314 Dr. P, L. Sclater on the known Species o/Dacnis. 



var., Gm. Syst, Nat. i. p. 476 ( $). Nectarinia bicolor, Beckl. 

 Nouv. Mem. Soc. Mosc. i. p. 378. Coereba ccerulea, Max. Beitr. 

 ii. p. 7QQ. Dacnis ctjanater, Less. Tr. d'Oru. p. 458. Dacnis cya- 

 nomelas, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 153. Dacnis cyanomelas et 

 Dacnis cayana, Reichenb. Handb. pp. 22G, 227. Dacnis cayana, 

 Strickl.Contr.Orn.l851,p.l5; Sclater, Contr.Orn. 1851, p. 106, 

 et P.Z.S. 1854, pp. 110, 252, 1855, p. 137, 1857, p. 263, et 1858, 

 p. 452 ; Bp. Consp. p. 400. 



S . Viridescenti-cserulea : fronte, gula, dorso medio, alis et cauda 

 nigris : alis cseruleo limbatis : rostro carneo, pedibus pallide 

 carneis: long, tota 4*2, alse 2*2, caudse 1*6, poll, et dec. 

 Angl. 

 5 . Viridis ; pileo cserulescente ; gula cinerea. 



Hab. Widely diffused from New Granada and Venezuela, 

 through Cayenne and the whole Amazon valley, into southern 

 Brazil : vicinity of Ega, Upper Amazon [Bates] : received in 

 Bogota collections : Bolivian Amazon (Z)'OrZ>.) : Chamicurros, on 

 the Huallaga [Hauxwell). 



Obs. D'Orbigny met with this species in the province of 

 Yungas, in the environs of Sta. Cruz de la Sierra, and in the 

 countries inhabited by the Yuracares and Guarayo Indians in 

 Bolivia. 



2. Dacnis C(erebicolor. 



Dacnis coerebicolor, Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 106, et P.Z.S. 

 1854, p. 252, et 1855, p. 137. Arbelorhina care6ico/or, Reichenb. 

 Handb. p. 236. 



5 . Purpureo-cjerulea : fronte, gula, dorso medio, alis et cauda 



nigris : alis dorsi colore limbatis : rostro et pedibus carneis : 

 long, tota 3'5, alse 2*8, caudse 1'9. 

 $ . Viridis : mento cinereo : pileo cseruleo. 

 Hab. Only seen in collections received from Bogota. 

 Obs. The distribution of colours in this species is exactly the 

 same as in D. cayana ; but its purple-blue coloration renders it 

 distinguishable primo visu. 



3. Dacnis nigripes. 



Dacnis nigripes, v. Pelzeln, Sitzungsb. Acad. Wien, 1856, xx. 

 p. 157 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, }). 263. 



6 . Thalassino-cserulea : gula, fronte, interscapulio, alis et cauda 



