431 • 



Anser ruficollis. 



— hyperboreus adullus. 



— inlermedius. 

 Anas falcala. 



— glocilans {bimaculataj, 



— formosa. 



— islandica. i 



— stelleri, iJ 

 Linus roseus. 



— sabini adullus. 

 llydrochelidon fuliginosum. 

 Procellaria hasilata. 



[Prospeclus.] 



MONOGRAPH 



OP 



THE BIRDS FORMING 



TUE TANAGRINE GENUS GALLISTE; 



ll,M:STIiAl'i:i) liY COLOUllKI) 1'LA.TKS OK AIX THK 

 KNOWN SPKCIES. 



By PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER, M.A., 



FEI.I.nW Ol' roiICIK CIIIIISTI cOI.f.KOK, OXFOUD; F. Z. 8. ETf. 



Tlic gcniis Cullisti' Cüntiiins, as its namc Imports, some of thc inost richly- 

 coloureJ birds of the funiily of Tanagers — onc of Die groups wliicli rencJer the 

 Ornitljology of Tropical America conspicuous beyond tliat of otlier parls of the 

 glohe for the bcauty aml variety of colouring of Its nicmber». Few of thcse birda 

 wcre kiiown to tlie oldcr nuthors, but of late, since so iiiany collections havo beon 

 fornicil in the Sub-Andcan rcgioiis of New Grenada, Ecuador and Peru, llieir nuni- 

 bcrs have bcen vcry considcrably inureascd, and about 5 spccies of this gonus 

 are now rcgistcred in tbe annals of scionco. Sonic of theso have nevcr bcen flgurcd 

 at alt, others only badly or inipcrfeetiy, or in works whieh, on aceount of thc-ir high 

 pricc or rarity, are not generally accessiblc to thu lover of Natural Hiatory. 



