10. CALLISTE. 99 



ing into lighter, silvery, blue on the breast ; middle of throat black, 

 separated from the black chin by a Hne of greenish blue which joins 

 the similarly coloured sides of the head ; under surface of wings 

 and tail blackish ; bill black ; feet dark brown : whole length 5"o 

 inches, wing 2*8, tail 2. Female similar to the male, but rather 

 less brilliant in colour. 



Hah. Province of Pernambuco, Brazil. 



4. Calliste tricolor, 



Tanagra tricolor, Gm. S. iV. i. p. 891 ; Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 779 ; 



Temm. PI. Col. 215. f. 1 ($). 

 Tanagra tatao, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 459. 

 Calliste tricolor, Bp. Consp. i. p. 234 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 187 ; 



Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 51 ; id. P. Z. S. 185(3, pp. 19, 246 ; 



id. Mon. Callist. p. 7, pi. 3 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 72 ; id. Cat. A. B. 



p. 63; Scl. et Salv. Nomeiicl. p. 18; Euler,J.f. O. 1867, p. 410 



(nest) ; Peheln, Orn. Bras. p. 206. 

 Callispiza tricolor, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 26 ; id. J. f. 0. 1874, p. 83 



(Rio). 

 Tatao tricolor, B}}. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 141 ; id. Note s. I, Tang. p. 16. 

 Tang, varid a tete verte de Cayenne, Daub. PI. Enl. 32. fig. 1. 

 Taug. tricolor, male, Desm. Tang. t. 3. 

 Green-headed Tanager, Lath. Gen. Hist. vi. p. 24. 



Above shining green, cap greenish blue ; narrow front and inter- 

 scapulium black ; a large blotch on the lower back below the inter- 

 scapulium orange ; wings and tail black, edged with bright green, 

 the lesser wing-coverts purple : below, middle of throat black, 

 divided from the narrow black chin by a line of shining greenish 

 blue, which connects the similarly coloured sides of the head ; breast 

 and upper belly shining blue ; lower belly, flanks, and crissum bright 

 green ; under surface of wings and tail dark cinereous ; under 

 wing-coverts pale cinereous white ; bill black ; feet dark brown : 

 whole length 5"2 inches, wing 4'7, tail 2'1. Female similar, but 

 less bright in colours. 



Hah. S.E. BrazU : provinces of Bahia, Rio, Sao Paulo, and 

 Goyaz. 



On the nesting of this species, <•/. Euler I. s. c. 



a. (S ad. st. Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. $ ad. St. Rio Janeiro. R. H. Wood, Esq. [P.]. 



c. j ad. st. BrazU. Lord Stuart de Rothesay 



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d. e. c? ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil (Wiicherer). Salvin-Gcidman Coll. 

 fj9- 6 2 ad. sk. Rio, Brazil. Sclater CoU. 



h, i. (jP 5 ad. sk. Rio, Brazil (Youds). Salviu-Godmau CoU. 



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