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believe that this collection of birds, of which we were then unac- 

 quainted with the exact histoiy, was formed by Don Villavicencio, a 

 physician and naturalist, for some time resident at Porto del Napo, 

 where the navigation of the Napo commences, of whom honour- 

 able mention is made in Osculati's " Esplorazione delle regione 

 Equatoriali." 



Examples of this Tanager are amongst the birds in the Leipsic 

 Museum obtained by Poppig in the province of Maynas in Peru ; 

 and Tschudi's Peruvian collection at Neufchatel also contains a single 

 specimen, which, however, he does not appear to have distinguished 

 from ' Calliste schranki.'' 



