272 Mr. P. L. Sclater on some 



1. EUPHONIA PURPUREA. 



Eu2ihonia purpurea, Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y. vol. viii. 

 p. 466 (1867). 



I cannot s(;parate tliis species, of which the type has been 

 kindly lent to me by its dcscriber, from E. violacea of 

 Cayenne. It agrees very well with skins of that species 

 from Cayenne in my collection. 



It is possible that Mr. Lawrence may have compared it 

 with the Brazilian subspecies Eiiph. violacea lichtensteini. 



2. Ph(ENICOTHRAUPIS peruvianus. 



Phoenicothraupis peruvianus, Tacz. Orn. du Per. ii. p. 198. 

 M. Taczanowski has kindly sent me the typical specimen 



of this species for comparison. It is an adult male, obtained 

 by M. Stolzmann at Monterico. It is rather more rosy below 

 than the type of P. rhodinolcema of Salvin and Godman (Biol. 

 Centr.-Am. Aves, i. p. 300), obtained at Sarayacu, Ecuador, 

 by Buckley ; but I do not think these two species can be fairly 

 separated, and the last-mentioned name has a slight priority 

 in point of date. 



3. Lanio lawrencii, sp.nov. (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 

 Tachyphonus atricapillus, Lawr. Proc. Acad. Sc. Phil, 1868, 



p. 360. 



Above olive-green, with indications of black coming out 

 on the intcrscapulium ; wrings and tail brownish black, edged 

 with olive ; upper surface of head and nape black ; sides of 

 head greyish ; throat greyish white ; middle of abdomen 

 ferruginous orange ; sides passing into olive ; under wing- 

 coverts white; bill blackish, pale at the base below; feet' 

 clear brown. Whole length 4"8, wing 2-4, tail 2*2 inches. 



Hah. Trinidad [Alexander). 



Obs. Mr. Lawrence having kindly sent me his unique 

 example of this species for examination, I have come to the 

 conclusion that it is a young male of a new species of Lanio, 

 allied to L. versicolor, and remarkable for its small size. As 

 in L. versicolor, there is scarcely more than an indication of 

 a commissural tooth. There l)eing already a Lanio airica- 



