OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 313 



3^; tail, beyond, li; ditto, from the base 3 ; tarsus-^; mid- 

 dle toe and claw fg ; hind ditto %. Frontal feathers rather 

 stiff' or setaceous. Ears and sides of the neck black : the band 

 or spot of white upon the wing covers is very large and con- 

 spicuous, but does not extend quite across ; and that upon the 

 outer base of the primary quills is confined to the fourth, 

 fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth. The upper tail covers, and 

 the tail, are black ; but the shaft of the outermost feather, and 

 also its internal tip, are white. In some specimens the rufous 

 on the throat is much paler than in others, so as to become of 

 a buff' orange. 



98. Tanagrella multicolor. 

 Bill slender, lengthened. hi 



Plumage, above, black ; be- 

 neath, varied : ears, chin, side 

 of the head, and lesser wing 

 covers, shining blue green : 

 rump and frontal spot golden : 

 belly and vent rufous : breast and flanks cinereous 

 white : throat with a black collar : upper tail covers 

 blue green. Motacilla velia ? Gmelin. (^fig. 6l.) 



Inhabits, in abundance, the forests of Urupe, near 

 Bahia, Brazil : rare in other parts. 



Total length 5^ inches ; bill, from the gape ^ ; ditto, 

 front ^ ; wings 2/^ ; tail, beyond, 1 ; ditto, base 2\ ; tarsus ^^. 

 The| mixture of rich colours in this beautiful bird renders its 

 accurate description very difficult; some of the feathers which 

 form the black collar are tipt with cinereous, while the lower 

 part of the back seems as if it was gilded. 



QQ. Tanagra serioptera. 



Light cinereous green : back and scapulars darker : 

 quills and tail blue green : shoulder and lesser wing 

 covers silky white, tinged with violet. 



Inhabits gardens and cultivated tracts in Demerara. 



Total length 6i inches ; bill, gape -^ ; wings 3i ; tail, be- 

 yond, 1^ ; base 2^^ ; tarsus ^^. This is one of the small group 

 composing the bishop tanagers : it is immediately distin- 

 guished from episcopus, inornata, ceelestes, and ornata, and 

 one or two more of the same section, by the very peculiar co- 

 lour of the lesser wing covers, which are violet white, delicately 

 tinged round their edges with violet blue. Both sexes, sent by 

 Mr. Schomburgh, are coloured alike. 



