Dr. P. L. Sclater on the known Species o/Dacnis. 315 



nigris, his cseruleo limbatis : rostro et pedibus nigris : 

 long, tota 4'i, alse 2'3, caudse 1*5. 

 $ . Sordide olivacea : uropygio cperulescente : subtus fulva. 

 Hab. S.E. Brazil ; vicinity of Nuovo Friborgo {Beske). 

 Obs. Easily distinguishable by its black bill and feet and short 

 tail, though much resembling D. cayana. 



4. DaCNIS MELANOTIS. 



Sylvia cayana y, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 546. Sylvia cayana, Vieill. 

 Gal. Ois. pi. 165. Dacnis cayana, D'Orb. et Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 

 1837, p. 20 ; Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 37; Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. 

 p. 675 ; Bp. Consp. p. 400 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 153. Dacnis 

 angelica, Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 107, et P. Z. S. 1854, 

 pp. 110, 252, et 1857, p. 263. Dacnis melanotis, Strickl. Contr. 

 Orn. 1851, p. 16. 



6 . Thalassino-cyanea : fronte lata, lateribus capitis et cervicis, 

 interscapulio, alis et cauda nigris : ventre medio et crisso 

 albis : rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 3*2, alse 2*2, 

 caudse 1'5. 

 $ . Sordide olivacescenti-brunnea, subtus dilutior. 



Hab. Cayenne and valley of Amazon, southwards to S.E. Bra- 

 zil; wood-region of Peru {Tschudi) ; once near Lagoa Santa, in 

 S.E. Brazil {Burmeister) ; forests of the Yuracares Indians, Bolivia 

 (D'Orb.) ; River Ucayali {Hauxwell). 



5. Dacnis angelica. 



Dacnis angelica, De Filippi, Cat. Mus. Mediol. (1840) ; Bp. 

 Consp. p. 400; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 137. Dacnis archan- 

 gelica, Bp. Cat. Ois, de Cayenne, p. 7. 

 Prsecedenti simillima, sed colore cseruleo latiore ! 



Hab. New Granada. 



Obs. This is merely a local variety of the former species ; but 

 as it may be easily recognized on comparison, I allow it to stand 

 as if it were specifically distinct. 



6. Dacnis venusta. (Plate VII.) 



Dacnis venusta, Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. H. New York, Feb. 10, 

 1862. 



(S . Nigerrima : capite postico, lateribus cervicis, dorsi parte 

 media, ct dorso postico toto cum scapularibus nitide cseru- 



