60 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Tanagra palmarum (not of Maximilian) Sclatee, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1855, 

 177 (Bogota, Colombia) ; 1856, 234, part (Bolivia); Synop. Av. Tanagr., 1856, 

 60, part (do.) ; Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 76, part (do.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xi, 1886, 159, part— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1861, 297 (Lion Hill, 

 Panama E. E.). — Sclatek and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1873, 185 

 ' (a. Peru), 262 (upper and lower Ucayali, etc., e. Peru; habits); 1879, 500 

 (Antioquia, Colombia), 600 (Bolivia). — Boucaed, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1878, 55 (Naranjo and San Jos6, Costa Eica). — Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 

 1880, 120 (Santa Marta, Colombia) ; Biol. Centr.-Am., Avea, i, 1883, 279, part 

 (mostly). — Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, 13 (n. e. Peru). — 

 EiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, 1884, 173 (Trinidad). — Zeledon, Anal. 

 Mus. Nac. Costa Eica, i, 1887, 109 (Naranjo de Cartago). — Eichmond, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 488 (Greytown, Nicaragua). 



[Tanagra] palmarum Scl,4.tee and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 21, part. 



Thraupis palmarum Ym&ctL, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 580 (Trinidad). 



Tanagra melanoptera Sclatee, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 235 (e. Peru; Bogota, 

 Colombia; ex Hartlaub, manuscript); 1858, 74 (Eio Napo, e. Ecuador); 

 453 (Ecuador); 1860, 292 (Ecuador); Synop. Av. Tanagr., 1856, 61; Oat. 

 Am. Birds, 1862, 76 (Bogota, Colombia; Esmeraldas and Eio Napo, Ecuador; 

 Trinidad). — Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 82 (Trinidad). — Sclatee and Salvin, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 350 (Lion Hill, Panama E. E.) ; 1866, 180 (tJcayali, 

 e. Peru); 1867, 749 (Huallaga, e. Peru); 1868, 627 (Venezuela).— Cassin, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 171.— Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., '1867, 

 138 (Santiago, Veragua). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 99 (Santa 

 Rosa, Angostura, and Turrialba, Costa Eica). — Frantzius, Joum. fiirOrn., 

 1869, 298 (Santa Eosa, Angostura, Turrialba, and Tucarrique, Costa Eica). — 

 Pelzeln, Orn. Bras., 1871, 209 (Forte de Eio Branco; Forte de Eio Negro; 

 Eio Murio) . — Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, 326 (Bucaramanga, Aguaehica, and Ocana, 

 Colombia). — Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1874, 513 (centr. Peru). 



Tanagra palmarum melanoptera Beelepsch, Joum. fiir Orn., 1884, 291 (Bucara- 

 manga, Colombia). — Taczanowski, Orn. du P^rou, ii, 1885, 486. — Chapman, 

 Auk, vii, 1890, 267 (Santarem, lower Amazon; crit); Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 

 vi, 1894, 30 (Trinidad; habits). ^Eichmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 

 1896, 677 (Margarita I., Venezuela).— Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, 

 1898, 141 (Santa Marta, Colombia); Proc. New Engl. Zool. CI., ii, 1900, 30 

 (Loma del Leon, Panama E. E.). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xiii, 1900, 

 169 (Bonda, etc., prov. Santa Marta, Colombia). 



{Tanagra palmarum} b. subsp. melanoptera Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 

 1886, 160, in list of specimens (Tucurriqui, Costa Eica; Santiago, Veragua; 

 Paraiso Station and Panama, Panama E. E. ; Minca, Santa Marta, Eemedios, 

 and Bogota, Colombia; Eio Napo, Sarayacu, and Esmeraldas, Ecuador; 

 Yquitos and Sarayacu, e. Peru; Cangalli, Bolivia). 



(?) Tanagra palmarum violUavata Beelepsch and Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1883, 546 (Chimbo, w. Ecuador). 



TANAGRA ABBAS Lichtenstein. 

 ABBOT TANAOER. 



Adult male. — Head and neck dull purplish (campanula) blue, becom- 

 ing much paler and duller (more grayish) blue on throat; lores black; 

 back olive (with a bluish gloss in certain lights), the feathers dusky 

 centrally, producing a spotted appearance; scapulars, rump, and upper 



