216 



TANAGRIDJi. 



with a half-concealed median crest of pale fulvous mixed with fer- 

 rus^inous : below uniform reddish ochraceous ; under wing-coverts 

 like the belly ; bill dark plumbeous, pale at the base ; feet pale 

 brown: whole length 6-5 inches, wing 3-6, tail 2-8. Female 

 similar, but head uniform grey like the back. 

 Hah. Colombia and Ecuador. 



a. (S ad. sk. 

 h,c. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 d. S ^^. sk. 



St. Elena, Antioquia (Salmon). 

 St. Elena, Antioquia (Salmon). 

 Antioquia (Sabnon). 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



32. MALACOTHRAUPIS. 



Malacothraupis, Scl. et Salt: P. Z. S. 1876, p. 353 



Type. 

 M. dentata. 



Structure of Malacothraupis. 



This is a much weaker form, of abnormal colouring of grey and 

 rufous, but with a distinct commissural notch. The single species 

 known is Eolivian. 



1. Malacothraupis dentata. 



Malacothraupis dentata, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 353, pi. xxxi., 

 1879, p. 601 (^Bolivia). 



Above cinereous, rather darker on the head ; narrow superciliaries 

 prolonged to the nape, white ; sides of head and body below clear 

 chestnut ; chin, middle of abdomen, and under wing-coverts white ; 

 crissum white, tinged with cinereous ; bill above blackish, below 

 brown ; feet dark plumbeous : whole length 5-5 inches, wing 2-7, 

 tail 2-7. 



Hab. Bolivia. 



.1. Ad. sk. 



Bolivia (^Buckley). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (Type of the species.) 



