606 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON NEW AMERICAN BIRDS. [Nov. 22, 
cies collected by the late Dr. Johann Natterer during his lengthened 
sojourn in various parts of the Brazilian empire. Since my return 
to this country I have carefully compared these with the tolerably 
full series of skins of American birds in my own collection. The 
result has been that I have found amongst them several new and 
very interesting species, which I now propose to describe under the 
names attached to them (where such have been given) by the late 
Dr. Johann Natterer in his catalogue. 
In order to make my notices of these undescribed species more 
complete, Herr v. Pelzeln has kindly supplied me with extracts from 
Natterer’s MS. Journal, giving the particulars concerning each spe- 
cimen, noted at the time it was obtained, as to locality, habits, and 
the coloration of the soft parts. 
|, GRANATELLUS PELZELNI, sp. nov. (Pl. XXXVII. fig. 1.) 
* Tanagra, sp. no. 793,” Natt, MS. 
Supra plumbeus, pileo et capitis lateribus nigris: vitta post- 
oculari utringue lata et corpore subtus albis: pectore toto, 
ventre medio et crisso rosaceo-rubris: alis et cauda nigricanti- 
JSuscis, immaculatis: rostro plumbeo, tomiis pallescentibus: pe- 
dibus corylinis. 
Long. tota 4°5 poll., alee 2°0, caude 2:0. 
Hab. in ripis fl. Madeira in imp. Brasil. 
Mus. Vindob. et P.L.S. 
This pretty little bird makes a third species of the genus Grana- 
tellus (Bp. Consp. p. 312), which thus has its area extended into 
South America—the only two previously known species being from 
Mexico. It has the same general coloration as the two older species, 
but may easily be distinguished from G. venustus (which it most 
nearly resembles) by the want of the narrow black breast-band and 
the outer rectrices not being tipped with white, and from G. sallei 
by its white throat. 
Examples of this Granatellus were obtained by the late Johann 
Natterer at Destaramento do Ribeirao, on the river Madeira, in Sept. 
1829. 
The following extracts are from Natterer’s notes on this bird, 
which bears the no. 793 in his Catalogue. 
** Destaramento do Ribeirdo, am Flusse Madeira, 17 Sept. 1829, 
im Walde ; Einzeln: Iris dunkelbraun, Riicken und Spitze des Ober- 
schnabels schwarz, der tibrige Theil und der Unterschnabel so wie 
die Fiisse schon blaugrau, Zehen dunkelgrau. Die Nasenlécher sind 
frei, unbedeckt und rund.”’ 
“‘ Destaramento do Ribeirao, 19 Sept. 1829, aus dem nahen Wald, 
auf niederen Baumen; es war ein Paar. Weibchen in der Mause. 
Tris dunkelbraun, Schnabel und Fiisse wie am Mannchen.” 
As Natterer has left this species unnamed, I propose to call it 
after my friend Herr August von Pelzeln, Assistant in the Imperial 
Zoological Collection of Vienna, who has done so much towards un- 
veiling to naturalists the long-hidden treasures of that remarkable 
collection. 
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