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throat and breast pale claret-red, rest of lower parts deep black, 

 spotted next the breast and on the sides with large pearl-like 

 spots the colour of peach-blossom, of which two are placed trans- 

 versely and subterminally on each feather. 



Total length 4| inches ; beak to gape 5i lines, to front 5 lines ; 

 width 2\ lines, height 3 lines; wing 2 inches 1 line; medial 

 rectriccs 2 inches, external 1| inch; tarsus 7h lines; middle toe 

 and claw 7 lines, external 5 lines, internal 4 lines, hind 5 lines. 



FRINGILLID^, TANAGRIN^E. 



Tachyphonus saucius, Strickl. 



T. corpore toto atro-chalybeo, tectricibus alarum supernis minoribus 

 juxta humerum albis, juxta carpum sanguineis, infernis omnibus 

 albis. Rostrum nigrum, mandibula medio alba, pedes nigri. 



Allied to Tachyphonus nigerrimus, Gm., but differs in the 

 smaller size, shorter beak, and sanguineous spot near the carpus. 

 I presume it to inhabit Columbia or Central America. 



Entirely black, \nth a pm-plish gloss, except the lesser wing- 

 covers next the humerus, which are white and pass into bright 

 orange-red as they approach the carpus. Lower mng-covers 

 white. Beak black, middle of lower mandible whitish; legs 

 black. 



Total length 5^ inches ; beak to gape 7 lines, to front 6 lines ; 

 wing 2 1 inches ; medial rectriccs 2| inches, external 2| inches ; 

 tarsus 9 hues. 



Tachyphonus ruficeps, Strickl. 



T. fronte, mento summo, loris, oculorumque ambitu nigris, capite 

 toto reliquo gulaque intense rufo-castaneis, corpore toto plumbeo- 

 cinerascenti, alis caudaque obscurioribus. Rostrum nigro-cine- 

 reum, tomiis albidis, pedes brunnei. 



The upper mandible is smaller than the lower, somewhat like 

 that of an Emheriza, but the culmen is more arched. It agrees 

 however sufficiently \\'ith the structm'e of Tachyphonus qiiadri- 

 color, Vieill. (T. auricapillus, Spix) to warrant its collocation in 

 the same genus. I am unacquainted with the habitat. 



Front, lores, upper chin and circuit of eyes black ; head, cheeks 

 and throat deep chestnut-red ; rest of plumage leaden gray, pass- 

 ing to fuscous on the wings and tail. Beak blackish, margins of 

 mandibles whitish ; legs brown . 



Total length 5^ inches ; beak to gape 7 lines, to front 6 Hues ; 

 wings 2~ inches ; medial rectriccs 2^ inches, external 2\ inches ; 

 tarsus 10 hues. 



Calliste thalassina, Strickl. 

 C. capite cyaneo, loris et oculorum ambitu nigris, mento summo 



