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Show 500 MESSRS. SCLATER A N D SALVIN O N [June 3, 76. IRIDORNIS DUBUSIA, Bp.; Scl. P.Z. S. 1856, p. 244. Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris dark. Food, fruit. 77. IRIDORNIS PORPHYROCEPHALA, Scl. P.Z. S. 1856, p. 243. Medellin. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) Iris dark. Food, fruit. 78. PCECILOTHRAUPIS PALPEBROSA (Lafr.). Tanagra palpebrosa, Lafr. R. Z. 1847, p. 71. Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) Iris dark. Mr. Salmon's skins belong to the true P. palpebrosa of Colombia and Ecuador, and agree with Bogota specimeus. P. lacrymosa of Peru is distinct. (Cf. Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1873, p. 317.) 79. BUTHRAUPIS CUCULLATA (Jard.); Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 239. Concordia. (Mus. S.-G.) 80. COMPSOCOMA suMPTUosA(Less.); Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 238. Retiro, Medellin, Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) Iris dark. We are of opinion that C. cyanoptera, Cab. (Journ. f. Orn. 1866, p. 235), can hardly be maintained as distinct. One of Mr. Salmon's ' skins comes very near this form, having the edgings of the primaries almost as blue as the wing-coverts; others rather resemble the true C. sumptuosa. W e likewise refer skins from Venezuela (Goring) to this species. 81. DUBUSIA TCENIATA (Boiss.) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 237. Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) W e question the distinctness of D. selysia, Bp., of Ecuador. 82. TANAGRA CANA, SW. Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris dark. Food, fruit. Builds in orange-trees. Eggs (no. 22) rich brown, densely blotched with darker spots, especially at the larger end: axis *92, diam. *68. 83. TANAGRA PALMARUM (Max.). Remedios. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris dark. Food, fruit. Eggs (no. 92) pale whitish, very thickly freckled with red-brown spots : axis *95, diam. *65. "The nest is placed in the fork of a shrub or low tree, and formed of grass-stalks mixed with roots and fibres, lined, and ornamented on the outside, with green moss. I have never seen more than one egg, although I have examined many nests."-T. K. S. |