306 TANAGRin.Ti. 



5, Pitylus viridis. 



Loxia canadensis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 304. 



Pitylus canadensis, Cab. in Srho?nh. Gin'n7i. iii. p. 667. 



CoTOOthraustes vividis, riri7i. Ear. Mrth. p. 1017. 



Caiyothraustes viridis, Cab. Mii^. Jlcin. i. p. 144. 



Caryotliraustes cayanensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 514 (partim). 



Pitylus personatus. Less. Rev. Zool. 1830, p. 42 ; id. Descr. d. Mainm. 



et Ois. p. 344. 

 Canada Grosbeak, Lath. Gen. Hisf. v. p. 382. 

 Pitylus viridis, Sc/afer, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 65 ; id. Si/n. Av. Tan. p. 3 ; 



id. Cat. A. B. p. 99 ; Sd. et Salv. P. Z.S. 1867, p. 572 (Para) ; iid. 



Nomcncl. p. 26; iid. E.v. Orn. p. 167 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 213. 

 Pitylus cayanensis, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 221. 



Above yellowish olive, beneath yellow ; lores, line round the eye, 

 and throat black ; under wing-coverts yellow ; bill dark plumbeous ; 

 feet dark grey : whole length 6 inches, wing 3*5, tail 2-7. Female 

 similar. 



Ifah. Guiana, Cayenne, and Lower Amazonia. 



a,b. ,5 2 ad. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {Whitelu). 



c. cj ad. sk. Merunie Mts., Brit. Guiana Salvin-Goduian Coll. 



( Whitehj). 



d. Ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad- sk. Cayenne. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Gyapock, Cayenne. Purchased. 



g. Ad. sk. Para ( Wallace). Sclater Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. S. America.. Sclater Coll. 



6. Pitylus brasiliensis. 



Fringilla viridis, Ma.r. Beitr. iii. p. 555. 



Fringilla cayanensis, Licht. Verz. p. 22 (excl. syn.). 



Caryothraastes brasiliensis, Cah. Mus. Ilein. i. p. 144. 



Pitylus brasiliensis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 66; id. Syn. Av. Tan. 



p. 4: id. Cat. A. B. p. 99 ; Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 221 ; Scl. et Salv. 



Nomencl. p. 26 ; iid. E.v. Orn. p. 168 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 202. 



Yellowish olive, beneath yellow ; front, sides of head, and throat 

 black ; under wing-coverts yellow ; bill dark plumbeous ; feet 

 brown: whole length 6-6 inches, wing 3-6, tail 2-9. Female 

 similar. 



Hub. S.E. Brazil. 



Very similar to P. viridis, but rather larger in size, and with 

 the front black. 



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