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Show 156 MR. o. SALVIN ON THE BIRDS OF VERAGUA. [Jan. 24, 173. AMAZILIA RIEFFERI (Bourc.) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 140. David (Bridges). 174. THAUMANTIAS CHIONURUS, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 162; Mon. Troch. v. pl. 300. Eupherusa niveicauda, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. viii. p. 134. David; Chiriqui (Warszewicz). The type of the species described by Mr. Lawrence as above was sent to Mr. Gould, who pronounces it to be identical with T. chionurus. Eupherusa cupreiceps, Lawr. (Ann. Lye. N. Y. June 1866), on the other hand, is quite distinct, as Mr. Lawrence has shown. Arce has sent a female of this second species from Tucurriqui. 175. SAPPHIRONIA OERULEIGULARIS, Gould, Mon. Troch. v. pl. 346 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p, 140. Santa Fe ; David (Bridges) ; Chiriqui (Warszewicz). 176. CHLOROLAMPIS ASSIMILIS, Lawr. Saucerottia atala, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 140? Santa Fe ; Santiago de Veragua. The specimens sent agree with others from Panama, which we* have referred to this species. 177. PIAYA MEHLERI, Bp. Piaya nigricrissa, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. viii. p. 177. David (Bridges). I am unable to distinguish any tangible differences between Panama and Guatemalan examples of this Piaya. I believe there is but one species ranging uninterruptedly from Ecuador and N ew Granada to South Mexico. P. mexicana is readily distinguishable by the coloration of its tail. 178. DIPLOPTERUS N^VIUS (L.); Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. viii. p. 177. David (Bridges). 179. NEOMORPHUS SALVINI, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 60, pl. Santiago de Veragua; Cordillera de Tole. 180. RAMPHASTOS CARINATUS, L. Ramphastus brevicarinatus, Gould, Mon. Touc. ed. 2. t. 3. Ramphastus approximans, Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1862, p. 333. Santa Fe. Veraguan examples agree with others from Panama in having a somewhat wider red band below the yellow throat and breast than is usual in Guatemalan specimens. They belong to the race separated by Gould as R. brevicarinatus and by Cabanis as R. approximans ; but this race is so very closely allied to the more northern bird that I am unwilling to separate them. * Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S, 1864, p. 365. |