ORNITHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
By PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER. 
X— ON CERTAIN SPECIES OF DACNIS. 
Plate XCIII. 
Since writing the synopsis of the genus Dacnis , pp. 105-110 of 
last year’s “ Contributions,” I have obtained specimens of M.M. 
de Lafrcsnaye and d’Orbigny’s Dacnis analis. Upon comparing 
these with Prince Maximilian of Neuwied’s description of his Syl- 
via sjpeciosa , Beitr. z. Nat. iii. 706, aud the figure giveii of the 
same bird in the Planches Colorides of Temminck, I cannot doubt 
their identity, notwithstanding the thicker and more sylvine form 
of the beak in Temminck’s figure. This species will therefore now 
stand as follows : — 
6. DACNIS SPECIOSA, Pr. Max. 
Sylvia speciosa, Pr. Max. Beitr. z. Nat. iii. 708. Dacnis analis, dc Lafr. and 
d?Orb. Mag. de Zool. 1837, p. 21. Figd. Temm. PI. Col. 293, Fig. 2. 
P. plumbeo-coBrulea ; remigibus rectricibusque nigris plumbco- 
coeruleo limbatis; subtiis plumbeo-cinerea ; ventre medio et remi- 
gum basi subtiis albis ; crisso toto rufo-cinnamomeo. 
Bong, tota, i . o ; alse, 2 . 2. 
Habitat, Cayenne; Rio de Janeiro (Pr. Max.); Chiquitos, Bo- 
livia (d’Orb.) 
I have also procured several examples of M. CabamV Dacnis 
plumbea , which will form a seventh species. 
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