Descriptions of New Species of Birds. 41 



IY. — Descriptions of New Species of Birds of the Families 

 Tanagrhle, CucumXiE, and TrochilidjE, with a Note on 

 Panterpe insignis. 



By Geo. N. Lawrence. 

 Read June 13th, 1864. 



Fam. TANAGKID.E. 



1. Saltator Jiilviveiitris, nov. sp. 



Entire upper plumage and sides of the head dull olive green ; quills 

 blackish brown edged with olive green ; tail feathers blackish brown 

 with greyish olive margins ; superciliary stripe yellow ; chin and throat 

 pale fulvous, deeper in color on the lower part, and bordered on each 

 side with a line of black ; breast fulvous tinged with olive, abdomen 

 reddish fulvous ; under tail coverts rather light rufous ; under wing 

 coverts pale reddish fulvous, outer edge of shoulder pale yellow ; sides 

 under the wings brownish olive; bill black at the base, fleshy brown at 

 the end ; tarsi and toes brown. 



Length about nine inches ; wing 4 ; tail 4 J ; bill }£ ; tarsi 1. 



Habitat. — Paraguay. Collected on Capt. T. J. Page's Expe- 

 dition ; marked on the label " eyes dark green, legs dark." 



Remarks.— This does not appear to resemble any species with 

 which I am acquainted ; the yellow supereiliaries, fulvous 

 under coloring, and dark tail with an olive upper plumage, 

 seem peculiar characteristics. 



2. Tachyphonus tibialis, nov. sp. 



Male. Head, cheeks, chin, wings, and tail deep black ; ear coverts, 

 upper and under plumage fuliginous or sooty black, darker on the back 

 and rump, greyish on the hind neck and under surface ; upper part of 

 the breast tinged with yellowish olive ; thighs of a clear light yellow * 

 bill black ; tarsi and toes dark brown. 



Length 7| inches; wing 3| ; tail 3f ; bill % ; tarsi 1, 



JUNE, 1864. 4 Ann. Ltc. Nat. Hist. Vol. VI If. 



