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The subspecies of T. xanthogastra stand as follows : 



T. xanthogastra xanthogastra Sundevall. Brazil. 



T. xanthogastra brevirostris Bp. Middle and eastern Colombia. 



T. xanthogastra chocoensis Hellmayr. Western Colombia and 

 eastern Panama. 



T. xantlwgastra brunneifrons Chapman. Southeastern Peru. 



T. xanthogastra quitensis subsp. nov. Peru (except southeastern 

 part) and Ecuador. 



Four specimens of this subspecies examined. 



TANGARA FUCOSUS, sp. nov. 

 Green-naped Tanager 



Type. — Xo. 232996, adult male, U. S. National Museum, Biologi- 

 cal Survey Collection, from Mount Pirri (at 5,000 feet altitude) near 

 head of Rio Limon, eastern Panama; collected May 1, 1912, by 

 E. A. Goldman (collector's number 15640). 



Distribution. — Known from type locality only. 



Specific characters. — In size and general appearance closely re- 

 sembles T. dowii, but at once distinguishable by the green instead of 

 brown patch on middle of occiput, by a well-marked green patch 

 covering part of cheeks and auriculars and the imperfect nuchal 

 collar ; ends of black feathers on neck below black throat-patch 

 broadly tipped with blue ; under parts of body ochraceous buffy 

 much paler than in dowii; feathers along sides of breast and flanks 

 with dark centers similar to those on breast. 



Description. — Head, neck, back and upper sides of wings and 

 tail black, duller than in dowii, and the back lightly washed with 

 greenish ; a patch across back of crown, an imperfect nuchal collar, 

 the lower part of cheeks and part of ear coverts beryl green varying 

 in different lights and glossed with metallic ochraceous buffy, the 

 latter strongest on cheeks and ear coverts ; rump glaucous green 

 varving in different lights ; chin and throat plain black ; feathers on 

 remainder of under side of neck broadly tipped with ultramarine blue, 

 forming a thin blue patch over the black feathers ; lesser wing coverts 

 bordered with same blue color ; greater coverts paler blue, and ter- 

 tials, secondaries and primaries lightly edged with a more greenish 

 blue ; tail feathers bordered with latter color ; feathers of breast and 

 sides of body, including flanks, with black or dusky centers edged 

 with light green on fore part of breast and with paler greenish and 

 buffv on lower breast and sides of body ; the dark centers less 

 strongly marked posteriorly and buffy edgings distinctly washed 



