70 TAIiTAGEID^. 



Above dark bluish black, purpurascent on the interscapulium and 

 back of the neck ; small round patch on the top of the head yellow ; 

 front black : below bright yellow ; throat slightly extended on to 

 breast, blue-black : tail beneath black ; under wing-coverts white : 

 whole length 3-5 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1"4. Female. Above olive, 

 rather brighter on rump ; narrow front yellow ; below yellowish 

 olive, brighter in the middle of the abdomen. 



Hah. Colombia. 



Originally described from Bogota skins, but occurring h\ other 

 districts of Colombia. The circular yellow patch on the crown does 

 not quite extend to the front, which is black. In all specimens 

 before me the tail below is black ; but I have seen a skin in Graf 

 von Berlcpsch's collection, apparently belonging to this species, with 

 indications of white marks. 



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



the species.) 



h. S ad. sk. ; c, d. $ Bogota. Sclater CoU. 



ad. sk. 



e, f. S ad. sk. ; g. S Colombia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



jr.sk.: h, i. 5 ad.sk. 



J, k. (S 2 ad. sk. Colombia. Sclater Coll. 



I, m. (S $ ad. sk. Colombia. Purchased. 



n. 5 ad- sk. Cayenne (?). Sclater Coll. 



15. Euphonia finschi. (Plate YIII. fig. 1.) 



Euplionia concinua, Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 203 (teste Berlepsch). 

 I'Aiphoiiia finschi, Scl. et Sa/v. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 19. 

 Eupbonia melanura, Natt. MS. 



Above glossy purplish black : anterior half of crown orange- 

 yellow : below reddish orange-yellow ; throat purplish black ; tail 

 beneath black ; under wing-coverts and inner webs of wing-feathers 

 white ; bill and feet black : whole length 3"5 inches, wing 2*1, 

 tail 1'2. Female. Similar to E. violacea $ , but much darker and 

 more yellowish underneath {Pelzeln). 



Hah. Interior of Guiana ; Rio Brancho (Natt.). 



Graf von Berlepsch tells me that Pelzeln 's E. concinna belongs to 

 this species, which was described in 1877 from a single skin 

 received in exchange from the Bremen Museum, and said to have 

 been obtained from Demerara. 



a. cJ sk. British Gmana (Wilkens) . Sclater Coll. (Type of 



the species.) 



16. Euphonia saturata. (Plate VIII. fig. 2.) 



Phonasca saturata, Cab. J.f. 0. 18G0, p. 336. 



Acroleptes saturatus, Cab. J.f. O. 1861, p. 91, 1865, p. 407. 



Euphonia satm-ata, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 19 ; iid. Nomencl. 



p. 17; Tacz. P.Z.S. 1877, p. 744 (W. Peru); id. Orn. Per. ii. 



p. 443 ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 288 (Ecuador) ; Tacs. et 



Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 76 (Ecuador). 



