VCALLISTE RUFIGULARIS. ^ 



THE RUFOUS-THROATED TANAGER. 



PLATE XIII. 



Tanagrella rufigula. . . . Bp. Compt. Rend. Ac. Sc. Par. xxxii. p. 77; Rev. 

 Zool. 1851, p. 130; Note s. 1. Tang, p, 4. 



Calliste rufigula Sclater, Cont. Orn. 1851, p.55; Tan. Cat. Sp. p. 1 1. 



Mas adultus. Supra niger, interscapulii, alarum et caudse pennis 

 anguste viridi marginatis : dorso imo pure pallide viridi : 

 subtus virescenti-albidus : pectoris et laterum pennis nigro 

 guttatis : gula cuprescenti-rufa : abdomine medio albido ; 

 crisso ochracescente : tectricibus subalaribus albis : rostro 

 nigro, basi plumbescenti-albida : pedibus nigris : long, tota 4*5, 

 alse 2*7, caudse 17 poll. Angl. 



M. Jules Bourcier of Paris, the well-known Trochilidist, on his re- 

 turn from Quito in 1850, brought with him specimens of six or seven 

 beautiful little species of Tanagers, which he had collected during 

 his excursions into the tropical valleys of the Andes near that city. 

 Several of these were new to science, and were described as such by 

 Prince Bonaparte before the Academy of Natural Sciences of Paris 

 in January 1851. The types of these species were deposited in the 

 French National Collection, but a nearly complete set of duplicates 

 passed into the hands of Mr. Edward "Wilson, and are now, along 

 with a large number of other specimens of Tanagers, the property 

 of that gentleman, in my possession, having been most liberally 

 entrusted to my care for the purpose of enabling me to work out this 

 group with greater facility. 



The Calliste rnjigularis, one of M. Bourcier' s new discoveries, but 

 placed by Prince Bonaparte in the genus Tanagrella, seems to me to 

 belong very naturally to the present section of the genus Calliste. 

 Except for its dark-coloured head and coppery-brown throat, in 

 which respect it differs from every other bird of the genus, it bears a 

 very close similarity to Calliste punctata, and is in form, to my mind, 

 quite a typical member of this group, and nowise related to the 



