10. CALLISTE. 107 



Above and below bright green ; interscapulium bluish green ; 

 wings and tail blackish, edged with bluish green hke the inter- 

 scapulium ; head and breast varied with a few small, almost obsolete 

 blackish spots ; middle of belly slightly yellowish ; wings and tail 

 beneath pale ashy ; under wing-coverts white ; bill nearly black : 

 feet brown : whole length 4 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1-5. Female. N^early 

 uniform grass-green, rather yellowish on the belly. 



Hah. Cayenne and Lower Amazonia. 



This is a scarce species. It clearly belongs to the present group, 

 but the usually characteristic rounded spots are but slightly apparent. 

 It is also of remarkably small size. 



a. (S ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater Coll. (One of the 



types of C. virescens.) 

 h. (J ad. sk. Cayenne. vSalviu-Godman Coll. 



c. (S ad. sk. Cayenne. Gould Coll. 



d. (S ad. sk. ; e. Pull. sk. Cavenue. Purchased. 

 /. 2 ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



16. Calliste ruflgularis. 



Tanagrella rufigula, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxii. p. 77 ; id. Rev. Zool. 



1851, p. 130; id. Note s. I. Tang. p. 4. 

 Calliste rufigula, Sclater, C'ontr. Orn. 1851, p. 55. 

 Calliste rutigularis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, pp. 19, 250, 1859, p. 440, 



1860, p. 86 ; id. Man. Callist. p. 27, pi. 13 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. 



p. 76 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 65 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 19. 



Above, head black ; interscapulium and wing-coverts black, edged 

 with green ; wings and tail black, slightly margined with green ; 

 lower back green, slightly spotted with blackish : below white, 

 breast and flanks spotted with rounded black spots, which are edged 

 with green ; throat rusty red : crissnm washed with rufous ; under 

 wing-coverts white ; bill blackish ; feet dark brown : whole length 

 4'7 inches, wing 2'5, tail 1"7. Female like the male. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



A very distinct species from its black head and red throat, but 

 clearly belonging to this group of Calliste, and not to Tanagrella. 



a. Ad. sk. ; b. Jr. sk. Nauegal, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



d, e. Ad.sk. Quito, Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. Ad.sk. Ecuador {Boitrcier). Salvin-Godiuau Coll. 



(One of the types of the species.) 

 <;. Ad. sk. Pasto, Ecuador (Ze/(?«a«w). Sdvin-Godmau Coll. 



\i. Ad.sk. Intaj, Ecuador (i^i/c/iVc//). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



j. Ad.sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (i/we/o/ff/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



