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from the front, instead of beginning over the eye, and the under 

 surface of the tail is miich browner. 



a. Ad. sk. Venezuela. Sclater Coll. (Type of 



the species.) 



3. Buarremon assimilis. 



Tanagra assimilis, Boiss. Eev. Zool. 1840, p. 07. 



Buarremon assimilis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 484 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 155, 

 1856, p. 85, 1859, p. 441, 1860, p. 70 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 23 ; id. 

 Cat. A. B. p. 90 ; Salv. Ibis, 1874, p. 308 (Costa Rica) ; id. Cat. 

 Strickl. Coll. p. 197 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 284 (Merida), 

 1879, p. 504 (Antioquia) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 24 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1880, 

 p. 196 (N. Peru), 1882, p. 15 (N.E. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. 

 p. 531 ; Laivr. Ann. L. N. Y. ix. p. 101 (Costa Rica) ; Salv. et 

 Godm. Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i. p. 318; Berl. et Tac:. P. Z. S. 

 1884, p. 291 (W. Ecuador); Tacz. et Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 84 

 (Ecuador). 



Above olive-green ; wings and tail blackish, edged with olive ; 

 head black ; superciliaries and broad vertical stripe ciuerecus : be- 

 neath white, sides cinereous, tinged vrith oHve on the flanks and 

 crissum ; bend of the wing yellow ; biU black ; feet brown : whole 

 length 7'4 inches, wing 3-4, tail 3*5. Female similar. 



Hah. Costa Rica, Colombia, Yenezuela, Ecuador, and Peru. 



a. Ad. sk. Venezuela. Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater CoU. 



c. Ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



d. e. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. 2 a*i- sk. MedeUiu, Antioquia, U. S. C. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



{Salmon). 



(/, h. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador {Btickley). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



/,.y. Ad. sk. Quito. Govdd CoU. 



k. Ad. sk. Cutervo, Peru {Stolzmann). Sclater Coll. 



I. Ad. sk. CaUacate, Peru (Stolzmann). Sclater CoU. 



4. Buarremon virenticeps. 



Fringilla quadiivittata, Licht. in JIus. Berol. 



Buarremon ^U'enticeps, Bp. Compt. Rend. xli. p. 657 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1856, p. 85 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 23 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 90 ; Scl. et 

 Salv. Nomencl. p. 24 ; Salv. et Godm. Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i. 

 p. 319. 



Above olive-green ; wings and tail brown, edged with olive-green ; 

 head black ; superciliaries and vertical stripe commencing at fore- 

 head whitish, then passing into yellowish oHve : beneath white ; 

 sides cinereous, passing- into olivaceous on flanks and crissum ; bill 

 black ; feet brown : whole length 7'o inches, wing 3-1, tail 3'4. 



IJah. Mexico. 



This is a close ally of B. assimilis, but distinguishable by its 

 yellowish-green superciliaries and vertical stripe. 



a. Ad. sk. Mexico (Sicinichi-ast). Sclater CoU. 



b. Ad. sk. Southern Mexico {Boucard). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



c. Ad. sk. La Puebla, Mexico. Pui'chased. 

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