Dr. P. L. Sclater on the known Species of Dacnis. 313 
in colour from the same bird received from Bogota, but are not 
specifically separable. In the forests of the Peruvian Amazon 
five species are found, and four of these were also obtained by 
D’Orbigny in Bolivia, on the upper confluents of the same 
river. S.E. Brazil possesses only the two widely distributed 
D. cayana and D.plumbea, and the peculiar D. nigripes. Guiana 
and Cayenne have the two first-named species, together with 
D. speciosa and D . melanotis. Prom Venezuela I have only 
seen examples of D. plumbea and D. cayana; but it is probable 
that D. melanotis, and perhaps D. speciosa, likewise occur there. 
The following table gives the distribution of the twelve 
species of Dacnis in a concise form 
Panama. 
Bogota. 
Western 
Ecuador. 
Peruvian Bolivian 
Amazon . Amazon . 
S.E. 
Brazil. 
Guiana 
and 
Cayenne. 
Vene¬ 
zuela. 
1. 
cayana .... 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2. 
ccerebicolor 
— 
3. 
nigripes . . 
— 
4. 
melanotis . . 
— 
— 
— 
5. 
angelica .. 
— 
6. 
venusta.... 
— 
7. 
egregia .... 
— 
— 
8. 
flaviventris . 
— 
— 
9. 
pulcherrima 
— 
— 
10. 
plumbea . . 
— 
— 
— 
— 
11. 
leucogenys . 
— 
12. 
speciosa . . 
— 
— 
— 
1 
6 
2 
5 
4 
3 
4 
2 
Concerning the habits, nidification, &c., of the species of 
Dacnis very little has as yet been recorded. They appear to 
live in small flocks in the tops of the highest trees in the forests, 
flitting from branch to branch, and searching for food. Prince 
Max. of Neuwied describes this, in the case of D. cayana, as 
being mostly fruit; but D^Orbigny speaks of the species met 
with in Bolivia as feeding entirely on insects. 
1. Dacnis cayana. 
Motacilla cayana, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p.336; Buff. PI. Enl. 669. 
f. 1 (tf) et 578. f. 1 (cj). Motacilla cyanocephala, Gm. Syst. 
Nat. i. p. 990. Dacnis cyanocephalus, D^Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 221. 
Fringilla cyanomelas, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 924. Certhia spiza, 
