52. PSITTOSPIZA. 281 



b. Bill longer; culmen more incurved; 

 tarsi shorter. 



I Tail somewhat rounded 53. Saltatoe, p. 282. 



( Tail squared 54. Lamprospiza, p. 296. 



B. Bill shorter ; upper mandible slightly 



swollen ". 55. Orchesticus, p. 297. 



52. PSITTOSPIZA. 



Type. 



Psittospiza, Bp. Cotnpt. Rend. xxxi. p. 424 (1850) P. riefteri. 



Chlororuis, Heich. Av. S. N. tab. 77 (1850) P. riefferi. 



This brilliant grass-greeu form has the general structure of 

 Saltator, but the bill is rather shorter and the tail more squared. 

 It is confined to the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The 

 sexes are similar in colour. The nest is open and cup-shaped. The 

 eggs (see P. Z. S. 1879, pi. xlii. fig. 8) are of a pale grey thickly 

 freckled. 



Key to the Species. 



Chestnut of the face restricted and only extending 



over the chin below 1. riefferi, p. 281. 



Chestnut of the face more diffused and extending 



over the throat below 2. elegans, p. 282. 



1. Psittospiza riefferi. 



Tanagra riefferi, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 4. 



Saltator riefteri, Gray, Gen. ii. p. 363, pi. 89 ; Tsch. Faun, Per., Aves, 



p. 210. 

 Tanagra prasina, Le.ss. Echo d. M. S. 1843, p. 947. 

 Psittospiza prasina, £p. Consp. i. p. 492. 

 Chlorornis prasina, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 141. 

 Chlorornis riefteri, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 154. 

 Psittospiza riefteri, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 78, et 18G0, p. 76 ; id. 



Syn. Av. Tan. p. 16; id. Cat. A. B. p. 94 ; Scl. et Salv. Komencl. 



p. 26 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 505; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Cull. p. 199; 



Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 292 (W. Ecuador) ; Tacz. et Berl. 



P. Z. S. 1885, p. 84 (Ecuador). 



Brilliant grass-green, upper wing-coverts brighter ; lores, sides of 

 the face, chin, and lower part of belly chestnut ; bill orange ; feet 

 yellow : whole length 8 inches, wing 4'5, tail 3"5. Female similar 

 but rather smaller. 



Hab. Colombia and Ecuador. 



a. Ad. st. Bogota. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Bogota. J. Gould, Esq. 



d. J ad. sk. Colombia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Medellin, Antioquia (Salmon). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Medellin, Antioquia (Salmon). Sclater Coll. 

 ff. 2 ad. sk. Envigado, Colombia (Salmon). Sclater CoD. 



h. 5 ad.sk. Santa Elena, U. S. C. (<S'rt^wio«). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i,j. Ad.sk. San Lucas, Ecuador (^McWey). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



