420 Mr. H. E. Strickland on some new 



genisque thalassino-viridibus, collo toto et gula nigris ; dorso, sca- 

 pularibus, caudaeque tectricibus supernis cyaneis, nitore thalas- 

 sino, tectricibus alarum minoribus intense cseruleis, mediis, ma- 

 joribus, remigibusque secundariis nigris, viridi-thalassino mar- 

 ginatis ; primariis, rectricibusque nigris cseruleo limbatis, pectore, 

 abdomine crissoque albis, thalassino imbutis. Rostrum nigrum, 

 pedes cinerei. 



A tyi^ical Calliste, believed to be brought from Mexico. It is 

 nearly allied to Tanagra nigroviridis, Lafr,, Mag. Zool. pi. 43, 

 but that has more of yellow and green and less of blue in its 

 plumage than the present bird. 



Head pale azm'e ; chin and cheeks vivid sea-green ; lores and 

 eyelids black; circuit of the neck black; back, scapulars and 

 upper tail-covers pale blue, with a gloss of sea-green. Lesser 

 wing-covers deep vivid blue; middle and greater covers and secon- 

 daries black, margined with sea-green ; primaries and tail black, 

 margined with blue ; lower parts white, with a delicate gloss of 

 sea-green and azure. Beak black, legs cinereous. 



Total length 4| inches ; beak to gape 6 lines, to front 5 lines ; 

 wing 2 inches 7 lines ; medial and external rectrices 2 inches ; 

 tarsus 7^ lines. 



Nemosia fulvescens, Strickl. 



N. capite toto supra aurantio, loris gulaque flavis, corpore supra 

 cinereo-olivascenti, remigibus rectricibusque obscurioribus, cor- 

 pore inferno dilute fulvescenti, abdomine albido. Rostrum cine- 

 reum, tomiis albidis ; pedes fusco-cinerei. 



Allied to, but sufficiently distinct fram, Nemosia ruficapilla, Vieill., 

 Gal. Ois.pl. 164. 

 Inhabits Brazil } 



Head orange, passing into yellow on the lores and throat; 

 upper parts grayish olive, darker on the wings and tail ; loAver 

 parts pale fulvous or cream-colom', almost white on the belly. 

 Beak cinereous, margins whitish. Legs dark cinereous. 



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

 wing 2 inches 7 lines ; medial rectrices 2 inches 7 lines, external 

 2 inches 5 lines ; tarsus 9^ lines. 



Embernagra longicauda, Strickl. 



E. linea a naribus ad oculos, horumque ambitu albis, corpore toto 

 supra, alis, caudaque cuneata viridi-olivaceis, scapis in vertice 

 nigris ; loris, genis lateribusque colli olivaceo-cinereis, pectore 

 dilute cinerascenti, gula abdomine, crissoque dilute fulvis, maxilla 

 fusca, maiadibula flavida, pedibus brunneis. 



Inhabits South America. 



Closely allied to Embernagra platensis, Gmel. (Emberiza pla- 



