312 TANAGEID^. 



T. chrysomelas, as its name implies, is brilliantly coloured golden yellow and black. 

 It is the smallest species of the genus, being of slighter build than T. luctuosus, having 

 a shorter tail, but a wing of the same length as that of that bird. The bill is unusually 

 slender, almost recalling some of the Mniotiltidse, so much so that the female might 

 easily be hurriedly passed over as belonging to a species of Geothlypis. 



B. Vertew cristatus. 

 5. Tachyphonus delattrii. 



Tachyphonus delattrii, Lafr. Eev. Zool. 1847, p. 73'; Bp. Consp. i. p. 237"; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, 

 p. 116'; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 143"; 1865, p. 171 ^ Lawr. Ann. Ljc. N. Y. vii. 

 p. 331"; ix. p. 100'; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 351"; 1879, p. 503'; Ex. Orn. p. 67, 

 t. 34"; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 140"; Ibis, 1874, p. 308". 



Chlorospingus brunneus, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 395 ". 



Fuseo-niger ; crista verfcioali Isete fulvo-aJrantia ; rostro nigro ad mandibulae basin pallido, pedibus obscure 

 fuscis. Long, tota 5'5, alae S-O, caudae 2-7, rostri a rictu 0'7, tarsi 0*7. (Descr. maris ex Santiago de 

 Veraguas, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



g brunnea ; dorso, aJis et cauda saturatioribus, subtus gutture panic dilutiore. (Descr. feminse ex Eemedios, 

 Colombia. Mus. P. L. Sclater.) 



Hah. Costa EiCA, Pacuar (Carmiol^ '^), Irazu (Zeledon ^^) ; Panama, Santa Fe, Santiago 

 de Veraguas (ArcS ^^), Lion Hill {M'Leannan^ ^), Rio Truando (Wood^). — 

 Colombia 3; Ecuadoe'? 



T. delattrii was first discovered by the French traveller Delattre at San Buenaventura, 

 on the west coast of Colombia i, in which country Salmon also found it, both at 

 Eemedios and Nechi, in the State of Antioquia ^ ; it also occurs in the trade collections 

 sent from Bogota. We have a specimen from Pasto in Northern Ecuador, which is the 

 most southeru point to which we have traced the species with certainty ; for the bird 

 obtained by Fraser at Pallatanga, and supposed to be the female of T. delattrii, and 

 figured as such 1°, may possibly belong to another species ^^. 



In the limits of our country T. delattrii has been observed at several points— at the 

 falls of the Truando \ on the line of the Panama railway ^, in the neighbourhood of 

 Santa Fe ii, and in the eastern parts of Costa Eica ^ ; but it appears to be nowhere 

 common. Mr. Wood says that he only once met with it at the falls of the Truando, 

 and then about twenty specimens, which seemed to be in company, were noticed, and 

 several obtained, though they were very shy and not easily approached. All chattered 

 together like a flock of Blackbirds (Icteridae), and appeared to be feeding on a berry 

 that was abundant K Salmon says that it feeds on fruit ^ ; but he did not obtain its 

 nest or eggs, which remain unknown. 



3. Tachyphonus nitidissimus. (Tab. XXI. figg. 2 ^ , 3 $ .) 



Tachyphonus nitidissimus, Salv. P. Z. S, 1870, p. 188'; Ibis, 1874, p. 308". 

 Chlorospingus axillaris, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 395 '. 

 Tachyphonus luctuosus, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1865; p. 171 * ? 



