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TANAGRID^. 



This charming group of Tanagers, closelj' allied to Tanagrella in 

 structure, but with the rostral notch still more nearly obsolete, and 

 distinguished by its brilliant green colouring, consists of three 

 species, which inhabit the forests of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 

 Their habits appear to resemble those of the CaJUstce. 



Key to the Species. 



Throat black ; middle of belly bluish- green .... 1. calliparia, p. 90. 



Throat and whole under surface gTeen 2. ^^^io^icotis, p. 90. 



Throat yellow ; middle of belly black .3. nitidissima, p. 91. 



1. Chlorochrysa calliparia. 



Callospiza calliparsea, Tsch. in Wieym. Arch. 1844, pt. i. p. 286 ; id. 



Faun. Per. p. 202. 

 Calliste calliparsea, Bp. Consp. i. p. 2.35. 

 Calliste bourcieri, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxii. p. 76. 

 Calliparsea bourcieri, Bit. Rev. Zool. 18.51, p. 129; id. Note s.l. Tang. 



p. 3. 

 Chloroclnysa calliparsea, Sclnter, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 99, pi. 73. fig. 1 ; 



id. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 168, 1856, p. 266, et 1858, p. 74 ; id. Syn. Av. 



Tan. p. 92 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 61 ; id. Ibis, 1875, p. 465;" Scl. et 



Salv. Nomencl. p. 18 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 515 ; id. Orn. Per. ii. 



p. 4.52. 

 Tanagrella dubusii, Dubois, Arch. Cosmol. vol. i. p. 118, t. 7 (1867). 

 Aglaia chapoul, Parzudaki, MS. 

 Chlorochrysa bourcieri, Berl et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 77. 



Brilliant silky grass-green ; spot on the crown and the rump 

 orange, the latter bordered above and below with bluish feathers ; 

 throat black, with a large deep chestnut blotch on each side of the 

 neck ; middle of abdomen passing into blue ; under surface of wings 

 and tail black ; bill and feet black : whole length 4"7 inches, wing 

 2' 8, tail 1-8. Female similar. Younrj bird nearly uniform green; 

 head-spot and blotches on neck faintly marked ; rump orange ; below 

 paler, throat brownish. 



Hah. Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. 



I have not had an opportunity of examining Peruvian specimens 

 of this species, but cf. Berl. et Tacz. I. s. c. Skins from Bogota and 

 Ecuador agree very well together. 



a. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Bucklet/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador (Bucklej/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador (Bruce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 

 /. Ad. ; (/. Jr. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 

 h. Ad. ; ^. Jr. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



2. Chlorochrysa phoenicotis. 



Calliste phoenicotis, Bp. Comj^t. Rend, xxxii. p. 76. 

 Calliparsea phoenicotis, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1861, p. 129; id. Note s. I. Tang. 

 p. 3. 



