37. NEMOSIA. 227 



6. Nemosia peruana. 



Hemitliraupis peruana, i>/j. Itev. Zool. IS-jI, p. 173 ; id. Note s. I. 



Tang. p. 24. 

 Nemosia peruana, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1856, p. Ill ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. 



p. 35 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 23 ; Tacz. Orn. Fcr. ii. p. 512. 



Above black ; lower back and spot on the wing-coverts bright 

 yellow ; a concealed alar speculum white : beneath white, slightly 

 variegated with ashy on the breast ; sides of neck, throat, and 

 crissum yellow ; under wing-coverts white ; bill horu-colour, lower 

 mandible at base whitish ; feet brown : whole length 4'5 inches, 

 wing 2-6, tail 2. Female. Above brownish olive ; wings and tail 

 blackish with olive edgings ; beneath yellow, cinerasccnt on the 

 flanks. 



Hah. Colombia, Upper Amazonia, Peru, and Eolivia. 



Similar to N. jiavicoUis, but known by the yellow wing-spot. 



a, b. c? 2 f'd. sk. Upper Amazons. Sclater Coll. 



c. (S jr. sk. Pebas, Peru {IlauxiveU). Salvin-Goduian Coll. 



d, e. c? $ ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ec. (Bucklei/). Sclater Coll. 



/) 9-6 9- ^^- '^^^ Sarayacu, Ec. {Buckley). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



h. (S ad. sk. Peru (?). Purchased. 



7. Nemosia albigularis. (Plate XII.) 



Nemosia albigularis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 109, pi. 99, et p. 155, 

 1856, p. Ill ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 35 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 87 ; Sd. et 

 Salv. Nomencl. p. 2;3; iid. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 503 (Antioquia); Berl. 

 J.f. 0. 1884, p. 292 (Bucaramauga). 



Above black ; binder back yellow; concealed alar speculum white : 

 below white, slightly varied with cinereous ; patch on each side 

 of the neck and crissum yellow ; under wing-coverts white ; bill 

 pale horu-colour, lower mandible whitish : whole length 4-2 inches, 

 wing 2"5, tail 1"8. Female. Above jellowish olive ; wings and tail 

 blackish edged with olive ; rump bright yellow ; below white, throat 

 and crissum pale yellow. 



Hah. Colombia. 



The white throat at once distinguishes this species. 



a. S ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. (Type of 



the species.) 



6, c. J 2 ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



d, e. cS 9 f'd. sk. ; Bogota. Purchased. 



/. c? jr. sk. 



ff, h. S ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. S ad. sk. Bogota. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.], 



j. (S ad. sk. Eemedios, Antioquia Salviu-Godman Coll. 



(Salmon). 



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