On some recently described Species of Calospiza. 3.2 7 



Pternistes infuscatus Cab. 



Pternistes infuscatus Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 425. 

 Ptemistes leucoscepus infuscatus Reich, i. p. 455 (1901). 

 a. <$ . Waghar, 5th Sept., 1905. 



NlIMIDA PTILORHYNCHA (Licht.). 



Numida ptilorhyncha Reich, i. p. 415 (1901). 

 a. ? . Waghar, 5th Aug., 1905. 



XIII. — Remarks on some recently described Species of 

 Calospiza*. By C. E. Hellmayr, M.B.CvU. 



(Plate V.) 



Since the publication of Volume xi. of the l Catalogue of 

 Birds iu the British Museum ' our knowledge of the brilliant 

 Tanagrine genus Calospiza has considerably advanced. 

 Twelve new forms have been added to the already long list 

 of species, and a good deal of fresh information about 

 the relations and geographical distribution of others has 

 been supplied by various authors. In f The Ibis ' for 

 1901, pp. 595-7, Dr. Sclater has given a short account of 

 C. margaritce Allen, C. Johanna Dalm., and C. emilice 

 Dalm., accompanied by coloured figures of the two latter 

 species taken from specimens in the Tring Museum. 

 C. margaritce belongs to the group of C. flava, and replaces 

 it in Matto Grosso (Chapada). Another race of the same 



* Calospiza, G. R. Gray, List of Genera of Birds, 1840, p. 44 : type 

 C. tricolor (Gm.). Calliste Boie, 1826, et auct. (nee Callista Poli, 1791) ; 

 cf. Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1895, pp. 251-2. [We do not 

 agree with Mr. Stone's view (op. cit.) that the similarity of " Calliste '' 

 of Boie to " Callista " of Poli precludes the usage of the former name. If 

 spelled correctly the terms are different, and moreover belong to different 

 branches of zoology, so that there is no chance of confusion. If we use 

 " Picus" and "Pica," why should we reject " Calliste" because it is so 

 like " Callista " ?- Edd.1 



