Birds of Paraguay. 625 



Callispiza preciosa Cab. Mus. Heiu. i. p. 27 (1850 : 

 Rio Grande). 



Calliste pretiosa Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 114 ; 

 Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 115 (Paraguay). 



Calospiza pretiosa Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. 

 p. 320 (Paraguay). 



tt-e. S \ f-h. ? ad. Sapucay, June 1901. 



i, k. £ ad. Sapucay, July 1904. 



Bill blackish, paler at base below ; tarsi and feet dark 

 brown ; iris brown. 



[I could not say positively whether this species is resi- 

 dent in Paraguay or not, as I have only met with it during 

 the months of June, July, and August. The male is much 

 more common (or careless) than the female, but the pro- 

 portion of males to females is very badly balanced. The 

 large forests are the only places in which they can be met 

 with. I have never found the nest. — W. jP.] 



201. Calospiza flava chloroptera. 



Lindo hello Azara, Apunt. i. p. 387. no. xcvi. (1802). 



Tanagra chloroptera Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxii. 

 p. 407 (1819: Brazil). 



Tanagra formosa Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxii. p. 407 

 (1819 : Paraguay). 



Calospiza flava chloroptera Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 27 

 (1908). 



a. (J ad. Sapucay, May 4, 1903. 



Bill black above, grey below ; tarsi and feet dark slate- 

 coloured ; iris brown. 



h. ? ad. Sapucay, June 3, 1904. 



c. $ ad. „ September 13, 1904. 



[A very rare bird indeed ; I know nothing positive about 

 W.—W. F.] 



202. Tanagra sayaca. 



Tanagra sayaca Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 316 (1766 : Brazil) ; 

 Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 158 ; Berlepsch, J. f. O. 

 1887, pp. 6, 115 (Lambare', nest and eggs) ; Ihering, Revista 

 Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 320 (Paraguay). 



