79 



Lunius leverianus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 302. 



Lanius picatus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 73. 



Corvus leverianus, Shaw, Mus. Lever. p. 241. 



Le pie piegrieche, Le Vail. Ois. d'Afr. ii. p. 33. pi. 60. 



Corvus collurio, Daud. Orn. ii. p. 246. 



Cissopis leverianus, Gray, Gen. p. 362. 



Bethylus leverianus, Bp. Consp. p. 491. 



Albus, capite toto undique cum colio ad medium dorsum triangu~ 

 lariter descendente et pectore simili modo triangulariter termi- 

 nante splendenti-violaceo-nigris : alis caudague nigris : tectricibus 

 alarum minoribus albis, majoribus autem et secondariis albo extus 

 limbatis ; rectricibus omnibus albo termįnatis : rostro et pedibus 

 nigris. 



Long. totą 10"5, alse 4*3, caudse 6"0. 



Hab. South East Brazil. 



Mus. Brit., Paris., &c. 



2. Cissopis media. 



Cissopis bicolor, Vieill. N. D. d'H. N. xxvi. 417, et Enc. Meth. 

 p. 750 (partini) ; Vieill. Gal. Ois. p. 226. pi. 140 ? 

 Cissopis minor, Cab. Schomb. Reis. iii. 677. 

 Bethylus medius, Bp. Consp. p. 491. 

 Cissopis media, Sclater, Tan. Cat. Sp. p. 5. 



Medius : dorso dimidiato albo : rostro crasso incurvo. (Bp.) 



Hah. British Guiana (Schomb.). 



Mus. Paris. 



The Guiana Cissopis is rather smaller than the common Brazilian 

 species, and the steel-black colour does not exteud so far down the 

 back. The Paris Museum specimen of this bird seems to want the 

 vvhite wing-spots. I am not confident as to the correctness of sepa- 

 rating this and the Brazilian bird. 



3. Cissopis minor. 



Saltator bicolor, Lafr. et d'Orb. Syn. Av. in Mag. de Zool. 1837, 

 p. 36? 



Bethylus picatus, d'Orb. Voy. p. 269 ? ; Tsch. Wiegm. Archiv, 

 1844, p. 288. 



Cissopis minor, Tsch. Faun. Per., p. 21 1. 



Minor : dorso omnino albo : rostro minus valido, brevi, rectius- 

 culo. 



Long. totą 9 '5, alse 4*2, caudse 5*2. 



Hab. Bolivia, Yuracares (d'Orb.) ; Eastern wood-region of Peru 

 (Tsch.) ; New Grenada, Bogota. 



Mus. Brit., Paris. 



The Bogota Cissopis seems distinct from the Brazilian, having 

 merely the upper neck steel-black, and the back all white. I am 

 not quite certain vvhether d'Orbigny's Bolivian examples are best 

 referable here. They seem to comc pretty uear the Caycnne bird. 



