460 Bangs and Noble, Birds of Peru. [oct,. 



Characters. Similar to true T. parzudakii (Lafr.) of Bogota, but larger, 

 and belly and under tail coverts much paler, — the belly Warm Buff, the 

 under tail coverts pale Ochraceous Tawny. Wing, 87; tail, 57; tarsus, 

 20.5; exposed culmen, 10 mm. 



Remarks. We have compared our bird with the two cotypes of the 

 species and with " Bogota " skins, and believe, in spite of having but a 

 single specimen, that it represents a well marked race. In " Bogota " 

 skins, the wing runs from 78 to 81 mm. 



Tangara cyaneicollis caeruleocephala (Swains.). Two adults, male 

 and female, Perico and Tabaconas, September. 



Tangara venusta (Sclater). Three adults, two males and a female, 

 Charapi, September. 



Tangara argentea fulvigula Berl. and Stolz. Four adults, three males 

 and a female, Tabaconas and Huancabamba, August and September. 



Thraupis ccelestis major (Berl. and Stolz.). Six specimens, one imma- 

 ture female and adults of both sexes, Huancabamba and Tabaconas, 

 August and September. 



Thraupis cana quaesita subsp. nov. 



Three adults, two males and a female, Sullana, July. 



Type from Sullana, northwestern Peru, adult d\ No. 79692, M. C. Z. 

 Collected, July 30, 1916, by G. K. Noble. 



Characters. Very similar to true T. cana (Swainson) of Venezuela and 

 northern Colombia, but darker in general coloration, grayish blue of under 

 parts darker and bluer; back slightly darker; lesser and middle wing 

 coverts much darker blue — Dark Diva Blue (Campanula Blue in true 

 T. cana). 



Remarks. Our three skins agree exactly among themselves, and cannot 

 be matched in a very large series of true T. cana. The darker and different 

 blue of the wing coverts is the chief character of the new subspecies which 

 occupies the extreme southwestern corner of the range of the species. 



The range of this subspecies apparently does not overlap that of Thraupis 

 coelestes major. This subspecies was found only in the coastal desert and 

 never in the interior as the latter species. 



Thraupis darwini lseta Berl. and Stolz. Twenty-one specimens, 

 immature and adults of both sexes, Huancabamba, August. 



Sporothraupis cyanocephala cyanocephala (d'Orb. and Lafr.). 

 One adult male, Tabaconas, September 2. 



