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33. EUPHONIA NIGRICOLLIS (VieiU.). 

 (BLACK-NECKED TANAGER.) 



Euphonia nigricollis, Scl. Cat. B. xi. p. 61. Lindo azul y oro cabeza celeste 

 Azara, Apunt. i. p. 390. Euphonia aureata, d'Orb. Toy., Ois, p. 2G7 

 (Corrientes). 



Description. Above glossy purplish black ; rump yellow ; cap and nape blue ; 

 front black ; below orange-yellow, throat and sides of the head black ; axil- 

 laries pale yellow ; under wing-coverts whitish, inner margins of wing-feathers 

 pale cinereous ; bill black ; feet pale brown : whole length 4*5 inches, wing 2*7, 

 tail 1-5. Female above olive-green, rather lighter on the rump; cap blue; front 

 chestnut, with a narrow dark margin between it and the blue cap ; below 

 yellowish olive-green, brighter on the belly. 



Hab. South America from Colombia to Northern Argentina. 

 This Tanager was obtained by d'Orbigny in Southern Corrientes. 



34. EUPHONIA CHLOROTICA (Linn.). 

 (PURPLE-AND-YELLOW TANAGER.) 



Euphonia chlorotica, Scl et Salv. Nomencl p. 17 ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 696 

 (Misiones, Catamarca) ; Scl. Cat. B. xi. p. 64. 



Description. Above dark purple-black; front half of the cap yellow;, below 

 yellow, throat purple-black ; tail beneath black, with a large white patch on the 

 inner webs of the two exterior tail-feathers ; under surface of wings black, with 

 a large white patch on the inner webs of the remiges ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length 3-3 inches, wing 2*1, tail 1'2. Female above greyish olive-green, 

 with a yellowish tinge on the front and rump ; below rather more yellowish, 

 with the centre of the breast and belly pale ashy, flanks and crissum pale yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers whitish. 



Hab. Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina. 



White obtained examples of this species at Concepcion and Cata- 

 marca. At the former place it was noticed feeding on the fruit of a 

 giant cactus. 



35. PIPRIDEA MELANONOTA (VieiU.). 

 (DARK-BACKED TANAGER.) 



Pipridea melanonota, Scl. Cat. B. xi. p. 92. Pica de punza azul y canela, 



Azara, Apunt. i. p. 413. 



Description. Above violaceous blue ; whole interscapular region darker, 

 blackish ; wings and tail black, edged with blue ; narrow front, lores, and Bides 

 of the head deep velvety black, well defined ; body beneath and under wing- 

 coverts clear ochraceous ; under surfaces of wings and tail blackish ; bill black ; 



