3. EFPHONIA. 71 



Above glossy purplish black, violaceous on the upper back and 

 neck ; whole crown of head orange-yellow : beneath deep orange- 

 yellow ; throat purple-black ; tail beneath black ; under wing- 

 coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers white; bill dark 

 plumbeous ; feet dark brown : whole length 3-6 inches, win"- 2-2 

 taill-2. ° 



Hah. Western Ecuador and Peru, 



Similar to E. finschi, but with the whole summit of the crown 

 orange. 



a. (S sk. Tumbez, W. Peru (Jelski). Sclater Coll. 



b. cJad.sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador (///inywrt/j). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. S ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



17. Euphonia minnta. 



Euphouia olivacea, Desm. Tariff, pi. xxvii. (?). 



Tanagra olivacea, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 782 (?) 



Euphonia minuta, Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 671 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1855, p. 159, et 1856, p. 274 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 100 ; id. Cat. 

 A. B. p. 57 ; id. Ibis, 1873, p. -373 (Nicaragua) ; Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 

 1860, p. 275 (Guatemala) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 179 (Ucayali), 

 1807, p. 749, et 1873, p. 260 (E. Peru), 1879, p. 498 (Antioquia) : 

 ltd. Nomencl. p. 17 ; Laior. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 332 (Panama) : 

 Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 203 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 186 (Yeragua) ; 

 id. Cat. Stricld. Coll. p. 180; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 208 (British 

 Guiaua) ; Sah. et Godm. Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i. p. 258. 



Phonasca miuuta, Cab. J. f. O. 1860, p. 330. 



Acroleptes minutus, Cab.'j.f. O. 1861, p. 91. 



Euphonia strictifrons, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 72: Scl. Cunir 

 Orn. 1851, p. 84. 



Acroleptes strictifrons. Cab. J.f. O. 1861, p. 91. 



Euphonia pumila, Bp. Bet: Zool. 1851, p. 136 ; id. Note s. I. Tang. 

 p. 10. 



Phonasca humihs, Cab. J. f. O. 1860, p. 334. 



Acroleptes humilis, Cab. j.f. O. 1861, p. 9. 



Euphonia hmnilis, v. Franiz. J. f. O. 1869, p. 297. 



Euphonia leucopyga, Natt. MS. 



Above shining greenish black, upper back and neck purplish; 

 broad frontal band yellow : below yeUow, throat purplish black ; 

 lower belly and crissum white ; tail beneath black, with a large 

 white patch on the inner webs of three outer feathers ; under wing- 

 coverts and inner webs of wing-feathers white; bill plumbeous: 

 feet black : whole length 3-3 inches, wing 1-8, tail 1*1. Female. 

 Above olive-green ; below yellowish olive, throat and centre of 

 abdomen pale cinereous white. 



Hub. Guiana, Lower Amazonia, Colombia, Panama, and Central 

 America up to Guatemala. 



The white crissum and narrow yeUow frontal band will distinguish 

 this species, of which the female resembles that of E. clilorotica. I 

 agree with Messrs. Salvin and Godmau in not recognizing E. Immilis 

 as distinct, although the dimensions of Central-American specimens 

 are somewhat larger. 



