9. PRocNOPis. 93 



d. (^ ad. sk. Nanegal, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



e. cJ ad. .sk. Quito, Ecuador. J. Gould, Esq. 



f. ff. 5 ad. sk. Ecuador. J. Gould, Esq. 



9. PROCNOPIS. 



Type. 

 Procnopis, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1844, pt. i. p. 284. ... P. atrocserulea. 

 Diva, Sclater, Tan. Cat. Specif, p. 16 (1854) P. vassori. 



This little group of three species comes very close to Calliste, but 

 has a shorter and wider bill and rather longer wings in proportion. 

 Its range embraces the elevated districts of Venezuela, Colombia, 

 Ecuador, and Peru. 



Ket/ to the Species. 



A. Interscapulium blue. 



Nape blue like the back 1. vassori, p. 9.3. 



Nape pale silvery grey 2. hranickii, p. 94. 



B. Interscapulium black 3. atroccertdea, p. 94. 



1. Procnopis vassori. 



Tanagra (Euphone?) vassorii, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 4: id Man. 



(^e ZrW. 1841, pi. 23. 

 Tanagra (Aglaiaj diva. Less. Echo d. M. S. 1844, p. .57 ; id. Descr. d. 



Mamm. et Ois. p. 347. 

 Calliste vassorii, Bj). Consp. i. p. 235; Sclater, Contr. Orn. 18.51, 



p. 60. 

 Procnopis vassori, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxii. p. 80; id. Rev. Zool. 1851, 



p. 134 ; id. Note s. I. Tayif/. p. 9. 

 Diva vassori, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 158, 1856, p. 264, et 1860, 



p. 87 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 90; id. Cat. A. B. p. 62 ; Scl. et Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1875, p. 234 (Venezuela), 1879, p. 498 (Antioquia) ; iid. 



Nomerwl. p. 18 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 226 (N. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. 



ii. p. 4,54; Berl.J.f. 0. 188-3, p. 289; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1885, 



p. 77. 



Above and below nearly uniform shining deep purple-blue ; 

 narrow front, lores, wings, and tail black ; wing-coverts edged with 

 blue like the back ; bill and feet black : whole length 4*6 inches, 

 wing 2"7, tail 1"9. Female similar, but less bright in colour. 

 Younff. Cinereous, washed with blue ; wings and tail blackish. 



Hah. Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Sierra Nevada, Venezuela Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Goerinff). 



b. (S ad. St. Bogota. Purchased. 

 (', d. cJ $ ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



e. (S ad. .sk. ; Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. Jr. sk. 



g, h. S ad. sk, Bogota. Gould CoU. 



i. <S ad. sk. Medellin, U. S. C. (Salmon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



