158 tanagridjE. 



Tanagra sayaca, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 484 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 176 

 (c?) ; Sd. et Sah. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 600 (Bolivia). 



Tanagra virens, Siickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. xx. p. 332 (1847). 



Aglaia episcdpu.s, cVOrh. et Lafr. Syn. Av. i. p. 33. 



Tanagra episcopus. Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 6; d'Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 274; 

 Sw. Om. Dr. pi.' 39 (adult). 



Tanagra inornata, Sw. Om. Dr. pi. 40 (jr.) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 238. 



Tanagra argentata, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 364. 



Tanagra pra3latu.s, Less. Tr. d' Om. p. 402. 



Tanagra cvanoptera, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 170; id. Note .s. /. Tang. 

 p. 21 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 233 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 59 ; id. 

 Cat. A. B. p. 75 ; Sd. et Salv. P. Z. S. "1868, p. 139 (Buenos 

 Ayres) ; iid. Nomend. p. 21 ; Hudson, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 114 ; 

 Hamilton, Ibis, 1871, p. 303 ; Berl. J.f. O. 1873, p. 240. 



Thraupis cyanoptera, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 29 ; id. J.f. 0. 1866, p. 305. 



Bluish grey with a greenish tinge above ; below much paler, 

 especially in the middle of the belly ; wings and tail blackish, edged 

 with greenish blue ; lesser wing-coverts bright shining blue (nearly 

 as in T. cana) ; bill dark plumbeous ; feet brown : whole length 

 6-6 inches, wing 3-9, tail 2-8. Female similar, but rather less 

 brilliant in colour, and lesser wing-coverts greenish blue. 



Hah. Southern Brazil, Paraguay, Buenos Ayres, and Bolivia. 



The large size and greenish tinge on the head render this species 

 readily distinguishable from T. cava. It is, however, very difficult 

 in some cases to decide whether specimens should be referred to this 

 species or to T. sayaca. This is specially so in Bolivian and 

 Argentine examples, where the blue of the lesser wing-coverts is 

 not so bright as in specimens from Southern Brazil. 



a,b. cJ $ ad.sk. Rio Claro, Goyaz, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Joyner). 



c, d. J 9 ad. sk. Sao Paulo, Brazil {Joyner). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. c5' ad. sk. Pelotas, liio Grande do Sul, Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Brazil (Joyner). 



f. Ad. sk. Novo Fribourgo, Rio da Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Janeiro {Yotids). 



g. Ad. sk. Rio Grande do Sul (Plant). Sclater Coll. 

 h, i. (S 2 ad. sk. S. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



j, k. <S^ ad. sk. Brazil. M. Claussen [P.]. 



/, m. Jr. sk. Uruguay. Allan Peel [C.]. 



n. (S ad. sk. Oran, Salta, rep. Arg. ( Tfliite). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



o, p- 6 2 ad. sk. Oran, rep. Arg. ( White). Sclater CoU. 



q. S jr. sk. Misiones, rep. Arg. ( White). Sclater Coll. 



r. Jr. sk. Buenos Aji'es {Haslehust). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



s. Jr. sk. Belgrano, Buenos Ayres. H. Durnford [C.]. 



t. Ad. sk. Sorata, Bolivia {Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



M, V. Ad. sk. Sorata, Bolivia {Buckley). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



10. Ad. sk. Bohvia {Forbes). Sclater Coll. 



X. Skel. Brazil. Purchased. 



6. Tanagra sayaca. 



Tanagra sayaca, Litm. S. N. i. p. 316 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 176 

 (?); Pelz. Om. Bras. p. 208; Euler,J.f. O. 1867, p. 410 (nest 

 and egffs). 



