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TANAGRID^. 



23. Buarremon meridae. 



Buarremon meridfe, Sd. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 785; iid. Nomevcl. 

 p. 25. 



Above olivc-grccn ; -winji-s and tail blackish edged with olive; 

 whole cap pale chestnut, sides of head black ; mystacal stripe white, 

 separated from the throat by a black line ; under surface clear yel- 

 low, slightly olivaceous on the flanks and crissum ; bill horn-colour ; 

 feet hazel : whole length 6-5 inches, wing 2"8, tail 3-2. 



Hah. Ticinity of Merida, 'Vene7,uela. 



Closely allied to B. aJbifrenatus, but distinguished by the yellow 

 throat and the want of the black front. 



a. S ad. sk. Merida {Goering). Sclater Coll. (Type of the species.) 



24. Buarremon leucopterus. 



An-emon leucopterus, Jard. Edinh. N. Thil. Juurn. n. s. iii. p. 02. , 

 Buarremon leucopterus, Sclafcr, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 214, pi. 109, 1850, 



p. 87, et 1859, p. 138; id. Si/n. Av. Tan. p. 25; id. Cat. A. B. 



p. 91 ; id. Ibis, 1859, p. 114 ; <S'e/. et Salv. Komencl. p. 24. 

 Carenochrous leucopterus, Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 548, et 



1884, p. 292. 



Above slaty black : sides of head black ; cap chestnut ; lores 

 white ; wings black, with a large white alar speculum ; tail black : 

 beneath white, sides passing into cinereous ; slight mystacal stripe 

 black ; under wing-coverts white ; bill dark corneous ; feet brown : 

 whole length 6 inches, wing 2'7, tail 2-7. Fmiale similar. 



Hah, Ecuador. 



a,b. c7 2 ad. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador (Fraser). Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador (Fraser^. Eyton Coll. 



e,f. Ad. sk. Jima, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



25. Buarremon dresseri. 



Carenochrous dresseri, Tacz. 

 p. 528. 



P. Z. S. It83, p. 70 ; id. Orn. Per. ii. 



Above brownish cinereous ; broad front and sides of head black ; 

 lores white ; nape ochraceous brown ; wings dark cinereous, with a 

 well-defined white alar speculum : beneath white, a well-defined 

 mystacal stripe on each side black ; sides and crissum somewhat 

 ochraceous ; under wing-coverts white ; bill and feet dark brown : 

 whole length 5*8 inches, wing 2-5, tail 2"o. 



Hah. Peru. 



The description is taken from the typical specimens from Paucal, 

 Montana de Naucho (Jcdsli), kindly lent by M. Taczanowski. The 

 species is allied to B. le^icoptervs, but quite distinct, having a broad 

 black front, and the nape of an ochraceous brown. 



