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TANAGRIDiE. 



a. Subsp. typica. 



c. Ad. sk. 



(Goering). 

 Valencia, Venezuela ( Goering) . Sclater Coll. 



44. Calliste cyanopygia. 



Calliste cj aneicoUis, Scl. P. Z. S. IS-^S, p. 452, 1860, p. 292. 

 Calliste cyanopjgia, Scl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 6-5.3 ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 

 1883, p. 545. 



Above, bead and neck shining blue ; lores black ; interscapulium, 

 •wings, and tail black ; lower buck and edgings of wing- and tail- 

 feathers Ijrilliant blue like the head ; lesser wing-coverts burnished 

 with rich copper : below black, strongly glossed with purple on the 

 belly, which passes into greenish blue on the crissum : whole fore- 

 neck blue like the head, without any purplish tinge ; chin black ; 

 bill black ; feet dark brown : whole length 4*7 inches, wing 2*6, 

 tail 1'7. Female similar. 



Hah. Western Ecuador. 



This form seems to be si;iRciently distinct from C. cy aneicoUis to 

 be specifically separated. It is at once recognizable by the rump 

 being blue like the head, instead of green. 



a. Ad. sk. Esmeraldas, Ecuador (Fraser). 



Sclater CoU. (Type of 

 the species.) 



