324 Compendiiim der neu beschriebenen Gattungen und Arten. 



Tanagra Sclateri. 



H. von Berlepsch, Ibis, IV. Series, Vol. IV, No. 13, 

 Jcanuar 1880, p. 112. 



Tliis bird is somewhat intermediate between T. cana and 

 T. episcoims, having neither the piain blue Shoulders of the 

 former nor the whitish ones of the latter. The Shoulders art" 

 of a beautiful whitish red or violet blue, the outer webs of the 

 wing-feathers of a more intense blue. The uropygium is likc- 

 wisc tinged with violet-blue. 



Hab.: Orinoco district or Trinidad. 

 SYLVIÄDAE. 



Meqahir'us intersrapidaris. 



P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1880. Pt. I, 1. June, p. 65, pl. VI. 



Supra terreno-brunneus, pileo antico rufescente ; interscapulio 

 nigro flammulato; alis intus nigricantibus, remigum marginibus 

 externis pallide rufescentibus et fusco obsolete transfasciolatis; 

 subtus albus, lateribus et crisso in fuscum transeuntibus; cauda 

 pallide fusca e rectricibus rigidis et valde graduatis composita, 

 harum scapis nigricantibus; rostro corneo, ad basin albicante; 

 pedibus corylinis. Lg. 8, al. 2,80, caud. rectr. ext. 1,9, med. 4,3, 

 tars. 1. 



Hab.: Ins. Nova Britannia. 



BHACNEMIDIDAE. 

 -j Margarops sanctae-Luciae. 



P. L. Sclater, Ibis, IV. Series, Vol. IV, No. 13, Januar 

 1880, p. 73. 



Supra cineraceo-brunneus unicolor; capiti.; et cervicis lateri- 

 bus dorso concoloribus; gutture pallide fulvo, brunneo striato; 

 pectore et ventris lateribus brunneo squamatis,- plumis medialiter 

 albis, inde brunneo submarginatis; ventre rne'lio et crisso pure 

 albis; axillaribus et subalaribus albis brunneo striatis; remigum 

 et rectricum pagina inferiore cineracea; rostro et pedibus flavis; 

 long. tot. 10, al. 5,5, caud. 4, tars. 1,7. 



Hab.: Ins. Sanctae Luciae Antillarum. 



Obs. Diversa a M. herminieri colore dorsi dilutiore, maculis 

 nigris pectoris nullis, necnon alis et cauda longioribus. 



Myiophoneus castaneus. 



Wardlaw -Ramsay, Proc. Z. Soc. 1880. P. I, 1. June, 

 p. 16, pl. 1. 



Bright chestnut brown, except on the head, face, throat and 

 breast, which are duU purplish blue, and the forehead and lesser 

 wing-coverts bright cobalt. Wing 5,75, tail 3,8, tars. 1,7. 



Hab.: Mount Sago, Padang, Sumatra. (Fortsetzung folgt.) 



