408 Mr. P. L. Sclatcr on a new 



terized three new spceies of this genus from Bolivia, namely 

 C. punctulata, C. juhicervix, and C. arffyrofenges^ , thus rais- 

 ing the number to fifty -nine. A skin of a new and sixtieth 

 species, which I i)ropose to name, is now before me ; and I 

 will take this opportunity of giving a few additional remarks 

 on some of the lately described members of the group. 



In the 'Proceedings-' for 1858 (p. 294), I based a new 

 species of Calliste, under the name of C. cyanotis, on a skin 

 received through the MM. Verreaux, ''from some part of 

 Peru bordering on Bolivia, or perhaps from within the con- 

 fines of that Republic." In 1863, in the article in this journal 

 above referred to, I stated that I had received through the 

 same firm, from the Rio Napo, an example of what I believed 

 to be the same species in a more adult dress, and gave a 

 revised description of it accordingly, I have been able to 

 add nothing further to the history of this species until quite 

 recently, when, on examining Mr. Buckley ^s last collection 

 of Bolivian birds f, Mr. Salvin and I fovind in the series a 

 single skin which seemed to belong to it. On comparing this 

 with the two previously described specimens of C. cyanotis in 

 my cabinet, it appeared at once that I had fallen into an 

 error. The individual obtained by Mr. Buckley was certainly 

 identical with the first example, obtained in 1858 ; while the 

 second so-called C. cyanotis, received in 1863, which I had 

 supposed to be a more adult specimen of the same species, 

 was decided, on reexamination and comparison, to be clearly 

 distinct. On this last-named individual, therefore, I propose 

 to base a new species, as follows : — 



Calliste melanotis, sp. nov. (Plate XII. fig. 1.) 

 Calliste cyanotis, Sclater, Ibis, 1863, p. 451 {err.). 

 Nigra : superciliis latis et elongatis, dorso postico, campterio 

 alari et corpore subtus splendide cserulescenti-viridibus ; 

 ventre medio et crisso cum subalaribus cervinis : alarum 

 tectricibus necnon rectricum remigumque marginibus 

 angustis cserulescentibus : rostro nigro, pedibus fuscis : 

 long, tota 5"0, ala^ 2*8, caudte 1*9, poll, et dec. angl. 



* See paper on new Bolivian l>irds, P. Z, S. 1870, p. 352. 

 t See P. Z. S. 1870, p. 352. 



