30. TACHYPHOXLTS. 



209 



et Godm. 75« 1883, p. 203 rGuiana) ; Tacz. Om. Per. ii p 50 

 Sah. Ibis, 188o, p. 212 (Brit. Guian.). ^' 



Tachyphonus saucius, Strickl. Ann. Nat. Sist. xiii. p. 419 n844^ 

 Tanagra leucocanipter, Licht. hi Alus. Berol. lio4*j. 



Silky black; uppermost lesser wing-coverts and under win- 



and feet black : whole length 6 inches, wing 2-8, tail 27. Female 

 Above greyish brown, wings and tail rather darker; below dirtv' 

 M^hi^e, flanks cinereous ; an obsolete brown spot on the bend of the 



Ca^tne:^^'^'"' ^''''' ^^^"''^'^^''^' ^"^^""^ «f British Guiana, and 



"' h ik' ^^' '^' ' ''■ "^ ^^^^™^ E. Peru {Bart- Sclater Coll. 



ff^f:^ 1 J. n ?.Perup,mV). Sclater Coll. 



ad ,1. rJ ■^' I ^ ^^''"'"^ -Mountains, Brit. Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 att. sk , ». cT jr.sk. Guiana {Whitely). 



hk. S2 ad. sk. Eoraima, Brit. Giiiana Salvin-Godman Coll 



( Whitely). 

 ■ ^ ^"^^ ^^- Cayenne. Purchased. 



4. Tachyphonus xanthopygius. 



Tachyphonus xanthopygius, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 158, pi 69 

 ^Va ^^^■']' P; f/ ^^^^ ^^)' ^t 1856, p. 116; id. 'Syn. Al.Tan 

 p. 40; Scl.et Sah. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 351 (Panama), 1879, p 503 

 (Annoquia ; «r/. ^.r. 0;-«. p. 68 ; /tV/. i\W«c/. p. 23; Cas.Jn Pr 

 ^cSc.PM. 1860, p. 142 (Truando) ; La^cr. An. L. Tk'S^. 



1883^ p o4/ (^V . Ecuador) ; Salv. et Godm. Biol. Centr.-Am.,Aves 



1. p. oil. ' ^ 



Lanio auritus, i);/fi„s, Bull. Ac. Brux. xxii. p. 153 (1855) 

 lachyphonus rubiifrons, Lawr. Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1865 p 106 



(Panama) ; AW. et Sah. Ex. Orn. p. 68. ' ^' 



Tachyphonus prcpinquus, Laivr. Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1867 n 94 ■ id 



Ami. L. iV. Y. ix. p. 101 (Costa Rica) ; Frantz. J.f. O. km, p. 209." 



V "^iJf ^'-^"^^""^^.^ ''"'^ ^'''''^^ wing-coverts bright lemon-yellow ; a 

 slight white superciliary stripe developing into a scarlet band behind 

 the eye: under wing-coverts white; bill and feet black: whole 

 length . inches, wmg 3-6, tail 2-8. Female. Dark cinereous ; beneath 

 paler : rump yellow ; under wing-coverts white. 



Hah. Costa Eica, Panama, and Colombia. 



The bright red post-superciliary stripe of the male renders this 

 species very easily distinguishable. 



^.'dad.'sk.' loS'a' Sclater Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased.' 



efyph.V S"^"^- . • • Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e,.r. 6 ¥ ad. slv. Kemedios, Antioquia Salvin-Godman Coll 



{Salmon). 



