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example at Eemedios, at an altitude of 2360 feet above the sea. This village is on the 

 upper waters of the Eio Ite, an affluent of the Eio Magdalena. It is probable therefore 

 that this species is found in suitable places over the lower valleys of the Cauca and 

 Atrato ; but it has not yet come within the reach of the bird-hunters of Bogota. 



4. Dacnis viguieri, Oustalet, (Tab. XV. a. fig. 3.) 



"Dacnis viridi-cyanescens, loris, dorso caudaque nigris ; remigibus primariis nigris, pogonio interno albis ; secun- 

 darioniin primis nigrescentibus, margine externo viridi, ultimis leete flavo-viridibus, intus nigreseen- 

 tibus ; rostro pedibusque nigris. Long, tota 0'120 met., alse 0'060, caudse 0'050, tarsi 0"015, rostri (a 

 fronte) 0-010. 



"Tete, gorge, poitrine, ventre, sous-caudales et sus-caudales d'un vert brillant fortement 

 glace de bleu, et correspondant a la couleur appelee en France cendre-vert ; lores, dos 

 et queue d'un noir profond ; remiges noires, avec le bord des barbes internes blanc ; 

 premieres pennes secondaires noiratres, liserees de vert clair en dehors ; dernieres secon- 

 daires en majeure partie vertes avec le bord interne noiratre ; couvertures les unes d'un 

 vert glace de jaune, ou dorees, les autres d'un vert brillant glace de bleu, avec du noir 

 dans la partie recouverte ; bee et pattes d'un noir. uniforme. Iris jaune d'or (d'apres 

 M. Viguier). 



" Cette espece a ete rapportee au Musee en 1877 par M. le Dr. Viguier, qui I'avait 

 obtenue dans I'isthme de Panama, sur les bords du golfe de Darien avec beaucoup 

 d'autres oiseaux [Syrnium virgatum, Rarpagus fasciatus, Centurus pucherani, Trogon 

 massena, Bendroeca blackhurnioe, Procnias ocddentalis. Sec). Soumise a I'examen de 

 MM. Sclater et Salvin et M. le Cte. de Berlepsch, elle leur a paru differer de toutes les 

 especes de Dacnis actuellement connues." 



Dr. Oustalet has kindly sent us the above description of this pretty Dacnis, of which 

 there is a single specimen in the Paris Museum. Some time ago Mr. Keulemans 

 made us a sketch of the bird, and this we now reproduce on the accompanying Plate. 

 It will at once be evident that the bird is a very distinct one, and has no near allies in 

 the genus. 



CHLOEOPHANES. 



Chlorophanes, Reichenbach, Handb. Sp. Orn. Scansorise, p. 233 (1853). 



CMorophanes may be distinguished from Dacnis by its more elongated curved bill, 

 the cutting-edge of the maxilla is more rounded, and there is a notch near the end 

 hardly, if at all, visible in Dacnis. The plumage of the male has a more silky gloss. 



Two species of this genus were recognized in the ' Nomenclator,' one being the 

 widely ranging C. spiza, the distribution and variations of which are given below. The 

 second species was described as G. purpurascens from a skin from Venezuela. This 

 last bird is an exaggerated form of the darker race found in the Upper Amazons, from 

 Colombia to Bolivia. 



