2. Procnopis branicMi, 



Diva branickii, Tacz. F. Z. S. 1882, p. 10, pi. i. fig. 2 ; id. Orn. Fer. ii. 

 p. 465. 



Above shining deep purple-blue ; head and nape greyish green 

 ■with a silvery tinge ; lores, narrow front, wings, and tail black ; 

 wing-coverts edged with blue like the back ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length 4'5 inches, wing 3, tail 1"9. Female similar, but 

 less briUiaut in colour, and back rather greyish. 



Hah. N.E. Peru. 



Exactly like D. vassori in structure, but distinguished by the 

 differently coloured head in both sexes. 



a, b. (3 2 ad. sk. Tamiapampa, N.E. Peru (Stolzmann). Sclater Coll. 



3. Procnopis atricaBrulea. 



Procnopis atrocserulea, Tsch. in Wieym. Arch. 1844, pt. i. p. 285 ; id. 



F. P., Aves, p. 199, pi. 13. fig. 2. 

 Calliste atrocserulea, Grai/, Gm.B., App. p. 17; Sclater, Contr. Orn. 



1851, p. 59 ; id. F. Z. 8. 18oC), pp. 19, 259 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 84 ; 



id. Mon. Call. p. 69, t. xxxi. ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 235 ; Tacz. F. Z. S. 



1874, p. 515 (Centr. Peru) ; Scl. et Salv. F. Z. S. 1879, p. 599 



(Bolivia) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 19. 

 Chalcotbraupis atrocserulea, Bp. R. Z. 1851, p. 144; id. Note s.l. 



Tany, p. 19. 

 Diva atrocserulea, Tacz. Orn. Fer. ii. p. 456. 



Above, head and neck greyish blue, with an indistinct rounded 

 nuchal patch of pale straw-colour ; lores and iuterscapulium black ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts bright blue ; wings black, edged with 

 bright blue like the rump ; tail black, narrowly edged with bright 

 blue : below bright blue ; throat rather silvery ; breast and flanks 

 variegated by slight black spots; biU blackish; feet dark brown: 

 whole length 4-8 inches, wing 3, tail 1-5. Young. Dusky grey, 

 beneath slightly varied with whitish ; wings and tail dark, with slight 

 blue edgings to the remiges and rectrices. 



Hah. Peru and Bolivia. 



a. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia {Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



J, c. Ad. sk. Bolivia {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. jr. sk. Nau-ari, Bolivia {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



