25. cYA^riciEEUs. — 26. orthogoxts. 193 



25. CYANICTERUS. 



Type. 



Cyaiiicterus, £p. Consp. i. p. 240 (18-jO) (J. venustus. 



Callithraupis, Berl. Orn. Centr. 1879, p. 63 0. veuustus. 



The single species of this genus is closely allied to Pyranya, but 

 has a longer bill, with the culraen more incurved, and is clad in 

 purple and yellow instead of scarlet. It is peculiar to the interior 

 of Guiana and Cayenne. The sexes are quite ditierent. 



Pyranga cyanictera, Vieill. N. D. d'H. N. xxviii. p. 290 (cf jun.) ; 

 id. Enc. Meth. p. 798 ; id. Gal. Ois. p. 112, pi. 81 ; ' 



\ 



1. Cyanictems venustus. 



viii. p. 29€ 



Gray, Gen. 



B. ii. p. 364. 

 Pyranga icteropus, Vieill. N. B. d H. X. xxviii. p. 291 ; id. Enc. 



'Meth. p. 799 ; Fuch. Arch. Mus. Par. vii. p. 356. 

 Tachyphonus chloi-icterus, Vieill. X. D. d'H. X. xxxii. p. 360 ( $ ) ; 



id." Enc. Meth. p. 804?? ; Puch. Arch. Mus. Par. vii. p. 379. 

 Tachyphone a epaulettes bleues, Less. Tr. d Orn. p. 463 ( $ J ; Puch. 



Arch. Mils. Par. vii. p. 378, pi. xxii. 

 Cyauicterus venustus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 240. 

 Orthogonys cyanicterus, Sclater, Tan. Cat. Sp. p. 8 ; id. P. Z. S. 



1856, p. 122; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 46; Scl. et Salv. Xomencl. 



p. 22; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 211. 

 Callithraupis cyanictera, ^e;-/. Or7i. Centr. 1879, p. 63; id.J.f. O. 



1879, p. 206." 



Above bright purple-blue ; wii]gs and tail black with blue mar- 

 gins ; lores black : below, throat and breast purple-blue as above ; 

 abdomen bright yellow; bill black; feet pale ilesh-colour : whole 

 length 7 inches, wing 3-8, tail 3. Fenudc. Above greenish blue ; 

 wings and tail blackish margined with blue ; sides of the head and 

 body below yellow ; bill pale horn-colour ; feet yellowish. 



Hab. Cayenne and Guiana. 



a,h. ij 2 ad. st. Cayenne. Purchased. 



c. J ad. sk. Meruiue Mt., Brit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 



(miitely). 



d, e. (J ad. sk. ; Meriime Mt., Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll 

 /. 2 ad. sk. ( Wliitehy). 



g. $ ad. sk. Mazaruni liiver, Brit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 



{im Thurm). 

 h. 2 ad. sk. British Guiana. Sclater Coll. 



26. ORTHOGONYS. 



Type. 

 Orthogonys, Strickl. Ann. Xat. Hist. xiii. p. 421 (1844) 0. viridis. 



This form is closely allied to the preceding, but has a more 

 rounded tail, and the sexes are clad alike in a dull yellow and olive 

 dress. It is peculiar to S.E. Brazil. 



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