ORNITHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
which in the New Granadian specimens has a slightly brighter tinge 
than in those from Cayenne. 
4, DACNIS ATRICAPILLA (Vier11.) 
?? Certhia spiza, Linn, Syst. Nat. i. p, 186. —Certhia spiza var. 8, Gm, Syst. Nat. 
i. 476 (4) —Certhia spiza var. 6 Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 476 (9) —Cwreba atrica- 
pilla, Vieill. N. D. @H. N, xiv. p. 50. Nectarinia mitrata, Licht. Verz. 4. 
Doubl. p. 15. ——Czreba melanocephala, Vieild, Max. Beit. z. Nat. p. 771.— 
Cewreba spiza, Maw. Beit. z. Nat. p. 771.— Daenis spiza, Tsch. Fauna Per. p. 37. 
Dacnis atricapilla, Gray's Gen. 

$ D. splendidé viridis; ventre in cerulescens trahente; remigi- 
bus rectricibusque nigris viridi limbatis; capite, nuchd regioneque 
auriculari atris; mandibuld inferiore flava, superiore pedibusque 
nigris. 
Long. tota, 4.6; ale, 2.83. ; 
2 Omnino viridis; gula aliquot flavescente; alis caudAque fuscis 
viridi marginatis. 
Habitat, Yuracares, Bolivia (D’Orb.); Brazil, Villa Vigoza on 
river Peruhype (Max.); British Guiana (Schomb.); Cayenne: 
Trinidad. 
This is certainly Gmelins’ Certhia spiza, var. g, and probably 
Certhia spiza of Linnzus, in which case it should stand as Dacms 
spiza (Linn.) But Seba’s figure (Thesaurus, ii. pl. 3, fig. 4); which 
is the origin of Linneus’ Certhia spiza, makes the throat black, and 
may be intended for some other bird, though from his worthlessness 
as an authority it is not unlikely to be meant for the present. In 
the lengthened and curved form of the beak, the present species 
approaches to the genus Cereba, 
5. DACNIS FLAVIVENTER, D’Ors. snp Larr. 
Daenis flaviventris, D’Orb. and Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1837, p. 21. 
é Leteé flava; fronte, gula, lateribus capitis, dorso superiore, alis 
caudaque nigris; capite summo nuchdque leté viridibus. 
Long. tota, 4.6; ale, 2.5. 
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