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Dec. 11th, 1855. 
Dr. Gray, F.R.S., in the Chair. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. Cuaracters or Two New Specizgs or TANAGERS. 
By Puri Lutuey Scuater, M.A. 
(Aves, Pl. CX.) 
1. DuBUSIA AURICRISSA. 
Dubusia cyanocephala’? Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1855, p. 157. 
D. supra flavescenti-olivaceo-viridis: capite nuchaque ceruleis: loris 
nigris : subtus cerulescenti-cinerea: tectricibus subalaribus et 
ventre imo crissaque cum tibiis vivide aureo-flavis. 
Long. tota 65, ale 3°6, caudze 3:0. 
Hab. in Nova Grenada, Bogota. 
Obs. Species D. cyanocephale simillima, sed rostro minore, colore 
dorsi flavescentiore olivaceo, capitis ceeruleo magis extenso, ventre 
cerulescenti- neque albescenti-cinereo, et tectricibus subularibus nec- 
non ventre imo crissoque cum tibiis vivide aureoflavis. 
Since compiling the list of Bogota birds, in which I have included 
this species under the name Dubusia cyanocephala ?, I have examined 
D’Orbigny’s types of that bird in the Paris Museum, and find them 
so different from the present as to lead me to conclude that they are 
specifically distinct. 
The present bird—which must be considered as the representative 
of D. cyanocephala in the mountain ranges of New Grenada—is com- 
mon in collections from Bogota. The British Museum contains ex- 
amples of both the species. Those of D. cyanocephala were procured 
by Mr. Bridges in Bolivia. 
2. IRIDORNIS PORPHYROCEPHALA. (Pl. CX.) 
Tanagra analis, Tschudi in Mus. Berolinensi. 
I. supra purpurea, dorso imo et marginibus alarum et caude virides- 
centibus: fronte, loris, mento summo et regione auriculari nigris : 
gutture late et lete aureo-flavo: pectore summo purpurascente ; 
ventre viridescente, medialiter rufescenti-ochraceo: ano intense 
Ferruginescenti-castaneo : tectricibus alarum inferioribus virides- 
centibus : rostro superiore nigro, inferiore albo. 
Long. tota 5:6, alee 3-0, caudee 2°2. 
Hab. in Nova Grenada et rep. Equatoriana. 
Obs. Affinis Jridornithi anali, sed capite dorsoque summo purpu- 
reis, pectore purpurascente et ventre viridescente facile distinguenda. 
When at Berlin in 1854 I first noticed a specimen of this Tanager, 
which is in the Museum there under the name “ Tanagra analis, 
Tschudi.”” But having just before that had the opportunity of ex- 
amining type specimens of the latter bird in the collections of 
Bruxelles and Bremen, I saw at once that the present was to all 
