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Of its habits little has been recorded. Salmon says its food is fruit i"; Fraser says 

 "vegetable matter" and "fruit with small seeds:" he adds that "the irides are hazel, 

 the bill black, and the legs and feet bluish " 5. 



5. Calliste lavmige. 



Calliste lavinim, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1858, p. 178 '; 1860, p. 142, t. 1. f. 1^; Salv. Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 315 ' ; Scl. Ibis, 1876, p. 409*. 



Lsete viridis, capite toto saturate eastaneo, cervice postioa et dorso antico aureo nitentibua ; alis fusco-nigris, 

 remigibus extus in medio rufo limbatis, tectricibus quoque minoribus rufescentibus, subtus abdomine medio 

 cseruleo, tibiis rufescentibus ; rostro et pedibus corylinis, illius mandibula albicante. Long, tota 5-0, al* 

 2-7, caudse 1-8.5, rostri a riotu 0-6, tarsi 0-65. pescr. exempl. ex Chontales, Nicaragua. Mus. nostr.) 

 $ an avis hornot. fere omnino viridis, capite eastaneo inornato et abdomine vix cseruleo et alis vix eastaneo 

 ornatis. (Descr. exempl. ex Veraguas, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. NicAEAGUA, Chontales {Belt^\ Janson^) ; Costa ^ick {van Patten'^); Panama, 

 Veraguas (Arce^), Rio Truando (Wood'^^). 



For many years the only specimens of this species known were those described by 

 Cassin. They were obtained during Lieut. Michler's expedition to the isthmus of 

 Darien at Camp Toucey, in the mountauis on the Eio Truando, where they were found 

 by Mr. Wood, in March 1858, in the high trees, and were very active and lively, and 

 not easily obtained. 



A specimen was then found in a collection brought by Van Patten from Costa Eica ; 

 and soon afterwards we obtained a fair series of skins from Belt, who met with them in 

 the gold-mining region of Chontales in Nicaragua. It has since occurred in collections 

 sent by Arce from the State of Panama. 



These specimens all exhibit the characters given of the species by Cassin, and which 

 are fairly shown in the figure accompanying his paper on Lieut. Michler's collections ^- 



The species is a very distinct one, and may at once be recognized by the rufous 

 edgings to the primaries and the rufous wing-coverts : otherwise it resembles C. gyrola 

 of Guiana rather than C. gyroloides. 



In our series we have specimens which are almost entirely green, and show but faint 

 traces of the characters of the adult. These we take to be females or young birds ; but, 

 judging from analogy of what we find in the allied species, most probably the latter. 



6. Calliste cabanisi. 



Calliste {Callispiza) sclateri, Cab. J. f. Oru. 1866, p. 163' (nee Lafresnaye) . 



Calliste cabanisi, Scl. Ibis, 1868, p. 71, t. 3 ^ 



" Supra viridescenti-CEerulea, alis caudaque nigris caeruleo marginatis, tectricibus alarum minoribus extus 

 omnino CEeruleis, interscapulio toto viridi, pUei plumis nigris cssruleo marginatis ; subtus pallide viridescenti- 

 CESrulea, ventre medio albesoente ; pectore nigro squamulato ; rostro et pedibus nigris, mandibula ad basin 

 plumbescenti. Long, tota 5-7, alse 3-4, caudse 2-3." {Selater, ut supra.) 



Hal. Guatemala, Costa Cuca ^ {Bernoulli^). 



The single specimen in the Berlin Museum which formed the type of Dr. Cabanis's 



