V CALLISTE PUNCTATA. 



THE SPOTTED TANAGER. 

 PLATE IX. 



Tangara viridis indica punctata, Briss. Orn. iii. 19. 

 Tang, verd tacliete des Indes, Bvff. PI. Enl. 133. fig. 1. 



Le Syacou Buff. H. N. iv. p. 288. 



Tanagra punctata ... Linn. S. N. i. 316. 



Gm. S. N. i. 897. " 



Lath. Ind. Om, i. 425. 



Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 779. 



Calliste punctata Gray, Gen. p. 366. sp. 12. 



' Bp. Consp. p. 234. sp. 8. 



Sclater, Cont. Orn. 1851, p. 55 j Tan. Cat. Sp. 

 p. 11. sp. 14. 



Callispiza punctata. . . . Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 26, 



Ixothraupis punctata . . Bp. R. Z. 1851, p. 143j Note s. 1. Tang. p. 18. 



Spotted Green Titmouse, Edwards, Glean, vi. pi. 262. 



-Tangara syacou Desm. Tan. pi. 8 et 9. 



Mas adultus. Supra Isete viridis : capitis et dorsi superioris pennis 

 medialiter nigris viridi marginatis : alis caudaque nigris viridi 

 limbatis: loris nigris : fronte angusta et ciliis oculorum al- 

 bescentibus : subtus albus, viridi tinctus et nigro guttatus, 

 lateraliter paulum flavescens : ventre medio albo : hypochou- 

 driis viridibus : crisso flavicante : rostro et pedibus nigris : 

 long, tota 4-6, alse 2*5, caudse 1*6 poll. Angl. 



Foemina. Minor et obscurior: guttis corporis inferi psene obsoletis. 



All the examples of this Tanager that have come under my notice 

 have been Cayenne skins, which are always easily recognizable among 

 other South American bird-skins by the peculiarity of their pre- 

 paration. 



This is, in fact, one of the many species of birds described and 

 figured nearly a century ago by Brisson and BufPon as inhabitants of 

 that country, regarding which we have obtained very little additional 

 knowledge up to the present day. 



Buffon gives us no information concerning this Tanager except 



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