622 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 
This species appears to be new to the avifauna of Para¬ 
guay. 
[These birds are undoubtedly resident with us, as I have 
obtained, specimens from February to September. They live 
in the tops of the tallest trees and are hard to shoot, owing 
to the difficulty of seeing them.— W. F.~\ 
196. Euphonia violacea aerantiicollis. 
Tanagra violacea Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 314 (1766 : Brazil). 
Euphonia violacea Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 74; 
Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 319 (Paraguay). 
Euphonia aurantiicollis Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Paraguay, 
p. 94. 
a. ^ imm. Sapucay, March 22, 1904. 
b. $ ad. „ April 23, 1903. 
Bill black above, dark slaty below; tarsi and feet dark 
slate-coloured; iris brown. 
c. £ imm.; d. $ ad. Sapucay, May 1904. 
e-g. cf; h, i. $ ad. ,, June 1904. 
k. £ ad. Sapucay, July 29, 1904. 
/, m. <$ ad. ,, August 1904. 
n. $ ad. ,, September 12, 1904. 
Having compared this series with a large number of both 
males and females of this bird in the collection of the British 
Museum, I find that the Paraguay form is slightly larger 
than that of Guiana ( , wing 2*4 to 2*6 inches ; $ , 2*4 to 
2*55), with less violet colour in the plumage and more 
bottle-green. I agree, therefore, in the separation of the 
northern and southern forms as suggested by Mr. C. E. 
Hellmayr (cf. Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 356 ; xiv. p. 6). 
[This bird is also resident. I have met with it during 
every month from March to September, and it is then too 
late for migrating. The habits of all the birds of this genus 
are similar, the fruit of the Palo bianco attracting them 
day after day to the same locality, and in the morning when 
hungry they are more careless and may be shot. I have 
never found the nest of a single species of this group, and 
know nothing about their nesting-habits.— W. F.] 
