'a) ; 

 Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 497; iid. Nomencl. p. 16; Berlemch, 

 j; /: 0. 1884, p. 286 (Bucaramanga). ^ ' 



ArbelorMna ccerebicolor, Reichenb. Handb. p. 236. 



Deep purple-blue; front, lores, iuterscapulium, wings, and tail 

 black; wing-coverts and secondaries with blue edgings like the 

 back ; below blue as above ; chin and throat-patch black ; bill horn- 

 colour, darker at tip ; feet carneous : whole length 4-5 inches, wiu» 

 2-8, tail 1-9. Female. Green ; cap blue ; throat cinereous, like that 

 of B. cayana. 



Hah. Andes of Colombia. 



This species, first described from " Bogota " skins, was met with 

 by Mr. Wyatt at Bucaramanga (about 2000 feet above the sea-level) 

 and in the province of Antioquia by Mr. Salmon. In distribution 

 of colour it exactly resembles D. cayana, but is at once distinguish- 

 able by its dark purple plumage. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. (Type of 



species.) 



b. c? ad. sk. Colombia. ' Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



c. c? ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



e. c? ad. sk. Remedies, Antioquia Sclater Coll. 



(Salmo7i). 



3. Dacnis nigripes. 



Dacnis nigripes, Pelzeln, Sitzmigsb. Akad. Wien, 1856, xx. p. 154, 

 tab. i. figs. 1, 2 ; id. Om. Bras. p. 25 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 263 ; id. 

 Cat. A. B. p. 51 ; id. Ibis, 1863, p. 314 ; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 

 1864, p. 269 ; Graij, Hand-l. i. p. 117 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 

 p. 16 ; Berlei^sch, J.f. O. 1873, p. 237. 



Bright blue, nearly as in D. cayana ; interscapulium, front, lores, 

 and large gular patch black ; wings and tail black ; wing-coverts, 

 secondaries, and central tail-feathers edged with blue ; bill and feet 

 black: whole length 4-4 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1-5. Female. 

 Brownish olive ; cap and rump tinged with blue ; below pale ochra- 

 ceous. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



Only known from S.E. Brazil, where Beske discovered it near 

 Kovo Eriburgo, and transmitted ten specimens to the Vienna 

 Museum. Easily distinguishable from D. cayana by its bluish feet 

 and short tail. 



a,h. (S2 ad. sk. S.E. Brazil (Beske). Sclater CoU. 



c. $ ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll, 



