3. EUPHONIA. 79 



Sect. IV. 



Species -with the whole upper surface and throat shining black, 

 allied to E. rufiventris. (Iliolopha.) 



Key to the Sj)ecies of Sect. IV. 



A. Belly reddish orange : 



( front like the head 26. rufiventris, p. 79. 



I front slightly banded with yellow 27. vittata, p. 80. 



B. Belly dark chestnut 28. pectoralis, p. 80. 



C. Belly dark bluish black 29. cayana, p. 81. 



20. Euphonia rufiventris. 



Tanagi"a rufiventris, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxxii. p. 426 ; id. Enc. Meth. 

 p. 781 ; id. Gal. Ois. Suppl. tab. 



Euphonia rufiventris, B}}. Consp. i. p. 233 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 13-5 

 id. Note s. I. Tang. p. 10 ; Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. ^1 

 id. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 279, et 1858, p. 74 ; id. S'i/». Av. Tan. p. 105 

 id. Cat. A. B. p. 59 ; Cass. Rep. U. S. Astr. Kip. ii. p. 182, pi. 20. 

 fig. 1; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 749, 977, 1873, p. 261 

 (E. Peru) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 18 ; Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 205 ; Tacz. 

 Orn. Per. ii. p. 447. 



Euphonia bicolor, StricM. Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 48, pi. 49. f. 2. 



"Tauagra chrysogaster, Ciiv." Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 461. 



Euphone ochrogastra, Aatt. MS. 



Above shining purplish black ; below, throat and fore neck, pro- 

 duced centrally on to breast, purplish black ; abdomen deep rufous 

 orange, more yellowish on the sides of the neck and breast ; wings 

 and tail beneath black : under wing-eovcrts and inner margins of 

 wing-feathers white ; bill bluish black ; feet brown : whole length 

 4-5 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1-3. Female. Above olive-green, with a 

 dark patch on the nape : below cinereous ; chin, sides of neck and 

 breast, and flanks yellowish green ; crissum rufous ; under wing- 

 coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers white. 



Hcib. Upper Amazonia and Rio Xegro. 



This species occurs in nearly all collections from the Upper 

 Amazonian district, and as far up as Sarayacu, Eastern Ecuador 

 {BucMey). batterer got it also at several localities on the Eio 

 Xegro, but I doubt the locality Oyapock (spec. j). 



a,b. (S 2 ad. sk. Eastern Peru. Sclater CoU. 



c, <^- c? $ ad. sk. Ucayah, Peru (Hauxivell). J. Gould, Esq. 



e. cJ ad. sk. Ega, Upper Amazons Salvin-Godman CoU. 



{Bates). 



f. (S ad. sk. Pebas, Eastern Peru {Haux- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



well.) 

 (/. (S ad. sk. Intaj, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



h, i. (5 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buck- Salvin-Godman CoU. 



ley). 

 f. (S ad. sk. Oyapock, Cayenne. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



