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gustis cceruleis : primariis externe thulassino marginatis : vitta 

 nuchali media et corpore toto suhtus Jlavis. 

 Long. totą 6'7, alae 3'(), caudoe 2'8. 

 Hab. Bolivia, prov. Yungas (d'Orb.). 

 Mus. Parisiensi et Derbiano. 



The blue on the rump at once distinguishes this Bolivian bird 

 from ils three congeners. 



4. COMPSOCOMA NOTABILIS. 



Tanagra notabilis, Jard. Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. n. s. ii p 119 • 

 Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 84. pi. 91. • i- > 



Compsocotna notabilis, Sclater, ib. 



Flavo-olivacea : capite undique et mento nigris : nucha triangu- 

 lariter Jlava : alis nigris, ceeruleo marginatis, tectricibus autem 

 šunimis dorso concoloribus : cauda nigra, marginibu^ vix cceru- 

 lescentibus : subtus aurantio-flava. 

 Long. totą 7'2, alse 3-7, caudse 3-0. 

 Hab. Ecuador, vicinity of Quito (^Jameson). 

 Mus. Gul. Jardine, Britannico, Joh. Gould. 

 Since Sir William Jardine received his first examples of this beau- 

 tiful species, which -vvere transmitted by Professor Jameson from the 

 Eastern Cordilleras near Quito, Mr. Gould has obtained other spe- 

 cimens from the šame country. Some of these latter are now in the 

 Britisb Museum. 



Genus XXIX. Buthraupis. 

 Buthraupis, Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 29 (1850). 



Rostrum forte, subincurvum, breve, altum, compressiusculum, dente 

 finali distincto : alce longce, remigibus tertia et guarta lon- 

 gissimis : cauda longa et paulum rotundata : pedes validi : 

 tarsi longi: sexus similes : ptilosis ccemlea, nigra et Jlava. 



1. Buthraupis MONTANA. 



Aglaia montana, Lafr. & d'Orb. Mag. de Zool. 1837, p. 32. 

 Tanagra montana, d'Orb. Voy. p. 275. pi. 23. fig. I ; Gray, Gen 

 p. 365 ; Bp. Consp. p. 239. 



Buthraupis montana, Sclater, Tan. Cat. Sp. p. 10. 



Supra ccerulea ; cervice postica valde dilutiore, argentea : capite 



toto undique cum gutture atris : abdomine fiavo. 

 Long. totą 9*0, alse 5'0, caudse 3*4. 

 Hab. Bolivia, prov. Yungas (c?' Or 6.). 

 Mus. Parisiensi, Britarmico, Derbiano. 



2. Buthraupis cucullata. 



Tanagra cucullata, Jard. 111. Orn. n. s. pi. 43. 

 "Tanagra montana, d'Orb.," Less. Descr. d. Mamm. et Ois 

 p. 348. 



