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8. Tachyphonus nattereri. 



Tachyphonus nattereri, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 214 ; Sdafer, Ibis, 1885, 



p. '212, t. vi. fig. 1. 

 Tanagra cristatella, Natt. MS. 



Black ; median head-crest orange ; rump fulvous ; lesser upper 

 wing-coverts and under wing-coverts white : whole length 5'4 inches, 

 wing 2-7, tail 2-4. Female. Eufous, below paler. 



Hah. Matto Grosso, Brazil. 



Only known from batterer's specimens : nearest to T. delattrii, 

 but recognizable by its fulvous uropygium and white lesser wing- 

 coverts. 



9. Tachyphonus rufiventris. 



Tanagra rufiventer, Spiv, Av. Bras. ii. p. 37, pi. 50. fig. 1. 



Tachyphonus rufiventer, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 18o0, p. 49, pi. 50 ; 

 Sctater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 115, 1857, p. 264 (Eio Javari) ; id. Syn. 

 Av. Tan. p. 39 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 86 ; Sd. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 188 (Ucavali), 1867, p. 749, 1873, p. 185 (S. Peru) et 

 p. 262 (E. Peru), 1879, p. 601 (Bolivia) ; iid. Ex. Orn. p. 68; iid. 

 Nomeml. p. 23 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 513 (C. Peru), 1882, p. 14 

 (N.E. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 503. 



Above black ; median crest pale yellow ; lower back fulvous ; 

 lesser upper wing-coverts white : below dark chestnut-red ; flanks 

 paler, fulvous ; middle of throat fulvous ; sides of throat and 

 breast, nearly uniting in the middle line, black ; under wing- 

 coverts white ; biU black ; feet dark brown : whole length 6 inches, 

 wing 3-1, tail 2-8. Female. Olive-green, rump yellowish ; throat 

 cinereous ; abdomen fulvous yellow ; under wing-coverts white. 



Hab. Upper Amazonia, Peru, and Bolivia. 



The chestnut abdomen immediately distinguishes this species. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Upper Amazons. Sclater Coll. 



h. S ad. sk. Upper Amazons (Bates). Sclater Coll. 



c, d. (S ad. sk. ChamicLU-os, E. Peru {Haux- J. Gould, Esq. 



well). 



e. 2 ad. sk. Ucavali {Hauxivell). J. Gould, Esq. 



f. $ ad. sk. Eio'Napo (?). Sclater Coll. 



'(J, h. (S ad. sk. Nairapi, Bohvia (BucJdeij). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



10. Tachyphonus coronatus. 



Agelaius coronatus, VieiU. Nouv. Did. xxxiv. p. 535 ; id. Enc. Meth. 



p. 711 (ex Azara). 

 Tanagra coryphseus, Licht. Doubl. p. 31. 

 Pyrrota coryphfeus, Bp. Cunsp. i. p. 238. 

 Tachyphonus vigorsi, Siv. Quart. Journ. Sc. 1826, p. 63 ; Jard. III. 



Or«. pL36.fig. 1. 

 Tachvphonus coronatus. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 22 ; Sdater, P. Z. H. 



1856, p. 114 ; id. /Spi. Av. Tan. p. 38 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 85 ; Pelz. Orn. 



Bras. p. 213 ; Salv. Cat. Sf7-ickl. Coll. p. 195 ; Burm. Si/st. Ueb. iii. 



p. 166 ; Sd. et Salv. Ev. Orn. p. ij6; iid. Nomend. p. 23 ; Berl. J. 



