FRINGILLIDiE. 3 



Sp. 1. Eu. violacea. Desm. Hist. Nat. Tan. S^c. pi. 21, 22, 23. 



— Tanagra violacea. Steph. v. x.p. 466. — South America. 

 Sp. 2. Eu. musica. Desm. Hist. Nat. Tan. S^c. pi. \d, 20. — 



Pipra musica. Steph. v. x. p. 32. — St. Domingo. 

 Sp. 3. Eu. Cayennensis, Desm. Hist. Nat. Tan. Sfc. pi. 26. — 



Tanagra Cayanensis. Steph. v. x. p. 477. — South America. 

 Sp. 4. Eu. chlorotica. Desm. Hist. Nat. Tan. &;c. pi. 24, 25. 

 Eu, capite, dorso guldque nigra violaceis nitidissimis ; fronte, 



pectore et ventre Jlavo-aurantiis (mas.); aut olivacea nigro- 



intermixta,Jrontepectore guldque aurantiis (mas. junior). 

 Euphonia with the head, back, and throat of a splendid glossy 



violet-black ; the forehead, breast, and belly orange-yellow ; 



male : or, olive varied with black, with the forehead, breast, 



and throat orange ; young male. 



Inhabits Cayenne, Brasil, &c. The hind part of 

 the head, the upper and lower part of the neck, as 

 far as the breast, the back, the lesser wing-coverts, 

 and the tail, are very brilliant black violet : the fore- 

 head, the breast, the belly, the sides of the body 

 and the lower tail-coverts are bright yellow orange : 

 the greater wing-feathers are deep dull black, with a 

 large white spot on their inner webs : the tail-fea- 

 thers are also dull black, and the two outer on each 

 side are spotted with white within : the beak and legs 

 are black. The young male has the back varied with 

 olive and deep black : its forehead, breast, and belly 

 are the same as in the adult: the greater wing-fea- 

 thers and the tail are brown, edged with yellow-olive : 

 the feathers on the under part of the neck are of a 

 deep violet, with the tip of the webs yellow. 



Sp. 5. Eu. olivacea, Desm. Hist. Nat. Tan. Sj-c.pl. 27. 

 Eu. supra olivacea, suhtics Jlavescens ; ventre suhgriseo. 

 Euphonia above olive, beneath yellowish ; with the belly greyish. 



