284 TANAGEID^. 



are pale greenish blue, spotted and streaked with large spots and fine lines of dark 

 brown 1°. Mr, Wyatt also obtained the nest and eggs of this Tanager, and his 

 description of them agrees in the main with that of Salmon ". Wood, who observed it 

 at Turbo in the isthmus of Darien, says that it is abundant in April in the bushes 

 and low trees in the drier parts of the forest. He adds that it is solitary, but con- 

 stantly seen, and heard only to utter a single chirp 5. Of its habits in Central America 

 nothing has been recorded. 



4. Khamphoccelus luciani. 



Ramphocelus luciani, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 54' ; Mag. Zool. 1839,Ois.t. 2 = ; Scl. P.Z. S. 1856, 



p. 130 ' ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 831 \ 

 Ramphopis melanogaster, Sw. An. in Menag. p. 359 ' ?. 



Similis B. dimidiato sed dorso antico et teetricibus alarum minoribus multo nigricantioribus, capite quoque 



obscTniore coccineo, differt. 

 5 a femina B. dimidiati eodem modo differt loris et genis rubidioribus. (Descr. maris et feminae ex Peruvia 



orientali. Mus. nostr.) 



Eab. Panama, Lion Hill {M'Leannan 4). — Colombia ^ ; Pebu ^. 



Of this species, which seems quite distinct from E. dimidiatus, we know but little. 

 It was originally described by Lafresnaye from specimens in his collection obtained near 

 Cartagena in Colombia ^ ; and these were the only ones Mr. Sclater had seen when 

 writing his synopsis of Tanagers in 1856. 



In 1861 Mr. T^awrence described two specimens of this species sent him by M'Leannan 

 from Panama, and these Salvin had an opportunity of examining in 1874, and of 

 satisfying himself of the correctness of Mr. Lawrence's determination. 



We ourselves have never obtained Central- American examples, but in 1869 we 

 secured two from a small collection formed by Mr. Farris in Eastern Peru, and these 

 we have described above. As the type of Swainson's Bamphopis melanogaster ^ also 

 came from Peru, we think it more probably belongs to this species than to B. dimidiatus, 

 with which it has usually been placed. 



Though like B. dimidiatus in the distribution of its colours, the darker back and 

 wing-coverts as well as the darker head render B. luciani not diflBcult to distinguish. 



5. Rhamphoccelus uropygialis. (Tab. XVIII. fig. 2.) 



Ramphocelus uropygialis, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 178'; Scl. P.Z. S. 1856, p. 130'. 

 Ramphocelus affinis, Less. Rev. Zool. 1840, pp. 1 ', 133 * ? 



Velutino-niger, dorso medio coccineo tincto ; cervice et pectore antico obscure coccineis, pennis ad basin nigris ; 

 uropygio, hypochondriis et crisso vivide coccineis, ventre medio et tibiis nigerrimis ; rostro nigro, mandibulse 

 basi argentescenti-plumbea ; pedibus nigris. Long tota 6'8, alse 3"3, caudee 3-1. (Descr. exempl. typ. 

 ex Guatemala. Miis. nostr.) 



Hal. Guatemala (fide Bonaparte ^). 



It is singular that the type specimen still remains the only accessible one of this 



