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Xanthura luxuosa (Lesson) . Rio Grande Jay, 

 Common on the Lower Rio Grande during the winter, but 



not found on the Upper Rio Grande or in Texas, excepting as 



a straggler from Mexico. 



[To be continued.] 



XXXVIII. — Description of a new Species of Tanager of the genus 

 Iridornis, By P. L. Sclater, M.A., F.R.S., &c. 



{Plate XI.) 



Professor J. T. Reinhardt, of Copenhagen, has kindly placed 

 in my hands for description a specimen of a very new and beau- 

 tiful species of Tanager of the genus Iridornis. The example 

 in question was presented to Professor Reinhardt in 1845, when 

 at Lima, during his voyage round the world in the ' Galathea,* 

 by Don Mariano Rivero of that city, and is now in the Zoolo- 

 gical Museum of the University of Copenhagen. It was obtained 

 along with some other skins on the eastern slope of the Peruvian 

 Cordilleras. I propose to call this bird after my friend Professor 

 Reinhardt, who has rendered such eminent services to zoo- 

 logy :— 



Iridornis reinhardti, sp. nov. {PI. XI.) 



Pileo, capitis lateribus et gutture toto cum dorso summo niger- 

 rimis : fascia lata cervicis postiese, utrinque expansa, aureo- 

 flava : dorso medio, alarum tectricibus et pectore sumrao 

 cseruleis, dorso postico in viridem transeunte : alis et cauda 

 nigris, viridescenti-cseruleo extus limbatis : venti'e toto cvim 

 crisso fuscescenti-nigro, viridescente-Cceruleo perfuso : rostro 

 nigro, mandibula inferiore partim albicante: pedibus obscure 

 corylinis. Long, tota 6-3, alee 3"2, caudse 2"6, rostri a rictu 

 0"55, tarsi 0'9, poll. Angl. et dec. 



Hab. Peruviee reg. orientalis. 



Mus. Univ. Hafniensis. 



Sp. affinis /. duhusia et omnino ejusdem formse, sed pileo nigro 

 torque nuchali lato aui'eo facile distinguenda ! 



^- This new Tanager is of exactly the same form as T. dubusia, 

 and therefore a typical member of the genus. The two remain- 

 ing species, T. analis and its ally T. poiphyrocephala, are, as I 



2 m3 



