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Veragua to central Colombia (Bogota; Remedios; Nichi; Bucara- 

 manga, etc.). 



Calliste inomata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 185.5, 158 (Bogota, Colombia; 

 coll. J. Gould). — ScLATER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 258 (monogr.); 

 Synop. Av. Tanagr., 1856, 84; Monogr. Calliste, 1857, 103, pi. 45; Cat. Am. 

 Birds, 1862, 359 (Panama); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 121 (Veragua; 

 Panama, Lion Hill, and Paraiso Station, Panama R. E. ; Bogota, Remedios, 

 Nichi, and Antioquia, Colombia). — Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, 

 142 (Turbo, n. Colombia). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1861, 298 (Lion 

 Hill, Panama K. R.). — Sclatbr and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 

 350 (Lion Hill) ; 1879, 499 (Antioquia).— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, i, 1883, 273. — Berlepsch,^ Joum. fiir Orn., 1884, 291 (Bucara- 

 manga, Colombia). 



[Calliste] -inornata Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 19. 



Calliste omata [lapsu] Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vi, 1861, 332 (Panama R. R.; 

 crit. ) . 



Calospiza inornata Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, ii, Sept. 20, 1900, 30 

 (Loma del Leon, Panama R. R.). 



CALOSPIZA CUCULLATA (Swainson). 

 HOODED TANAGER. 



Adult male. — Pileum uniform very dark chestnut or rich seal brown; 

 loral, suborbital, and auricular regions dusky, the feathers sometimes 

 indistinctly tipped with dull grayish blue; hindneck, sides of neck, back, 

 scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts plain buffy, with golden gloss, 

 or grayish green, according to position with reference to the light; 

 wing- coverts grayish green (nearly french green), the lesser coverts 

 somewhat more bluish (terre-verte green); remiges and rectrices black 

 edged with green (broadly on secondaries and rectrices, the outer webs 

 of tertials almost wholly green) ; chin and upper throat light greenish 

 buffy, the bases of feathers dusky; lower throat and chest grayish 

 blue changing to silvery buff, the color becoming gradually more cin- 

 namomeous posteriorly, the under tail-coverts being wholly light 

 cinnamon; maxilla blackish, mandible horn brownish (in dried skins) 

 with blackish tips; legs and feet- dusky horn color (in dried skins); 

 length (skins), 128.3-141 (134.6); wing, 73.2-73.9 (73.4); taU, 52.6- 

 52.8; exposed culmen, 11.7-12.2 (11.9); depth of bill at base, 6.9-7.4 

 (7.1); tarsus, 19.6-20.6 (20.1); middle toe, 13.2.^ 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, but pileum lighter, inclin- 

 ing more to chestnut (sometimes bright chestnut) ; back, scapulars, 

 etc., much greener (bright grayish green, lighter and sometimes 

 slightly more buffy on lower rump; under parts dull greenish, with 

 little if any of the blue and violet sheen of the adult male; length 

 (skins), 123.2-143.5 (137.2); wing, 70.6-75.2 (73.2); tail, 51.8-52.8 

 (52.6); exposed culmen, 11.7-11.9 (11.9); depth of bill at base, 6.6-7.1 



(6.9); tarsus, ,18. 8-20.1 (19.6); middle toe, 12.2-13.5 (13)." 

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' Two specimens, both from island of Grenada. 



^ Six specimens, all from the island of Grenada. 



