10. CAHI8TE. 119 



head chestnut ; bill and feet brown : whole length 5-3 inches, 

 wing 3-3, tail 2-1. 



Hub. Venezuela, Trinidad, and northern littoral of Colombia. 



a. Ad. st. S. America. Purchased. 



b. Ad.sk. San Esteban, Venezuela (G-'oe;'«i(/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Venezuela. Salvin-CTodman CoU. 



d. Ad. sk. Venezuela (Dysmi). Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Venezuela {Spence). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. ; Trinidad. Sclater Coll. 



g. Jr. sk. 



h. Ad. sk. ; Trinidad. Piu'chased. 



i. Jr. sk. 



_;. cJad.sk. Minca,SantaMarta,U'.S.C.(<S/mows). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sect. VII. Group of C. hrasiliensis. 

 Black and blue ; interscapulium black ; bend of wing blue. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Belly white 34. hrasiliensis, p. 119, 



b. Belly pale yellow. 



Bend of wing thalassine blue 35. Jlaviventris, p. 120. 



Bend of wing blue like the throat .... 36. boliviatia, p. 121. 



34. Calliste hrasiliensis. 



Tanagi'a hrasiliensis, Zinn. S. JV. i. p. 316 ; Max. Beitr. iii. p. 477. 

 Calliste brasiUensis, B}}. Consp. i. p. 234; Sclater, Coivtr. Om. 1851, 



p. 68 ; id. P. Z. S. 1856, pp. 19, 256 ; id. Mon. Callist. p. 61, pi. 28 ; 



id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 82 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 68 ; Burin. Syst. Ueb. 



iii. p. 180 ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 207 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 19. 

 Callospiza hrasiliensis, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1851, p. 468 ; id. Note s. I. Tang, 



p. 19 ; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 27. 

 Tangara barbadensis cserulea, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 8 (?). 

 Tangara bleu de Cayenne, Buff. PI. Enl. 155. fig. 1 ; id. Hist. Nat, 



iv. p. 282 (?). 

 Tanagra barbadensis, KkM, Tnd. PI. Enl. p. 3 ; Temm. Tabl. Meth. 



p. 41. 

 Calliste albiventris, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 306 ; Scl, Cat. A. B. p. 68 ; 



Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. v. 19. 

 Callospiza barbadensis, Bp. Compt. Bend, xxxii. p. 80. 



Above black ; fore part of cap (except narrow front), sides of 

 neck, wing-coverts, narrow margins of primaries, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts liright blue : below bright blue, neck and flanks varied 

 with black ; middle of abdomen, crissum, and under wing-coverts 

 white; bill black; feet dark brown: whole length 6 inches, wing 

 3-4, tail 2-3. Female similar, but rather smaller. 



Hah, S.E. Brazil. 



In some former aiiicles upon this genus, I have recognized 

 Calliste albiventris of Cayenne as distinct, having been induced to 

 do so from the fact of having a skin, apparently of " Cayenne " 

 make, which is smaller in dimensions than the typical C. hrasiliensis ; 



