I 



19. TANAGRA. 153 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 500 (Antioqiiia) ; Bed. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884 

 ^ p. 289 (Ecuador) ; Tacz. et JJerl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 81 (Ecuador). 

 Tanagra selysia, Bp. Consp. i. p. 239. 

 Dubusia selysia, Bp. Compt. Rend. xxxi. p. 424 (1850), et xxxii 



p. 81 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 2:>>7 ; id. Si/n. Av. Tan. p. 63 ; id. Cat. 



A. B. p. 74; Scl. et Sah: Nomencl. p. 21. 



Above black, more or less tinged with bluish ; lesser wing-coverts 

 light greyish blue ; wings and tail black, margined vdth. duU blue ; 

 whole head and nape black ; the points of the feathers on the front 

 and sides of the head and neck light blue, forming long well-marked 

 superciliaries ; breast-band and crissum pale buff ; belly yellow ; 

 bill and feet black : whole length 7-3 inches, wing 3-7, tail S-s! 

 Femak' similar. 



Bah. Colombia and Ecuador. 



Some examples from Ecuador (perhaps not quite adult) have the 

 back olivaceous instead of bluish. Upon such Bonaparte established 

 his D. selysia . Others agree well with Bogota skins. 



«, b. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater CoU. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



e. 2 ad. sk. Santa Elena, Antioquia Salviu-Godman Coll. 



{Salmon). 



/, g. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h, i. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



j. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. J. Goidd, Esq. 



19. TANAGEA. Type. 



Tanagra, Linn. S. N. i. p. 313 (17G6) Type not given, but 



Tanayra episcoptis by 

 general consent. 

 Thraupis, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 974 T. archiepiscopus. 



The fourteen species comprehended in this genus are all of moderate 

 size and typical structure. They are distributed throughoi;t the 

 Neotropical Region from Southern Mexico to the southern limit of 

 the forests in Bolivia and the Argentine Republic, but do not intrude 

 on the Pampas. The species of the blue-grey section of this genus 

 allied to 2\ eplscopus are very difficult to distinguish, and even with 

 the large series before mo I do not pretend to have been able to 

 arrange them satisfactorily. The nesting of several species of this 

 genus is known to us. They build an open nest, like our Finches, 

 and lay spotted eggs. {Cf. Euler, J. f. O. 1867, p. 41U.) 



Key to the Species. 



A. Rump uniform with back : sexes similar : 

 A. I'lumage above and below of a bluish 

 grey. . , . 



«. Lesser coverts silvery white : 



greater coverts slightly edged with 



white 1. episcopus, p. 164. 



greater coverts broadly edged with 



white 2. calestis, p. loo. 



