42 Descriptions of New Species of Birds. 



Habitat. — Costa Rica, San Jose. 



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The specimens of the Family Tanagridae, belonging to the 

 Smithsonian Institution, were sent me for examination by Prof. 

 Baird ; among them were the two species above named, which 

 I think have not been heretofore described. 



3. Tacliyphonus Napensis, nov. sp. 



Male. Glossy black ; crest of a reddish fulvous orange ; smaller wiug 

 coverts, and also the under wing coverts white ; rump and hypochon- 

 driacal region chestnut; bill and feet black. 



Length 6 inches ; wing 3£ ; tail 2\\ ; bill \ ; tarsi f. 



Habitat. — Napo River. In my collection. 



Remarks. — Somewhat like T. surinamus, but smaller, the 

 crest deeper in color and less in extent ; the most marked dif- 

 ference, however, is in the color of the rump, which is reddish 

 chestnut, instead of pale fulvous, as in T. surinamus. 



Fam. CUCULLD^E. 



4. Coccyzus Julieni, nov. sp. 



Front ashy, upper plumage greenish with a tinge of brown on the 

 head, wings, and back ; tail olive green with the shafts of the central 

 feathers pale rufous, the three outer feathers end with dull white, and 

 the exterior web of the outer one is of the same color for two-thirds its 

 length from the end ; quills olive brown, the greater coverts and the 

 secondaries on their outer webs tinged with pale rufous; the throat and 

 the upper part of the breast is of a clear grey, the abdomen, under tail 

 coverts, and inner lining of wings white ; upper mandible black except 

 on the sides at the base, where it is orange-yellow, under mandible 

 orange-yellow, with the tip black ; tarsi and toes black. 



Length 10£ inches; wing 5; tail 4§ ; bill §; tarsi -j-f. 



Habitat. — Sombrero. 



