7. DACNIS. 25 



Hand-l. i. p. 117; Scl. et Salt: Nomencl. p. 16: Tacz P Z S 

 1874, p. 510 ; id. Orn. Perou, i. p. 432. 



Dacnis pulclierrima, j5. aiireinucha, Ridciw. Pr. U.S. N M 187S 



p. 484 ; Tacz. et Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 76. ' " ' 



Above black ; a distinct cervical collar pale golden yeUow ; middle 

 of interscapulium and whole lower back pale silvery green ; wings 

 and tail black ; margins of wing-coverts and slight edgings to secon- 

 daries aiid tail-feathers blue ; below pale silvery green ; throat 

 black ; under wing-coverts white ; bill black, pale at the base ; feet 

 dark brown : whole length 4-5 inches, wing 2-7, tail 1-8. Female 

 (probably) like the male. 



Hah. Interior of Colombia and Ecuador. 



This conspicuous species has rather a thicker biU than its con- 

 geners, and may possibly be a Tanager, as supposed by Du Bus. It 

 was described from Bogota skins, but extends from Colombia into 

 Ecuador under a very slightly different phase, which Mr. Eidgway 

 has separated as a subspecies, having the nuchal band of a more 

 golden tinge. 



a. Subsp. typica. 



a. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. (Type 

 , . , , T. ^ of the species.) 



b. Ad.sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Bogota. 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



b. Subsp. aureinnclia. 



a, b Ad sk. Intaj, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll 



c. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godmau Coll" 



d. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salviu-Godman Coll.' 



10. Dacnis leucogenys. 



Dacnis leucogeuys, Z«/r. B. Z 1852, p. 470; Sclater, Ibis, 1863, 

 p. 317; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1864, p. 270; Gray, Hand-l. i 

 p. 117 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 16. 



Above dark bluish grey; cap black; ear-coverts white; wings 

 and tad blackish, edged with grey ; below ])aler, whitish grey ; cris- 

 sum chestnut ; under wing-coverts white ; bill and fect"^ blackish • 

 whole length 3-6 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1-4. Female. Above grey," 

 wmgs and tail blackish ; beneath pale yellowish ; sides greyish. 



Hab. Interior of Colombia. 



Very easily known by its black cap and red crissum ; only yet 

 met with in " Bogota " collections. 



a, b. S ad. sk. ; c. $ ad. sk. Colombia. Salvin-Godman Coll 



d, e. (S ad. sk. ; /. $ ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater CoU. 



11. Dacnis analis. 



