232 TAXAGKID^. 



Tanao^a bonariensis, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 530. 



Lamprotes loricatus, Sdater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 121 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. 



p. 45 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 82 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 22 ; Salv. 



Cat. Sfrickl. Coll. p. 193. 

 Tachyphouus loricatus, Bunn. Syst. Ueh. iii. p. 107. 



Uniform glossy black ; middle of tbroat and breast scarlet ; bill 

 and feet black : whole length &b inches, wing -l-G, tail 3. Female. 

 Uniform glossy black. 



Hah. S.E, Brazil. 



a. S ad. St. Bahia, Purchased. 



h. 2 ad. St. Brazil. Purchased. 



c. S ad. sk. Bahia. Sudbury Mus. [E.]. 



d. (S jr. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



e. S ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



f. 2 ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil (Wucherer). Sclater CoU. 

 'g. S ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



/(. c? ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



40. SERICOSSYPHA. 



Type. 

 Sericossypha, Less. Echo d. M. S. 1844, p. 382 S. albicristata. 



Sericossypha is closely allied to Lamprotes, and has similar sharp 

 elongated claws. But the bill is shorter and not so strong, and the 

 singular projecting frontal plumes extend over the nostrils. The 

 habits of this Colombian form are said to be rather those of the 

 Cotingidce than of the typical Tanagers {cf. Taczanowski, Orn. 

 Per. ii. p. 3S7), but I cannot believe that it has anything to do with 

 the former group. 



1 . Sericossypha albicristata. 



Tanagi-a (Lamprotes) alhocristatus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 132. 

 Lamprotes alhocristatus, Lafr. May. de Zool. 1844, pi. 50 ; Sclater, 



P. Z. S. 1856, p. 121 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 45 ; id. Cat. A. B. 



p. 82 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 22. 

 Sericossypha sumptuosa, Less. Echo d. 31. S. 1844, p. 382, et 1855, 



p. 156 ; id. Descr. d. Mamm. et Ois. p. 354. 

 Sericossypha albocristata, Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 387. 



Yelvety black, wings and taU glossed with purple; cap pure 

 white : whole throat and breast blood-red ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length 9 inches, wing 5-5, tail 4. Female. Like the male, 

 but throat much darker, of a deep beetroot-red. Nestling. Uniform 

 dull black ; cap white. 



Ilah. Colombia and Peru. 



a,h. c? ? ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater CoU. 



c, d. (S ad. sk. Colombia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. S ad. sk. Colombia. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



/. 5 ad. sk. Colombia. Purchased. 



y. 5> ad. sk. Yauayaca, Ecuador Purchased. 



{Biichley'). 



h. PuU. sk. Ecuador. J. Gould, Esq. 



