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Show 1870.] DR. O. FINSCH ON THE BIRDS OF TRINIDAD. 579 belly) light pearl-grey, inclining to whitish on the belly; quills tail brownish black, margined externally with olive yellowish green; under wing-coverts white. Long. al. caud. rostr. tars. 2" 1'" 131" ai'» 6i'" r6t Trinidad.) 2 1 15| 31 6 (cJ, Trinidad.) 1 101 121 3 6 (2, Trinidad.) 2 1 14 3 6 (cS, chlorotica.) 70. EUPHONA VIOLACEA (L.); Scl. Mon. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 277, Cat. p. 58 ; Taylor, I. c. p. 82; Le'ot. p. 306. Phonasca lichtensteinii, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 331, 1865, p. 410. Euphone lichtensteinii, Pelz. Orn. Bras. iii. p. 204. Eighteen specimens, all males in full dress. The yellow on the forehead extends to the fore part of the eye; in one specimen it reaches a little further up. The extension of the white on the inner web of the two external tail-feathers varies somewhat; in most of the specimens the inner web is white, with a dark base, and a narrower or broader apical margin ; only three specimens of the eighteen show on the inner web of the third tail-feather a white spot. Long. al. caud. rostr. tars. 2" l'"-2" 3|'" 12-14'" c.3|-4'" 6\-7" (ad., Trinidad.) 2 2 14| '31 7 (ad., Guiana.) 2 3 14| 3f 7 (ad., Brazil.) There is no difference in specimens from Brazil and Demerara. E. lichtensteinii, said to be smaller, I am not able to distinguish from E. violacea, and consider the two, without hesitation, to be identical. 71. EUPHONA NIGRICOLLIS, Vieill.; Scl. Mon. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 272; Taylor, I. c. p. 81. Euphona aureata, Leot. p. 310. One specimen, an old male, not different from Brazilian specimens. 72. CALLISTE GUTTATA (Cab.) ; Scl. 1. c. p. 64; Leot. 1. c. p. 305 Taylor, I. c. p. 82. One specimen, not distinguishable from others from Ecuador (Quito) in the Bremen Museum. 73. CALLISTE VIEILLOTT, Scl. 1. c. p. 69; Taylor, I.e. p. 82; Leot. I. c. p. 303. Three specimens. Distinguished from C. flaviventris, Vieill., by the decided yellow coloration of the under parts ; but apparently a well-marked species. 74. CALLISTE DESMARESTI, Gray; Scl. I. c. p. 68; Leot. I. c, p. 302 ; Taylor, I. c. p. 82. Similar to specimens from Venezuela (Caraccas). |