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nut ; wing-coverts and lower back bright ochraceous ; wings and tail 

 black, edged with bluish : below greenish blue, middle of belly- 

 brighter and more bluish ; lower flanks, thighs, and crissum chest- 

 nut ; bill black ; feet brownish black : whole length 6-3 inches, 

 wing 3'3, tail 2-3. Female. Above dark green : wings and tail 

 blackish, edged with green ; head and upper back suffused with 

 coppery chestnut : below paler and less pure, middle of belly 

 whitish ; crissum tinged with rufous. 



Hah. Southern Brazil and Paraguay. 



A larger species than G.fiava, and easily known by its deep 

 chestnut head and back. 



a,h. c? $ ad. sk. Rio Grande do Sul (Plant). Sclater Coll. 



c. S ad. sk. Curytiba, Brazil (Natterer). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



d. d ad. sk. S. Brazil. P. L. Sclater [P.]. ■ 



28. Calliste melanonota. 



Tanagra peruviana, Destn. Tan. pi. 11 (cJ ) ; Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 778. 

 Tanagra gyrola, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 471 (partim) ; Dubois, Orn. Gall. 



p.l31,pl.87($). 

 Aglaia melanota, Stv. Orn. Dr. pis. 31 (cJ), 43 ( $ ). 

 Calliste peruviana, 3p. Consp. i. p. 2.34 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 140 ; 



id. Note s. I. Tang. p. 14 ; Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. (J4 : id. 



P. Z. S. 1856, p. I'J. 

 Calliste melanonota, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 254 ; id. Mon. Callist. 



p. 51, pi. 23. figs. 1 c? , 2 $ ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 80 ; id. Cat. A. B. 



p. 67 ; Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 207 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 19. 



Above, head and neck dark coppery chestnut ; interscapulium deep 

 black ; wing-coverts and lower back clear ochraceous ; wings and 

 tail black, narrowly edged with bluish : below nearly uniform 

 greenish blue ; lower flanks and crissum chestnut ; under wing- 

 coverts white ; bUl and feet brownish black : whole length 5"8 iuches, 

 wing 3, tail 2-2. Female. Above dark green, darker on the inter- 

 scapulium, lighter on the rump ; head and neck tinged with coppery 

 chestnut ; wings and tail blackish, edged with gi'een : below paler ; 

 middle of belly whitish ; crissum pale rufous. 



Hah. Southern Brazil (Sao Paulo, Goyaz, and Panama). 



This species is at ouce recognizable by the well-defined black back 

 of the male. In C. pretiosa, its near ally, the interscapulium is of 

 the same chestnut as the head. 



a,b. cj 5 ad. sk. S. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Sao Paulo, Brazil (Joyner). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



d. cS .jr. sk. ; e. Rio Claro, Goyaz, Brazil Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 2 ad. sk. [Joyner). 



f. (S fid. sk. Santa Catarina, Brazil Salvin-Godman CoU, 



(^Rodger s). 



g. 2 ad. sk. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Salvin-Godmau CoU. 



Brazil (^Joyner). 

 h, i. 2 ad. sk. Brazil. M. Claussen [P.]. 



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