Dr. P. L. Sclater on the known Species of Dacnis. 315 
nigris, his cjeruleo limbatis: rostro et pedibas nigris: 
long, tota 4*4, al?e 2*3, caudse 1*5. 
$. Sordide olivacea : uropygio cserulescente : subtus fulva. 
Hab. S.E. Brazil; vicinity of Nuovo Friborgo ( Beske ). 
Obs. Easily distinguishable by its black bill and feet and short 
tail, though much resembling D. cayana. 
4. Dacnis melanotis. 
Sylvia cayana 7 , Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 546. Sylvia cayana , Yieill. 
Gal. Ois. pi. 165. Dacnis cayana, D’Orb. et Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 
1837, p. 20 ; Tsch. Faun. Per. p.37; Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. 
p. 675 ; Bp. Consp. p.400 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p.153. Dacnis 
angelica, Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 107, et P. Z. S. 1854, 
pp. 110, 252, et 1857, p.263. Dacnis melanotis, Strickl. Contr. 
Orn. 1851, p.16. 
6 . Thalassino-cyanea : fronte lata, lateribus capitis et cervicis, 
interscapulio, alis et cauda nigris: ventre medio et crisso 
albis : rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 3*2, alee 2*2, 
caudse 1*5. 
2 • Sordide olivacescenti-brunnea, subtus dilutior. 
Hab . Cayenne and valley of Amazon, southwards to S.E. Bra¬ 
zil; wood-region of Peru ( Tschudi ); once near Lagoa Santa, in 
5. E. Brazil (Burmeister); forests of the Yuracares Indians, Bolivia 
(D’Orb.); River Ucayali (Hauxwell). 
5. Dacnis angelica. 
Dacnis angelica , De Filippi, Cat. Mus. Mediol. (1840); Bp. 
Consp. p. 400; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 137. Dacnis archan¬ 
gelica, Bp. Cat. Ois. de Cayenne, p. 7. 
Prsecedenti simillima, sed colore cseruleo lsetiore ! 
Hab. New Granada. 
Obs. This is merely a local variety of the former species ; but 
as it may be easily recognized on comparison, I allow it to stand 
as if it were specifically distinct. 
6 . Dacnis venusta. (Plate VII.) 
Dacnis venusta, Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. N. H. New York, Feb. 10, 
1862. 
<J. Nigerrima : capite postico, lateribus cervicis, dorsi parte 
media, et dorso postico toto cum scapularibus nitide cseru- 
