PART I.
- Genus I. Pitylus.
Pitylus, Cuv. Regn. An. 1829, ii. p. 413.
Cissurus, Reich.. Ay. Svst. Nat.:pl. 77.
Periporphyrus, Reich. ! ÿ
Caryothraustes, Reich. 1. c.
Rostrum maximum, breve, altum, latum, quasi coceothraustinum;
-- mandibulæ superwrismarginibus fortifier sinuatis et mandibUlam
inferiorem tegentibus ; culmine\ multum incurvo : alee modicce,
remigibus tertia, quarfia et quinta longissimis à cauda plus minusve
elongata, plerumque rotundata : tarsi robusti.
| The bir.ds of this genus are the most finch-like of the Tanagers,
and I hâve «cane doubts- whether they are not as'clbsely allied to
Guiraca, Hedymeles, and otherÇoemtàrwùstiue forms, as tothe present
group. We want more -information as tp .their hahits and internal
structure befoi® this point can be satisfactorily settled.
a. Pitylus.
1. _ Pitylus grossgs.
Coccothraustes americana coeruledj Rris¥. Orn. yi. App. p.. 89. ,
Grosbec bleurd'Amérique, Buff. PI. Enl. 154.
Loxia grosso, Linn.- S. N. î. p.~307.
Pitylus grossus, Gray, Qen. p. 3%2'; Schomb. Guian. iii.-677 ;
Bp. Consp. p. 503; Cab. M. H. p. 143.
White-throated Grosbéak,HjaÜi. G. H. y. 268.
Cano-cærulescenti-schistaëeusfade, gutturis lateribus et cervice
antica nigris ; gula media alba. ? minus ‘ coerulescens et nigro
colore carens.
Long, tota 7*2, alæ 3*7, caudse 3*3.
Hab. Cayenne; British Guiana (Schomb.) ; Bogota; Pebas, Upper
Amazon (Castelnau etHkstiïRèf:
Mus. Brit., Paris., Derbiano, &cV
2. Pitylus uWliginosüs.
Loxia fuliginesa, Daud. Orn. ii. 372. (1801).
Coccothraustes coerulescens, Vieill. Nov. Diet. xiii. 546 (1817), et
Enc. Meth. 1016.
Fringilla gnatho, Licht. Verz. d. Doubl. p. 22; Max. Beit. iii. 552.
Pitylus atrochalybeus, Jard. e t Selh. 111. Orn. i. pl. 3.
Tanagra psittaçina, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 44, pl. 57, fig. "2.
Pitylus érythrorhynchus, Sw. Class, ii. p. 282.
Pitylus gnatho, Gray’s Gen, ii. p. 362; Bp. Consp. p. 503.
Saltatorpsittacinus, Bp. Consp. p. 490; Gray’s Gen. ii. p. 363,
Pitylus carulescens, Cab. M. H. p. 143.
Sooty Grosbeak, Lath. G. H. v. p. 269.
' 1 Carulescqnfii-niger, gutture, et pectore antico intensioribus, nigris:
,,, vo'str.Q'< vubro. unicolor, magis fusca, neque ccerulescens.
Long, tota 9*0, alse 4*1, caudse 4*3.
Hab. South-east Brazil; Rio di Janeiro (Spix) ; Bahia (Max.).
Mus. Brit., Paris., Derbiano.
b. Periporphyrus.
3. Pitylus erythromelas.
- Loxia erythromelasGm. S. N. ii. 859. -
Coccothraustes erythromelas, Vieill. N. D. d*II. N. xiii. 547; Enc.
Meth.1.1617; Gal. des Ois. i. p. 70, pl. 59.
Pitylus erythromelas, Gray,- Gen.- p. 362.,.k
Periporphyrus erythromelas, Bp. Consp. p. 503.
‘f lack-headed Grosbeak, Lath. G. H. v. 237, pl. 88.
* Ruber, %apitbt'6to bum gutture nigris: rostro plumbeo. Wr. brunneo-
11 flßvfl capite .(sicut, maris) nigro J '1 *
Long, tota 7'6,]' alse 4*0,^caudse 3*8.-
Hab. Cayefipfe; Para (Wallhce).
Mus. Brit., Paris., &c.
4 . P lT Y L p S C E L J5NO.
* FringiÜa celceno, Licht. Preis-Verz. d’^S. u. Y . no. 72(1831).
Pitylus atro-purpuratus, Lafr. R. Z. 1838, p. 224 (<?);. Gray’s
Gen. pi 362.
Pitylus atro-olivaceus, Lafr. R. Z. 1838, p. 224 ( ? ) ; Gray’s
Gen. p. 362.
Pyranga mexicana, Less'-. R. Z. «§39,>:p. 41; Gray’s Gen. p. 364 ;
Bp.' Cohsp. p. 241.
Caryothraustes atro-olivaceus, Bp. Consp., .p. 503. 1
, f Periporphyrus atro-purpuratus, Bp. Consp. j?/503.
■Bfefijgfer .* • torque cervicali postica cum laterfbus pectoris et ventre
r,ubris: tectricibus subalaribus roseis: rostro plumbeo. ? olivacea,
subtus flavescentior; pileo toto et gutture nigris.
- Long, tota 8*4, alse 4;ß,, caudse 3*5v\ ,
Hab. South Mexico, Papantla (Deppe).
Mus. Paris., Lugdunensi, Berolin.
,;0< Caryothraustes.
r 5. Pitylus' yiiudis.
^Coccothraustes canadensis, Briss. Orn. iii. 229.
- Grosbec de Cayenne, Buff. Pl. Enl. 152,. fig. 2 (fig. pess.),
Loxia canadensis, Linn. S. N. i. 304; Gm. i. 856; Lath. Ind.
Orn. i. 379 ; Daud. ii. 373 ; Shaw’s ZooL ix. 269.
Pitylus canadensis, Gray, Gen. p. 362 ; Schomb. iii. 667.
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