382 Miscellaneous. 



head bright and umiform, and instead of being narrower, it widens 

 in descending upon the nape and the back of the neck. 



4. Nemosia torcpxata. Mas, N. supra, cum capite toto, niger- 

 rima ; semi-torque collari postico nitide flavo ; interscapuho medio, 

 tergo, jugulo, pectore et hypochondriis nitide virescenti-flavis ; abdo- 

 mine medio et crisso albidis ; tectricibus alarum minoribus et mediis 

 cyaneis ; remigibus et rectricibus nigris, cseruleo extus Umbatis. 

 Rostro corneo, mandibulse basi paUida ; pedibus obscuris. 



Total length 11 1^ centim. (about 4|- inches). 



The native country of this pretty species is New Granada. It has 

 all the characters of the true Nemosioi, but with a rather more slender 

 and very slightly arched bill. Its colours are brighter and resemble 

 the glossy and brilliant tints which adorn some species of the genus 

 Calliste, especially the C. cyanoptera, Sw. 



b. Euphonia longipennis. Mas. E, nitens, viridis ; semi-torque 

 postico, uropygio et oculorum margine cyaneis ; interscapuho et tergo 

 cyaneo-maculatis ; abdomine cum hypochondriis et crisso Isetissime 

 aureo-flavis ; remigibus rectricibusque nigris, viridi extus limbatis. 

 Rostro nigro, basi cserulescenti ; pedibus fuscis. 



Fem. Interscapuho et tergo viridibus, absque maculis cyaneis ; 

 uropygio dilute cyanescenti-viridi ; epigastrio et hypochondriis fla- 

 vescenti- viridibus ; ventre et crisso flavidis. 



Total length !) centim. (about 3f inches). 



Hah. Antioquia, in New Granada. 



This little Euphonia is so nearly allied to E. viridis, Vieillot, that 

 it is difficult to distinguish it, without comparing individuals of the 

 two species. However, it appears to me to be sufficiently charac- 

 terized by its small size, the diiference between the two species being 

 at least a fifth, whilst its wings and tarsi are longer in comparison, as 

 they are of the same actual length as those of the other species. 

 Thus in repose, the point of the longest primary feather in E. longi- 

 pennis reaches the extremity of the tail, whilst in E. viridis it does 

 not attain half the length of the tail. 



The CMorophonia frontalis, Bp., is also very similar to the two 

 species above mentioned ; but it is less difficult to recognize, because 

 the forehead is always yellow, and the back is never blue, 



6. Euphonia plumbea. E, griseo-plumbea, viridi micans ; abdo- 

 mine et crisso aureo-flavis, Rostro albicante, apice corneo ; pedibus 

 cinereo-fuscis. 



Total length 8^ centim, (about 3|- inches). 



Hah. New Granada, 



This is one of the smallest, if not the smallest species of the genus. 

 It is very easily recognized by its uniform grey colour, except on the 

 belly. In this respect it resembles E. Jamaica, Linn,, but differs 

 widely from it in its small size, and especially in the form and pro- 

 portions of the bill, which is slightlj' depressed, and presents a con- 

 siderable resemblance to that of E. chlorotica. — Bull, de V Acad. Roy. 

 de Belyique, 1855, vol. xxii. pp. 153-156. 



