314 Dr. P. L. Sclater on the known Species 0 /Dacnis. 
var., Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 476 ($). Nectarinia bicolor, Beckl. 
Nouv. Mem. Soc. Mosc. i. p. 378. Ccereba ccerulea, Max. Beitr. 
ii. p. 766. Dacnis cyanater, Less. Tr. (POrn. p.458. Dacnis cya- 
nomelas, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 153. Dacnis cyanomelas et 
Dacnis cay ana, Reichenb. Handb. pp. 226, 227. Dacnis cay ana, 
Strickl. Contr. Orn.1851, p. 15; Sclater, Contr.Orn.1851, p.106, 
et P.Z.S. 1854, pp. 110,252,1855, p. 137,1857, p. 263, et 1858, 
p. 452 ; Bp. Consp. p. 400. 
S . Viridescenti-cserulea: fronte, gula, dorso medio, alis et cauda 
nigris : alis cseruleo limbatis : rostro carneo, pedibus pallide 
carneis: long, tota 4*2, alse 2‘2, caudse 1*6, poll, et dec. 
Angl. 
5 . Viridis ; pileo cserulescente ; gula cinerea. 
Hab. Widely diffused from New Granada and Venezuela, 
through Cayenne and the whole Amazon valley, into southern 
Brazil: vicinity of Ega, Upper Amazon [Bates) : received in 
Bogota collections : Bolivian Amazon (D’ Orb.) : Chamicurros, on 
the Huallaga [Hauxwell). 
Obs. D’Orbigny met with this species in the province of 
Yungas, in the environs of Sta. Cruz de la Sierra, and in the 
countries inhabited by the Yuracares and Guarayo Indians in 
Bolivia. 
2. Dacnis ccerebicolor. 
Dacnis ccerebicolor, Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1851, p.106, et P.Z.S. 
1854, p. 252, et 1855, p. 137. Arbelorhina ccerebicolor, Reichenb. 
Handb. p. 236. 
cf. Purpureo-cserulea: fronte, gula, dorso medio, alis et cauda 
nigris : alis dorsi colore limbatis : rostro et pedibus carneis : 
long, tota 3*5, alse 2'8, caudse 1*9. 
2 . Viridis : mento cinereo : pileo cseruleo. 
Hab. Only seen in collections received from Bogota. 
Obs. The distribution of colours in this species is exactly the 
same as in D. cayana; but its purple-blue coloration renders it 
distinguishable primo visu. 
3. Dacnis nigripes. 
Dacnis nigripes, v. Pelzeln, Sitzungsb. Acad. Wien, 1856, xx. 
p. 157; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 263. 
<5. Tbalassino-cserulea : gula, fronte, interscapulio, alis et cauda 
