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Cbjcu rgopb*, genus novum, Lanioni et Trichothraupidi ({pine, sed 

 rostro tUverso. Rostrum breve, erassum, eulmine versus qpieem 

 ineurvo, gonyde viz aseendente, eommissuro modiee arcuata, 

 memdibula superiore dente mediali distincto et altera finali 

 irutrueto , vibrissis rictaUbus ii<»iiinlii.\ .• ales worfwue, caueUe 

 terticaa partem attingentes, remigibus seeunda, quarto et guinta 

 eequalibus et longissimis, prima his paulo breviore : cauda 

 ItHtyii, apice guadrata. 



( REURGOl'S VERTICALIS, J. YeiTeauX, MS. 



Supra fusceseentisehiataeea, pileo eemieristato saturate ferru- 

 gineo, hujus lateribus cumfronte nigricantibus : alis eaudague 

 fusco-nigris ; subtus ferruginescenti-ochracea .• roatro nigri- 

 cante, gonydis bast albida, pedibus fuseis. 

 Long, tota 6*2, alee 3*2, caudse 2*5, rostri a rictu Uv, tarsi 0*85. 

 This peculiar Tanagcr seems to belong to the nt-i^h hourliood of 

 Lanio, Tachyphonus and their allies, and, like the former, lias a very 

 sharply defined notch ahont two-thirds of the distance along the edge 

 of the upper mandible. But the hill is otherwise very different from 

 that ot'Lauio, being much shorter, broader, thicker, and more swollen, 

 with the culmen much arched towards the tip. The single specimen 

 contained in the collection is not in very good condition, but it ^ 

 perfect distinctness from every known species of Tanager is ohvious 

 at first sight. 



124. Pyranga rubra (L.) ?. 



125. Pyranga .estiva (L.) ¥ et £ juv. I 



126. PiAMPIIOCELUS DIMIDIATUS (Lafr.) ?. 



127- Euch.etes coccineus, J. Verreaux, MS., sp. et gen. no\ . 

 (PI. CXX'XII. fig. 1.) 



Coccineus, lorin, facie et mento cum gutture et rutin antieo, «/'.* 

 caudaque niyerrimi.s : rostro </ pedibus nigris. 



Long, tota 6*5, aire 3*5, caiuhe 21, rostri a fronte 0\').">, a rictu 

 ()/", tarsi 0-9. 



The single specimen of this bird in the present collection i> tin 

 most interesting novelty which 1 have met with since I commenced 

 studying the group to which it belongs. Its plumage i.- precisely that 

 of a Rumphocelus, hut the structure is quite different, and renders it 

 impossible to place it in that group. The form of the bill is rather 

 that of the true Tanagree, ami agrees more nearly with that <>t' '/'</- 

 nay fit oliri-cijanea anil Buthroupis eximia, but it i- shorter, t bicker, 

 anil more swollen than in the former, though mil BO much BO a- in 



the latter of these birds. The tail is comparatively much shorter 

 than in either of these forms; ami altogether it i-. 1 think, imprac- 

 ticable tn arrange it inanj other way than as a separate generic 

 division, for which the following characters maj Buffice : — 



* Kpeovpybi fcmfm, et <•»>/< faciei. 



