288 Hans von Berlepscli on new Species 



blue, tlie middle one a bluish white of a similar shade to that 

 described as tinting the skin beneath the eye. 



These colours, especially the brilliant orange, must be 

 quite striking in the living bird ; and it is easy for us 

 to imagine that they may '' change colour ^' with the mood 

 of their possessor, blushing much in the same manner as 

 the head of the Turkey cock is wont to do under certain 

 circumstances. 



Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 

 April 13tli, 1885. 



XXIX. — Descriptions of three neio Species of Birds from 

 South America. By Hans von Beklepsch. 



1. Chlorospingus reyi, sp. nov. 



Ch. superciliari (Lafr.) proximus, sed superciliis albis nullis 



et pileo toto usque ad nucham cinereo, colore dorsi oli- 



vaceo Isetiore et colore subtus intensius flavo primo visu 



distinguendus. Long. al. &7^, rostr. culm. 11^, tars. 



21^ mm. 



Habitat. Merida, Venezuela (typ. in Mus. H. v. B.) . 



To Dr. E. E-ey, of Leipzig, who has furnished me with a 



large and interesting collection of bird-skins received by him 



direct from a collector residing at Merida, Venezuela, this 



new species is dedicated. Unfortunately, the single specimen 



of Ch. reyi contained in that collection is not in good condition, 



and the tail is wanting. Nevertheless, there can be not the 



slightest doubt that it belongs to a Chlorospingus which is 



new to science. Its nearest ally may be Ch. superciliaris 



(Lafr.) ; but at first sight it differs from that species in 



altogether wanting the white superciliary stripe and the 



white feathers under the eye, always to be seen in true Ch. 



superciliaris: In the latter species the cinereous colour is 



confined to the front, while in Ch. reyi it covers the whole of 



the pileus, coming down as far as the nape. The lores are 



also grey. On the upper edge of the eye there commences 



a broad olivaceous stripe which borders the cinereous cap 



and further involves the upper edge of the auriculars, then 



