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eyes brown." With the amoma, the ciris, and the cyanea, it belongs 

 to my genus Spiza, as I have lately restricted it ; that is, to my Ta- 

 nager-like Spizee. 



14. Ramphocelus nigrogularis, Spix. R. coccineus, facie, 

 dorso, ventre, alls cauddque nigris. 



Ramphocelus ignescens, Less., Cent. Zool., pi. 24. 



This synonym is interesting as settling the point of the identity 

 of the Mexican and Brazilian birds, which 1 left undecided in my 

 small monograph on this genus. Sir W. Jardine's Ramphopis 

 jiammigerus (111. of Zool., tab. 131.) is the same as my R. Passerinii. 

 M. d'Orbigny figures a fifth species of the genus, in his recent voy- 

 age, under the name of 



Ramphocelus atro-sericeus, D'Orb. Voy. Am.M. Ois. pi. 24, 

 fig. 1. R. niger capita guldque atro-coccineis. 



Ramphocelus iCTERONOTus, Nob., R. niger, dorso postico uropy- 

 gioque flavissimis. 



This description is added, from a specimen contained in the Paris 

 Museum. 



15. Tanagra cyanocephala, D'Orb., pi. 23. fig. 2. T. viridi- 

 Jkiva, pileo cerviceqiie azureis ; subtus canescens ; alarum fec- 



tricibus inferioribiis, remigibus interne, crisso femoribusqiie fla- 

 vissimis. 

 The bill is rather more compressed than in many other typical 

 species of Tanagers. This beautiful bird resembles several other blue- 

 headed species of the genus, but is most easily distinguished by our 

 diagnosis. 



16. Tanagra striata, Gm. T. nigra, capita, collo, alarumque 

 tectricibus ccerideis ; pectore uropygioqiie aurantiacis; abdomine 

 flavo : femoribus cinereis. 



This species closely resembles a Chilian bird in the British Mu- 

 seum, brought to this country by the expedition under Capt. Fitz- 

 roy ; the latter, however, may be distinguished by its longer bill, 

 by being yellow instead of orange on the breast and rump, and by 

 being brownish olive on the back. It may be distinguished as the 

 Tanagra Darwinii, Nob. T. olivacea, capite, collo, alarumque 

 tectricibus ceeruleis : subtus ex toio cum uropygio flavis : femori- 

 bus cinereis. 



17. Tanagra CELE3TIS, Spix, pi. 55, fig. 1. T. cceruleo-grisea : 

 tectricibus cdarum minoribus apiceque majorum albis. 



It is not unworthy of note, that whilst so many different species, 

 closely related to the Tanagra Episcoptis of Linnreus, should be di- 

 stinguished by the pecuhar hue of the shoulder spot, varying from 

 pink to yellow in some species, to different shades of blue in others, 

 in this it should be pure white : the tips of the greater wing-coverts, 

 being also white, give to the wing a quite peculiar appearance. 



18. Aglaia nigro-cincta. Nob. A. viridi-cyanea, dorso, pec- 

 tore remigibus cauddque nigris, abdomine albo. 



