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skin of this bird is worn as an ornament In the natives, suspended 

 from the neck. Stomachs contain small seed's and vegetable matter." 



19. Calliste BCHRANKi (Spix) ; Mon. Calliste, pi. 8. p. 17. 

 Gualaquiza and Zamora, Jan. L858. Mai. -s with testes developed. 



" Irides dark hazel; bill black, legs and feet bluish ; food vegetable 

 matter. Found in the tall trees. Also used by the Xivaros as an 



ornament." 



20. Calliste yeni (Lafr. et D'Orb.) ; Mon. Calliste, pL 2. p. 5. 

 Gualaquiza. 



21. Calliste gyroloides (Lafr.) ; Mon. Calliste, pi. _'(>. p. 5/, 

 2 juv. Zamora. In the stomach, vegetable matter. 



L'2. Tanagra ccelestis, Spix. 



Gualaquiza, Dec. d with testes enlarged ; irides dark hazel. In 

 the stomach, insects, seeds, and vegetable matter. 



23. Tanagra darwim, Bp. 



Tanagra darwini, Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 121. 



Tanagra Jrvgilegus, Tsch. Av. Consp. in Wiegm. Archiv. 1844, 

 p. 286; Faun.Per.pl. 17. f. 1. p. 204 ; Haiti. Rev. Zool. 18-1!), 

 p. 286. 



Calliste frugilegus, Bp. Consp. p. 236. 



Chrysothranpis frugilegns, Bp. R. Z. 1851, p. 143; Note s. I. 

 Tang. p. 22. 



Aglaia striata, Darwin, Zool. Beagle, p. 97 (partim). 



Tanagra striata, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1856, p. 236 (partim). 



Cuenca, many specimens J et 9 . Indian name " Ckuci-ckugo." 

 Tongue fleshy, round, and pointed ; irides hazel. Feeds on the 

 'cajjuli' or wild Indian cherry. 



Mr. Fraser has transmitted some examples of this Tanager in 

 spirits, which have served to clear up the mysteries of its relation- 

 ship to Tanagra striata. In my Synopsis of this group I have fol- 

 lowed Mr. G. R. Gray in considering the present blue-backed bird 

 as the female of the latter. But an anatomical examination shows 

 that this is an error, and that the Tanagra darwini, as described bj 

 Bonaparte, is in fully adult male plumage. It appears, tfc ivl'ore, 

 that this is a western species, and Tanagra .striata its eastern repre- 

 sentative. Tschudi found this bird in the fruit -gai dens of Lima, 

 and Sir William Jardine has specimens sent by Professor .lameson 

 from the Table-land of Quito. 



24. Tanagra melanoi'tera, Hartl. 



Gualaquiza. Solitary: high up in large trees: in stomach, seeds 



and vegetable matter. 



25. HvMi'tioci i.i - DNH hi. OR, Sclater. P. /.. B. 1856, p. 128. 



Gualaquiza and Zamors (Dec. 57, Jan. ."' s >. Verj active, always 



