16. BUTHRAUPIS. 



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Above green ; cap and lesser wiug-coverts blue ; wings and tail 

 black, larger coverts and secondaries edged with green : below 

 yellow ; sides of head, throat, and breast black ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length 8-5 inches, wing 4-4, tail ;{-8. Fonalc similar. 



I^lah. Western Ecuador. 



Larger than B. eximia, and at once known by its wholly green 

 back. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Matos, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



c. d. Ad.sk. Intaj, Ecuador (BiwJdci/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador (L'uck/ei/). Salviu-Goduian Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 y. Ad. sk. Ecuador (Gould). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Buthraupis eximia. 



Tanagra eximia, Boisf:. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. G6 ; Bj). Consp. i. p. 239. 

 Tanagra (Saltator) eximia, Less. Descr. d. Momm. et Ois. p. 346. 

 Buthraupis eximia. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. "^9; Scl.P.Z.S. 1855, p. 157, 



et 1850, p. 240; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 66; id. Cat. A. B. p. 73; 



Set. et Sail}. Nomenel. p. 20. 



Above green ; cap, lesser wiug-coverts, and rump blue ; wings 

 and tail black, greater wing- coverts and secondaries edged with 

 green : below yellow ; throat, breast, and sides of head black ; bill 

 and feet black : whole length 7 inches, wing 4-5, tail 3-5. Female 

 similar. 



Hah. Colombia. 



Onl}' known to me from Bogota skins. 



Purchased. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 J. Gould, Esq. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



5. Buthraupis arcsei. 



Buthraupis arctei, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 439, pi. 31 ; iid. 

 Nomenel. p. 20; Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 187 (Veragua) ; Salv. 

 et Godtn. Biol. Centr.-Am., Aws, i. p. 27(). 



Above dark purplish blue : wings and tail black, edged with 

 bluish ; lores and throat black ; abdomen yellow ; bill black ; feet 

 dark brown : whole length 5-5 inches, wing ;j'5, tail 2. Female 

 similar. 



Hah. Veragua. 



The small size and dark bluish back at once distinguish this 

 species. 



«, h. (S ? fid. sk. Cordillera de Cliucu, \'eragua 



{Afce). 

 c. S ad. sk. Calobre, Veragua (Arcc). 



rf. .\d. sk. Veragua (Arve). 



Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 (Types of tlie species.) 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



