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Cyanicterus, Bp. Consp. p. 240 (1850). 



Rostrum elonyatum, com]}ressiuscv.lum, culmine obtuse carinato et 

 regidariter curvato ; gonyde rectissima nec ascendente : alce 

 modicce, remigibus secunda, tertia et ąuarta fere cBąuaUbus, 

 prima breviore quam quinta : cauda rotundata : tarsi breves. 



1 . Orthogonys viridis. 



Tanagra viridis, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. pi. 48, fig. 2. 

 Orthogonys viridis, Strickl. Ann. N. H. xiii. p. 421 ; Bp. Consp. 

 p. 531. 



Lamprotes viridis, Gray, Gen. p. 362. 

 Tanagra vegeta, Licht. in Mus. Berol. 



( ^ et ? ?) Supra olivaceo-viridis, subtus fiavus, lateraliter olivas- 

 centior : rastro nigro, pedibus pallide brunneis. 



Long. totą 8'0, alse 3'7, caudse 3"5. 



Hab. South Brazil, Rio {Spix). 



Mus. Brit., Paris., &c. 



I have seen mauy exaraples of this bird, all similar, from Brazilian 

 collectious, and therefore conclude the sexes are alike, altliough the 

 colouring is what one would suppose to be that of a female bird. 



2. Orthogonys cyanicterus. 



Pyranga cyanictera, Vieill. N. D. d'H. N. xxviii. p. 290 ((? jun.) ; 

 VieUi. Enc. Meth. p. 798 ; Vieill. Gal. Ois. pi. 81. p. 112; Gray, 

 Gen. p. 364. 



Pyranga icteropus, Vieill. N. D. d'H. N. xxviii. p. 291; Vieill. 

 Enc. Meth. p. 799 ; Puch. Arch. Mus. Par. vii. p. 356. 



Tachyphonus chloricterus, Vieill. N. D. d'H. N. xxxii. p. 360 

 (9) ; et Enc. Meth. p. 804?? Puch. Arch. Mus. Par.™. p. 379. 



Tachyphone a ėpaulettes bleues, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 463 (?); 

 Puch. Arch. Mus. Par. vii. p. 378. pi. xxii. 



Cyanicterus venustus, Bp. Consp. p. 240. 



Orthogonys cyanicterus, Sclater, Tan. Cat. Sp. p. 8. 



Supra Icete cceruleus : infra gutture toto ad inedium pectus 

 ccendeo, ahdomine jiavo : rostro nigro, pedibus Jlavis. ( ? ) supra 

 viridis cceruleo tincta : corpore subtus cum loris et oculorum 

 ambitų jlavis : rostro paJIido : pedibus Jlavis. 



Long. totą /•75, alse 3" 5. 



Hab. Cayeune (Poiteau, 1822, Mus. Par.). 



Mus. Brit., Paris,, Lugdunensi, Lafresnayano. 



There are pairs of this singular Tanager (marked 6 and 2 ) in the 

 Paris, British, and Leyden Musuems, but I have rarely met with it 

 elsewhere. I consider it certainly congcneric with the Brazihan 

 O. viridis. The only question is, whether that may not be the 

 female of a corresponding brightly-coloured species. I may observe, 

 that if the birds had not been marked as pairs in the collectious 

 above-cited, I should probably have considered the female as speci- 

 fically distinct. 



