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Birds of Paraguay. 
(1) D. cay ana ultramarina Lawr., from Eastern Nicaragua to 
Panama, which is distinguished by its more blue appearance. 
(2) D. cay ana glaucogularis Berlepsch & Stolzmann, from 
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, which differs in 
having more green on the throat. (3) D. cay ana cay ana, from 
Guiana and Trinidad, which is rather smaller in size, with a 
somewhat larger black patch on the throat. (4) D . cayana 
Paraguayensis , from Paraguay, Matto Grosso, and S.E. Brazil, 
distinguished by its larger size and large black throat-patch. 
The specimens from Chiriqui, whence Mr. Bangs described 
ID. cayana callaina , are very similar to D. cayana glauco¬ 
gularis and scarcely to be distinguished from that race. 
[Resident and fairly common in the large forests of this 
district. I have at times met with it on the very edge of 
the woods. It is very hard to find out anything positive about 
our Paraguayan wood-birds. The montes are so dense and 
gloomy that in the first place it is difficult to see them, and 
then when disturbed a flight of a few yards will take them 
beyond the vision of the hunter. The woods are so thick 
and tangled with fallen trees, where the vines bind all to¬ 
gether into one almost impassable mass, that it is impossible 
to follow a bird for any distance, and the mere fact of 
breaking through the undergrowth would frighten it into 
silence, while without movement on the part of the birds it 
is quite hopeless to try and distinguish them in the changing 
lights and shadows of the forest. The only hope is to 
remain perfectly motionless, when first one and then another 
will betray its presence by some movement.— W. F.] 
191. Dacnis speciosa. 
Pico de punzon verde bianco cabeza celeste Azara, Apunt 
i. p. 416. no. cvi., female (1802). 
Pico de punzon azul y bianco azulejo Azara, tom. cit 
p. 418. no. cvii., young female. 
Sylvia speciosa Wied, Beitr. Nat. Bras. iii. p. 708 (1831 : 
Bahia). 
Dacnis speciosa Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 26 ; 
Berlepsch, J. f. 0. 1887, p. 114 (Paraguay). 
SER. IX.-YOL. IV. 
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