622 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



This species appears to be new to the avifauna of Para- 

 guay. 



[These birds are undoubtedly resident with us, as I have 

 obtained specimens from February to September. They live 

 in the tops of the tallest trees and are hard to shoot, owing 

 to the difficulty of seeing them. — W. F.] 



196. EUPHONIA VIOLACEA AL'RANTIICOLLIS. 



Tanagra violacea Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 314 (1766 : Brazil). 



Euphonia violacea Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 74 ; 

 Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 319 (Paraguay). 



Euphonia auranliicollis Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Paraguay, 

 p. 94. 



a. <$ imm. Sapucay, March 22, 1904. 



b. S ad. „ April 23, 1903. 



Bill black above, dark slaty below ; tarsi and feet dark 

 slate-coloured; iris brown. 



c. $ imm.; d. ? ad. Sapucay, May 1904. 

 e ~y- <$', h, i. ? ad. ,, June 1904. 



L <J ad. Sapucay, July 29, 1904. 



/, m. $ ad. „ August 1904. 



n. ? ad. „ September 12, 1904. 



Having compared this series with a large number of both 

 males and females of this bird in the collection of the British 

 Museum, I find that the Paraguay form is slightly larger 

 than that of Guiana ( $ , wing 2*4 to 2*6 inches ; ? , 2*4 to 

 2*55), with less violet colour in the plumage and more 

 bottle-green. I agree, therefore, in the separation of the 

 northern and southern forms as suggested by Mr. C. E. 

 Hellmayr (cf. Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 356 ; xiv. p. 6). 



[This bird is also resident. I have met with it during 

 every month from March to September, and it is then too 

 late for migrating. The habits of all the birds of this genus 

 are similar, the fruit of the Palo bianco attracting them 

 day after day to the same locality, and in the morning when 

 hungry they are more careless and may be shot. I have 

 never found the nest of a single species of this group, and 

 know nothing about their nesting-habits. — W. F.~\ 



