On some recently described Species 0 /Calospiza. 327 
Pternistes infuscatus Cab. 
Pternistes infuscatus Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 425. 
Pternistes leucoscepus infuscatus Reich, i. p. 455 (1901). 
a. g, Waghar, 5th Sept., 1905. 
Numtda ptilorhyncha (Licht.). 
Numida ptilorhyncha Reich, i. p. 445 (1901). 
a. $ . Waghar, 5th Aug., 1905. 
XIII. — Remarks on some recently described Species of 
Calospiza* * By C. E. Hellmayr, M.B.O.U. 
(Plate V.) 
Since the publication of Volume xi. of the * Catalogue of 
Birds in the British Museum 3 our knowledge of the brilliant 
Tanagrine genus Calospiza has considerably advanced. 
Twelve new forms have been added to the already long list 
of species, and a good deal of fresh information about 
the relations and geographical distribution of others has 
been supplied by various authors. In ‘ The Ibis ’ for 
1901, pp. 595-7, Dr. Sclater has given a short account of 
C. margaritee Allen, C. johannce Dalm., and C. emilice 
Dalm., accompanied by coloured figures of the two latter 
species taken from specimens in the Tring Museum. 
C. margaritee belongs to the group of C. flava, and replaces 
it in Matto Grosso (Chapada). Another race of the same 
* Calospiza, G. R. Gray, List of Genera of Birds, 1840, p. 44 : type 
C. tricolor (Gm.). Calliste Boie, 1826, et auct. (nec Callista Poli, 1791) ; 
cf. Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1895, pp. 251-2. [We do not 
agree with Mr. Stone’s view (op. cit.) that the similarity of “ Calliste ” 
of Boie to u Callista' > ' > of Poli precludes the usage of the former name. If 
spelled correctly the terms are different, and moreover belong to different 
branches of zoology, so that there is no chance of confusion. If we use 
11 Picus ” and “Pica,” why should we reject “ Calliste ” because it is so 
like « Callista*?— Edd.] 
