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41. PiPRIDEA VENEZUELENSIS. 



A single specimen of this species was obtained near Canute. 



42. Calliste guttata. 



The genus Calliste contains some of the prettiest of South- 

 American birds. C. guttata we met with on the mountain-chain 

 above Ocana. Santa Rosa, Alto. 



43. Calliste cayana. 



Very common at Ocana and Bucaramanga. 



. 44. Calliste vitriolina. 



A dark-coloured form of the preceding species. Occurs in 

 the same localities, but is not so common. 



45. Calliste gyroloides. 



We only met with this bird on the mountain-chain between 

 Bucaramanga and the Magdalena. Frequents the outside of 

 the forest. 



46. Calliste atricapilla. 



Occurred in the forest, but not commonly, at Pirico, Ca- 

 nuto, &c. Altitude 5000-6000 feet. 



47. Calliste cyanicollis. 



Frequents the same localities as C. gyroloides, and where it 

 ' occurs is common enough. The blue of the head and throat is 

 brightest in the cock bird. Its vertical range seems to termi- 

 nate at an altitude of about 5000 feet. 



. 48. Calliste venusta. 

 We only obtained one specimen of this bird, in the forest near 

 Alto. 



• 49. Poecilothraupis lunulata. 



We met with this beautiful bird above Vetas, amongst some 

 stunted trees and shrubs ; altitude 10,000 feet : also in a little 

 wood below Vetas ; altitude 9000 feet. Iris dark brown. 



50. Tanagra cana. 



The most common of the Tanagers, and seems to be generally 

 distributed from the " Tierra calida'^ up to an altitude of about 

 8000 feet. Frequents the neighbourhood of towns, streams, 

 and orange-gardens. 



