160 TANAQRID^. 



6. Buthraupis edwardsi. 



Buthraupis edwardsi, Elliot, Nouv. Arch. d. Mus. i. Bull. p. 77, tab. iv. 

 tig. 2 (18U5) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1874, p. 307. 



Above olive-green ; cap and lores black ; sides of head blue ; 

 wings and tail blackish, edged with bluish green : below yellowish 

 olive ; throat black ; patch in the middle of the breast orange- 

 yeUow ; bill horn-colour, darker above ; feet brown : whole length 

 5-5 inches, wing 3'3, tail 2-2. Female. Paler ; throat and head 

 more olivaceous. 



Hah. Western Ecuador. 



A very distinct species, at once known by its yellow pectoral 

 patch. 



a, h. (S ad. sk. ; Pasto, Ecuador {Lehmann). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. 



17. COMPSOCOMA. 



Compsocoma, Cab. Mus. Hetn. i. p. 140 (1850) C. victonni. 



The four species of Compsocoma are all closely allied and have the 

 under surface altogether of a brilliant yellow. The structure is 

 much the same as in Buthraupis, but the bill is more produced and 

 conical. This is again a group peculiar to the Andes of South 

 America. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Whole under surface yellow. 



Back olive-green ]. victorini, p. 150. 



Rack black j rump greeuish 2. sumptuosa, p. 151. 



Back black ; rump blue 3. Jlavinucha, p. 152. 



B. Chin black ; rest of under surface orange .... 4. notabilis, p. 152. 



1. Compsocoma victorini. 



Tachyphonus victorini, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 336. 



Tanagra victorini, Bp. Consj). i. p. 239. 



Compsocoma victorini, Cab. Mus. Ilein. i. p. 140 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, 

 p. 84, 1856, p. 238; id. Syn. Av. Tati. p. 64; id. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 73; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 20; Berl. J. f. O. 1884, p. 291 

 (Bucaramanga) ; I'acz. et Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 80 (E. Ecuador). 



Above olive-green ; wings and tail black, edged with bright blue ; 

 lesser wing-coverts purplish blue ; head black ; a broad medial stripe 

 from the vertex to the uape and the body beneath bright yellow ; 

 bill aud feet black : whole length 6-5 inches, wing 3-6, tail 2-8. 

 Female similar. 



Hab. Colombia and Eastern Ecuador. 



