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Genus XXVIII. Compsocoma. 



Compsocoma, Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 140 (1850). 



Rostrum rectum, elongatum, subconicum, dente finali indistincto : 

 alcB elongatfB, remigibus secimda, tertia et ąuarta fere cequa- 

 libus et longissimis : cauda longa, subrotundata ; pedes validi : 

 sexus similes : ptilosis nigra, ccerulea et flava. 



1. Compsocoma viCTORiNi. 



Tachyphonus victorini, Lafr. R. Z. 1842, p. 336 ; Gray's Gen. 

 p. 365. 



Tanagra victorini, Bp. Consp. p. 239. 



Compsocoma victorini, Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 140. 



Tachtjphonus elegans, Less. Echo d. M. S. 1844; Descr. d. Mamm. 

 et Ois. p. 349. 



Tanagra flaviver t ex, Lafr. MS. 



Olivascenti-viridis : tectricibus alarum minoribus ceemleis : pri- 

 mariis et rectricibus thalassino marginatis : capite nigro, tcsnia 

 lata verticali cum corpore subtus Jlavis. 



Long. totą 7"0, alse 3"8, caudse 2*8. 



Hab. New Grenada, Bogota. 



Mus. Brit. et Paris. 



2. Compsocoma sumptuosa. 



Tachyphonus sumptuosus, Less. Tr. d'Om. p. 463 ; Puch. Arch. 

 Mus. Par. vii. p. 379. pi. 23. 



Tanagra somptuosa, Bp. Consp. p. 239. 

 Tachyphonus flavinucha, Tsch. F. P. p. 208. 

 Compsocoma elegans, Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 140. 

 Tanagra chrysocome, Licht. in Mus. Berol. 



Atra ; dorso imo olivascente : humeris ceeruleis : primariis et 

 rectricibus thalassino marginatis : macula nuchali lata et cor- 

 pore subtus Jlavis. 



Long. totą 6-5, alse 3*5, caudse 2*8. 



Hab. Ecuador, vicinity of Quito (Jameson) ; Peru (Tschudi et 

 Philippi in Mus. Berol.) ; Venezuela (Levraud). 



Mus. Brit., Paris., Berolinensi. 



This bird has been confounded both witli the preceding and with 

 the riext foIlowing species, but may be easily distinguished by its 

 black back and olivascent uropygium. 



3. Compsocoma flavinucha. 



Tachyphonus fiavinucha, Lafr. et d'Orb.Mag. de Zool. 1837, p. 29; 

 d'Orb. Voy.p. 280. pi. 21; Gray's Gen. p. 365. 

 Tanagra flavinucha, Bp. Consp. p. 239. 

 Compsocoma flavinucha, Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 140. 



Niger : humeris et dorso postico cum rectricum marginibus an- 



