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C(EREBID^. 



Helinaia brevipenuis, Giraud, Ann. Lye. N. Y. v. p. 40 (18.58) ($). 

 Daenis brevipennis, C'as.sm, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1864, p. 271 ( $ ). 

 Dacnis modesta, Cab. J. f. O. 1873, p. 64 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 



p._510, et 1882, p. 9(2). 

 Conirostrnm, sp. inc., Sel. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 17 ( $ ). 



Above dark purplish blue ; wings and tail blackish, edged with 

 blue ; beneath rather paler ; crissum chestnut ; under wing-coverts 

 and the bases of the primaries white ; bill and feet blackish : whole 

 length 4 inches, wing 2'2, tail ]"5. Female. Above green; head 

 grey ; wings and tail blackish edged with green ; below whitish ; 

 flanks and crissum tinged with green. 



Hab. Guiana, Amazonia, Peru, and Bolivia. 



Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 



Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



Ucayali, Peruvian Amazons Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Bartlett). 



Upper Ucayali (Bartlett). Sclater Coll. 



Ucayali. Purchased. 



Huambo, Peru {Stolzmann). Sclater Coll. 



Maranura, Peru ( WJiitely). Sclater Coll. 



12. Dacnis speciosa. 



Svlvia speciosa, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 708. 



Dacnis speciosa, Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 101 ; id. P. Z. S. 1854, 



p. 252 ; id. Ibis, 1863, p. 317 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 51 ; Reichenb. 



Handb. p. 228 ; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1864, p. 270; Pelz. Orn. 



Bras. p. 26 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 118 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 16. 

 Sylvicola speciosa, Bu7-m. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 117. 



Above slaty blue ; wings and tail blackish, edged with blue ; below 

 pale grey ; crissum chestnut ; under wing-coverts and primaries at 

 their bases white ; bill grey ; feet brown : whole length 4 inches, 

 wing 2-2, tail 1"5. Female. Above greenish ; head and neck grey ; 

 wings and tail blackish, edged with green ; below white tinged with 

 ochreous ; under wing-coverts white ; bill pale, feet dark brown. 



Hab. Wood-region of S.E. Brazil. 



This is a southern representative of the preceding species, and only 

 distinguishable by its paler colour, especially below. 



a. (5 ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherei-). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b,c. cJ 2 ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



d. (5 ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater CoU. 



13. Dacnis plumbea. 



Sylvia plumbea, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 553 (1790). 



Dacnis plumbea. Gray et Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 102 ; Tsch. F. P. 



p. 236 ; Reichenb. Handb. p. 228 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 155 ; 



Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 102 ; id. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 252 ; 



id. Cat. A. B. p. 52 ; id. Ibis, 1863, p. 317 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 



1868, p. 627 ; iid. Nomencl. p. 16 ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 433. 



