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tropical parts of South America. The genera adopted by Messrs. 

 Sclater and Salvin are the following : 



Clypeicterus (1 sp.), Upper Amazon ; Ocyalus (2 sp.), Upper 

 Amazon to Mexico ; Ostinops (8 sp.), Brazil and Bolivia to 

 Mexico ; Cassiculus (1 sp.), Mexico ; Cassicus (10 sp.), South 

 Brazil and Bolivia to' Costa Eica ; Icterus (34 sp.), La Plata to 

 the Antilles and United States; DolicJionyx (1 sp.), Paraguay 

 to Canada; Molothrus (8 sp.), La Plata to Northern United 

 States ; Agelceus (7 sp.), La Plata and Chili to Northern United 

 States ; Xanthocephalus (1 sp.), Mexico to California and Canada ; 

 Xanthosonms (4 sp.), La Plata to Venezuela; AmblyrhampJius 

 (1 sp.), La Plata and Bolivia ; Gymnomystax (1 sp.), Amazonia 

 and Guiana; Pseudoleistes (2 sp.), La Plata and Brazil; Leistes 

 (3 sp.), La Plata to Venezuela ; Sturnella (5 sp.), Patagonia and 

 Falkland Islands to Middle United States; Curceus (1 sp.), 

 Chili ; Nesopsar (1 sp.), Jamaica ; Scolecopl^^us (2 sp.), Mexico to 

 Arctic Circle ; Jjampropsar (4 sp.), Amazonia and Ecuador to 

 Mexico; Quiscalus (10 sp.), Venezuela and Columbia to South 

 and Central United States; Hypopyrrhus (1 sp.), Columbia; 

 Aphdbus (1 sp.), Brazil and Bolivia ; Cassidix (2 sp.), Brazil to 

 Mexico and Cuba. 



FAMILY 32. TANAGKIDJE. (43 Genera, 304 Species.) 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The Tanagers are an extensive family of varied and beautiful 

 fruit-eating birds, almost peculiar to the Neotropical region, only 

 four species of a single genus (Pyranga) extending into the 

 Eastern United States and Eocky Mountains. Southward they 

 range to La Plata. They are especially abundant in the forest 

 regions of South America east of the Andes, where no less 

 than 40 out of the 43 genera occur; 23 of the genera are 

 peculiar to this sub-region, while only 1 (Phlogothmupis) is 



