166 TANAGEID^. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Rump olive like the back. 



Nape olive like the back 1. nigricephala, p. 166. 



Nape orange 2. portoricensis, p. 167. 



B. Rump chestnut, distinct from the back. 



Back dark oUve. 



Nape yellow ; belly yellow 3. multicolor, p. 167. 



Nape orange ; belly white 4. pretrii, p. 168. 



Nape chestnut ; be'lly white 5. benedicti, p. 168. 



Back black ; nape ches'tnut 6. zena, p. 169. 



1. Spindalis nigricepliala. 



TaBagra nigricephala, Jameson, Ed. N. Phil. Journ. xix. p. 213 



(1835) ; Gosse, III. B. Jam. pi. 56. 

 Spindalis bilineatus, Jard. et Selb. III. Orn. n. s. pi. 9 (1836). 

 Tanagra zena, Gosse, B. Jam, p. 231. 

 Tanagra zenoides, Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 40 (1847). 

 Spindalis nigricephala, Bp. Consp. i. p. 240 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, 



p. 230, 1861, p. 74 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 66; id. Cat. A. B. p. 77 ; 



Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 21. 



Yellowish olive ; head, wings, and tail black ; broad superciliaries, 

 edgings of greater wing-coverts and remiges, and terminal spots on 

 inner webs of outer rectrices white : below orange-yellow ; throat 

 black, with a large white patch on the chin, and a broad mystacal 

 band on each side white ; flanks and lower part of belly greenish 

 yellow ; under wing-coverts and crissum white ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length 7 inches, wing 3-8, tail 3. Female. Above olive, 

 more yellowish on the rump ; wings black, edged with white ; tail 

 blackish, with slight olivaceous edgings and white terminal spots on 

 inner webs of outer rectrices : below yellow, breast passing into 

 orange, flanks into olive : throat grey ; middle of belly, crissum, and 

 under wing-coverts white. 



Hah. Jamaica. 



a. S ad. st. Jamaica. Purchased. 



b, c. cJ 2 sk. Jamaica. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. <S sk. Moneague, Jamaica {Sal- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



vin). 



e. S sk. Moneague, Jamaica (Brij- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ant) . 



f. d ad. sk. Moneague, Jamaica (Bi-y- Mrs. Bryant [P.]. 



a7it) . 



g. 5 sk. Metcalf Parish, Jamaica Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Allen). 

 h. 2 ad. sk. Spanish Town, Jamaica Smiths. Inst. [P.]. 



{Marsh), 

 i. 2 ad. sk. Jamaica {Gosse). Sclater Coll. 



j. $ sk. Jamaica. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



