24 CCEBEBII)^. 



Bright yellow ; front, sides of head, interscapulium, throat-patch, 

 wings, and tail black ; cap bright green ; under wing- coverts white ; 

 bill and feet black: whole length 4-5 inches, wing 2-5, tail 1-5. 

 Female. Olive-brown; beneath paler, somewhat ochreous ; wings 

 and tail dark brown. 



Hab. Eastern Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. 



A very distinct species, originally obtained by d'Orbigny in the 

 forests of Yuracares, Bolivia ; since received in several collections 

 from Upper Amazon:' a. 



a. S ad. St. Ucayali. Purchased. 



b. $ ad. sk. Lower Ucayali (R Barf- Sclater Coll. 



left). 



c. c? ad. sk. Pebas, E. Peni {Hauxivell). Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



d. (S jr. sk. Yquitos, Upper Amazons Salviu-Godman Coll. 



( Whifely). 



e. S ad. sk. Peruvian Amazons {Haux- Sclater Coll. 



well). 



f. g. (S ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buck- Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



ley). 

 ^, «. (J ad. St. Amazons (?). Purchased. 



8. Dacnis venusta. 



Dacnis, sp., Lawr. Ann. Lj/c. N. Y. vii. p. 319. 



Dacnis venusta, Lawr. Ann. Lijc. N. Y. vii. p. 404, ix. p. 97 Scl. 

 Ibis, 1863, p. 315, t. 7 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 348, 1879, 

 p. 497 (Antioquia) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 160 ; Casshi, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 

 1864, p. 269 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 117 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 185. 



Above bright blue ; front, lores, space round the eyes, intersca- 

 pulium, wings, and tail glossy black ; below glossy black ; thighs 

 scarlet ; under wing-coverts whitish ; bill and feet black : whole 

 length 4-5 inches, wing 2-6, tail 1-6. Female. Above dirty greenish ; 

 rump bluish ; below ashy ochraceous. 



Ilah. Costa Rica, Panama, and interior of Colombia. 



This species is readily distinguished by its scarlet thighs and 

 glossy black under surface. It is best known from Costa Eica and 

 Panama, but has also been obtained in Antioquia by Salmon. 



a,h. c? 2 ad. sk. ; c. (S Tucurriqui, Costa Rica Salvin-Godman CoU. 



jr. sk. (Arce). 



d, e. c? $ ad. sk. Costa Rica {Carmiol). Sclater Coll. 



f. (5' ad. sk. Volcan de Chiriqui (^rce). Sclater Coll. 



'^. cJ ad. sk. Bugaba,Chiriqui(ylrcej. Sclater Coll. 



A. 5 ad.sk. Chiriqui (ylrce). Sclater Coll. 



i,j. c? ? ad. sk. Panama (ilfcZfrtnwaH). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k. S ad. sk. Remedios, U.S. of Co- Salviu-Godman CoU, 

 lombia (Salmon). 



9. Dacnis pulcherrima. 



Dacnis pulcherrima, Sclater, Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 480 ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1854, p. 252, et 1855, pp. 84, 137 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 51, pi. viii. ; 

 id. Ibis, 1863, p. 316 : Cassiti, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1864, p. 270 ; Graij, 



