124 TANAGEID-E, 



greenish blue, middle of belly whitish ; breast-feathers spotted with 

 black ; bill black, at base plumbeous ; feet black : whole length 

 5"7 inches, wing 8 -i, tail 2'3. 



IJuh. Costa C'ucii district of Guatemala. 



The characters are taken from the unique specimen in the Museum 

 of Berlin which I examined in 1868. 



40. Calliste dowi. 



Calliste dowi, Salv. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 168, at 1870, p. 187 ; Scl. Ibis, 

 1863, p. 451, t. xii., et 1876, p. 407 ; Lawr. Aim. L. N. Y. ix. p. 98 ; 

 Frantz. J.f. O. 1869, p. 298 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 19 ; Salv. et 

 Godm. Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i. p. 272. 



Above black ; slight nuchal spot rufous ; feathers of back of neck 

 and sides of head terminated with pale silvery green ; rump greenish 

 blue ; wings and tail black with slight blue edgings ; bend of wing 

 bright blue : below, throat black ; breast-feathers black with pale 

 silvery-green edgings ; whole abdomen rich rufous ; under wing- 

 coverts pale rufous : whole length 4-8 inches, wing 2-9, tail 2. 

 Female similar. 



Bab. Costa Eica and Yeragua. 



A species very easily known by its rich rufous abdomen, apparently 

 coming nearest to C. nigrivh-idis. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Irazu dist., Costa Rica Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Rogers). 



c. Ad. sk. Kancho Redondo, Costa Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Rica (Doiv). 



d. Ad. sk. Navarro, Costa Rica (Cooper). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. 5 ad. sk. Quebrada Honda, Costa Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Rica (ZeledoH). 

 ft 'J- d 2 ad. sk. Cordillera del Chucu, Vera- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



gua (yAj-ce). 

 h. Ad. sk. Veragua {Arce). Sclater Coll. 



Sect. X. Group of C. larvata. 

 Interscapulium and chest black ; rump shining blue or green. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Middle of abdomen white. 



Nape coppery yellow 41. larvata, p. 124. 



Nape liliac-blue 42. nigridncta, p. 126. 



B. Middle of abdomen black or slightly glossed 



with purple. 



Rump green 43. cyaneicollis, p. 127. 



Rump blue 44. cyanoinjyia, p. 128. 



41. Calliste larvata. 



Calliste larvata, Bu Bus, Esq. Orn. pi. 9 ; Bjj. Consp. i. p. 236 ; Sclater, 

 Contr. Orn, 1851, p. 04; id. P. Z. S.lQbQ, pp. 19,260; id. Man. 



