254 TANAGEIDiE. 



in the Gineta Mountains, in the State of Chiapas, Sumichrast again found it in 



January 1869 i^. 



In Guatemala ChloropTionia occipitalis is a very local bird, as we never met with it 

 except in the neighbourhood of Coban in Vera Paz, and in the mountains to the north- 

 ward of that town. Coban lies at an elevation of about 4300 feet above the sea ; and 

 in the hills, on which a small patch of virgin forest may still be seen, this bird is 

 met with in some numbers, not a few being caught and sold as cage-birds all over the 

 republic of Guatemala. It is a bird easily tamed, and eats fruit, especially plaintains, 



ravenously. 



It was at one time supposed that the Guatemalan bird might be different from the 

 Mexican, and be the lost Chlorophonia cyanodorsalis of Dubois ; but this point was 

 settled by the late Sir "W. Jardine 2. After comparing skins from the two countries, we 

 are satisfied that all belong to C. occipitalis. 



As already stated, the female of C. occipitalis was figured by DuBus ^. A portrait of 

 the male is to be found in Cassin's account of the birds obtained during Gilliss's 

 Astronomical Expedition 4. Both sexes were again figured by Sclater and Salvin in 

 ' Exotic Ornithology ' i^. 



2. Chlorophonia callophrys. 



Triglyphidia callophrys, Cab. J. f. Orn, 1860^ p. 331 \ 



Acrocompsa callophrys, Cab. J. f . Orn. 1861, p. 88 ^. 



Chlorophonia callophrys, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 9S^ ; Scl. & Salv. Ex. Orn. p. 135, t. 68*; 



V. Prantzius, J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 297 ' ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 185 " ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, 



p. 547. 



cJ . C. oceipitali similis sed fronte cum superciliis elongatis aureo-flavis, et macula occipital! caerulea majore 



et lilacino certa luce tincta distinguendus. 

 $ quoque colore maculae occipitalis differt. (Descr. maris et feminse ex Irazu, Costa fiica. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Costa 'Riga [Hoffmann^), Eancho Eedondo (Carmiol^), San Jose (v. Frantzius^), 

 Birris (Zeledon^), Cervantes and Candelaria (v. Frantzius^), Irazu {Sogers), 

 Navarro (Boucard ^) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui ^, Chitra, Cordillera del Chucu «, 

 Calovevora ^, Calobre (ArcS). 



The collection made in Costa Eica by Dr. Hoffmann, and sent to the Berlin Museum, 

 contained the first specimen of this bird. This wa^ described by Dr. Cabanis in his 

 well-known paper published in 1860 i- In the followipg year he described a young 

 bird of the same species sent by Dr. von Frantzius 2, and then took the opportunity of 

 separating generically the three large Central- American species of Chlorophonia under 

 the title of Acrocompsa. Since then specimens have reached most of our Museums 

 from Costa Eica. About the year 1868 our collector, Enrique Arce, discovered the 

 bird at Calovevora, in the State of Panama ; and in several subsequent collections 

 forwarded by him to us we found a good series of specimens, all obtained between 



