214 TANAGRIDJ5. 



f. O. 1873, p. 244 (St. Catbarina) ; Cah. J. f. O. 1874, p. 82 

 "(Rio). 

 Tacliyplionus cristatus. White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 597 (Misiones) (?). 



Above and below shining black ; small median head-crest crimson ; 

 lesser upper wing-coverts and under wing-coverts white ; bill dark 

 plumbeous ; feet brown : whole length (!'8 inches, wing 3'4, tail 3. 

 Female. Above ferruginous brown, head slightly tinged with cinereous ; 

 below paler, throat and breast freckled with cinereous ; crissum like 

 the back. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



The bill is rather strong in this species, but there is very little 

 trace of any commissural tooth, and the terminal hook is also almost 

 obsolete. 



a. S ad. st. Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



h. 5 ad. st. Brazil. Pm-chased. 



c. 2 ad. sk, Santa Fe, Minas, Brazil {Rogers). Sclater Coll. 



d. <S ad. sk. Novo Fribourgo, Rio de Janeiro Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Youds). 



e. c? ad. sk. Registro do Sai, Brazil {Nat- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



terer). 



f,g. (S ad. sk. Sao Paulo, Brazil (Joyner). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/;. $ ad. sk. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brazil {Joyner). 



i. 2 ad. sk. Rio Grando de Sul {Plant). Sclater Coll. 



j. (S ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



k. c? jr. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



11. Tachyphonus nitidissimus. 



Tachvplionus nitidissimus, 8alv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 188 (Verairua~) ; 



id.' Ibis, 1874, p. 308 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 23; Eidqio. P. U. 



S. N. M. 1883, p. 142 (Costa Rica) ; Salv. et Godm. Biol. Centr.- 



Am., Aves, i. p 312, t. xxi. figs. 2, 3. 

 Chlorospingus axillaris, Lawr. Ann. L. N. Y. x. p. 395 (cJ jr., cf. 



Sahin, I. s. c). 

 Tachyphonus luctuosus, Cassiti, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1865, p. 171. 



Shining black ; crest orange ; lesser upper wing-coverts and under 

 wing-coverts white ; bill black, whitish at the base ; feet brown : 

 whole length 5-5 inches, wing 2-7, tail 2-5. Female. Olive-green ; 

 beneath lighter, more yellowish ; under wing-coverts white, 



Ifah. Costa Rica and Veragua. 



A small but very distinct species, most like T. hiefuosns, but dis- 

 tinguished by its crest, which in some individuals (apparently not 

 quite mature) is yellowish, in others deep orange-red. 



a, h. (5 ad. sk. ; c. S Bugaba, Chiriqui, Veragua Salvin-Godman Coll. 



jr. sk.; f^. 2 ad.sk. (Arce). (Types of the species.) 



e,f. S >td. sk. Bibalaz, Chiriqui {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(/. (S ad. sk. Chiriqui {A7-ce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h, i. J 2 fid. sk. Chiriqui {Arcf). Sclater Coll. 



j. 2 ad. sk. Valzn, Costa Rica {Car- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 mini). 



