^/ CALLISTE AURULENTA. 



, THE GOLDEN TANAGER. 



PLATE XIV. Fig. 1. 



T. (Aglaia) aumlenta . . Lafr. R. Z. 1843, p. 290, et 1854, p. 207. 



Calliste aurulenta .... Gray, Gen. App. p. 17. 

 Bp. Consp. p. 235. 



Sclater, Cont. Orn. 1851, p. 62 (partim) ; Tan. 

 Cat. Sp. p. 1 1 . sp. 8 ; P. Z. S. 1855, p. 157 ; List 

 of Bog. B. p. 29. 



Chrysothraupis aurulenta, Bp. R. Z. 1851, p. 142; Note s. 1. Tang. p. 16. 



Mas ef/oemina. Aureus, pileo aurantio tincto : interscapulio nigro 

 variegate : loris et regione auriculari nigerrimis : alis cauda- 

 que nigris : alarum tectricibus omnibus et secundariis virides- 

 cente aureo limbatis ; rectricum marginibus externis eodem 

 colore vix tinctis : subtiis aureo-flavus : rostro et pedibus 

 nigris : long, tota 5*0, alee 2*8, caudse 1*9 poll. Angl, 



This beautiful golden-yellow Tanager was one of the many new 

 species of Bogota birds described by Baron de Lafresnaye in the 

 " Revue Zoologique," soon after the transmission of the first collec- 

 tions from the interior of New Grenada to Europe. Judging from 

 the considerable number of examples which I have observed of it in 

 such collections, the bird would seem not to be rare in that country ; 

 but, as is unfortunately the case with nearly all the animals which are 

 found there, we have no information concerning its habits, nor do we 

 even know the exact spot where it is found. 



The only other locality from which I have seen this bird is the 

 vicinity of Quito, whence Professor Jameson has transmitted some 

 examples, which are in Sir William Jardine's collection. I should 

 mention, that I have never made an accurate comparison between 

 these and the New Grenadian bird ; but they appeared to me to be 

 the same, except that the Quito specimens seemed rather inferior 

 in size. 



In my Synopsis of this genus contained in Sir William Jardine's 



