This seems one of the most common and widely distributed species
of birds in Cisandean South America. There is some variation in
the length and thickness of the bill, and ainount of white' on the
wings. Prince Bonaparte has named a Venezuelan bird- exhibiting
some differences in these respects, Tachyphonus beauperthüii, but I
have not recognized that species as distinct, because. I have observed,
such differences in specimens, brought from the same locality,
2. TACHYPHONUS VALERI I.
Pyrrota valeryi, J. et E. Terr. R. Z. 1855, p. 351.
Unicolor ater : campt eriis item nigHs.
Long, tota 2*1, alse 4’ 1, eaudse 3*9.,
Hab. Central America.
Mus. Paris. *
I have not seen this species^
, 3. Tachyphonus luctuosus.
Tachyphonus luctuosus, Lafr. et d’Orb. Syn. Av. in Maar. de Zool,
183?, p.2?. ,
Pyranga luctuosa, d’Örb. Toy. p.263, pi. 20. fig. 1 ^ * 2sj £ ^
Tachyphonus tenuirostHs, Gray, Gen. p. 365 ; Bp. Cofisp. p. 210.
Lanio tenuirostHs, Gray, Geiß App.
A te r : tectricibus alarum minoHbus mediisque' e t tectricibus
subalambus albis. . T supra virescens, uropygio flavescentiore,
pileo cinerascentiore: subtus flavescens, gula pallide grisea.
Long, tota 5*0, alse 2*5, eaudse 2*1 .
Hab. Bolivia (<?Orb.) ; Eastern Peru ; prov. Quixos‘in Ecuador;
Bogota; S. Martha; Trinidad; Tobago (Kirh.)i
Mus. Brit,, &c.
4. Tachyphonus coronatus.
Tordo de bosque coronado y negro, Azara, Pax. no. 77.
Agelaius coronatus,*Tieiü. N. D. d’H. N. xxxiv. p. 535, et Enc.
Méth. p.711 (.1818),
Tanagra coryphceus, Licht. Terz. p. 31 (182.4),-'
Tachyphonus coryphceus, Gray, Gen. p'. 365 ; 'Haiti. Ind. Az. p. 5 .
Pyrrota coryphceus,, Bp. Consp. p^238;. -
Tachyphonus Hgorsi, Sw. Quart. Joum. Sc. 1826; p. 63 ; Jard.
111. Om. pl. 36. fig. 1 .
Tachyphonus coronatus, Sclater, Tan. Cat. Sp. p.7 .
A te r : vertice medio ruberrimo | tectricibus alarum summis et tec-
tHcibus infeHoribus albis.. ffiË rufescenti-brunnea ;c a p ite magis
fusco-: subtuspaulo dilutiór.
Long, tota 7*0, alse 3*2, caüdse,3*'Ö.
Hab. Paraguay (Azara) ; South Brazil (Sw .).
Mus. Brit., Beröl.
5. Tachyphonus surinamus.
Merula suHnamensis, Briss. Orn, Suppl. vi. p; 46.
Turdue surinamus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 297.
Tachyphonus suHnamensis, Lafr. R. Z. 1846, p. 202 ; Bp. Compt.
Rend, xxxii.
Tanagra cristata, Gm. S. N. p. 898 (partim).
» Tachyphonus cristatus, Tieill. N. D. d’H, N. xxxii. p.356, et Enc.
Méth. p. 8Ö2 (partim).
Tanagra martialis, Tcmms Analyse, p. lxv.
Tanagra desmaresti, ,Sw. Quart. Journ. Sc. 1826, p.67.
]tachyphonus octiropygos, Cab. Schomb. Reis. iii. p. 668.
Lanio cHstata, Bp. Consp. 241 (partim).
Tangara huppé de la Guyane, Buff. Pl. Enl. 301. fig, 2« ;
Le Hpupette, adulte, Desm.. Tan. pl.^47,
SuHnâm Thrush, Lath. G. H. v. p. 150.
Sericeo-ater : tectricibus alarum minoHbus et tectricibus subalaribus
albis: fro n te nigra : pileo medio cristato aurescenti-
Éj§Mj§jj| dorso postico diluiiore fu lvo : hypochondriis imis casta-
neis. ? supra énuaceaïj ç ‘apiÇelcinerseox: pileo medio olivaceo :
ciliis et regione oculari flavis : subtus pallide fu lva , crisso
flavescentiore.
Long, tota 6*0, alæ ,3g||$ caudæ 3'âj.^y
Hab. Cayenne ; Brit. Guiana (Schomb.) ; Guia on the Rio Negro
(Wa lla c ef:
Mus. B rit., Paris., &c.
■ 6, Tachyphonus cristatus. : |
Tangara hupe de Cayenne, Buff. PI. Enl. 7.'fig.’2.
Tüngara Cayénnensis nigra cHstata, Briss. Orn.. Supp. p. 65.
Tanagra cristata, Gm. S. N. pv898 ; Max. Beitr. iii. 474.
Tachyphonus cristatus, Tieill. Nouv. Diet, xxxii. p. 356, et Enc.
Méth. p. 8.Ö2 (partim) \ Sw. Quart. Journ. Sc. 1826, p. 66; Schomb,
Guian. iii. 668 ; Gray’s Gen. p. 365‘ûdu
Lanio cHstatus, Vieill. N. D. d’H. N. 1846, p. 203 ; Enc. Meth.
p. 74,0 ; Lafr. R. Z. 1846, p/203. sp. 2 et 5%'Gray, Gen. p. 364 ;
Bp. ConSp. p. 240 (partim).
Tanagra brunnea, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. ç/37. pl. 49. fig. 2 ( ? ).
Tandgra gubernatriæ, Temm. Tàb< Méth. p. 30. ,
Lanio vieillotii, Lafr. R. Z. 1846, p.,204. -
Houpette, jeune âg.èy Desm. Tan. pl. 48.
Crested.Tanager, Lâth.-*G.'H. vi.*p. 11.
A te r : p ile o ''to to cristato ruberHmo : gula et dorso postico
palfide fu lv is : tectricibus àlaHühminoribus et teetricibus infe-
rioHbus albis. S cinnamomescenti-brunnea, subtus dilutior.
Long, tota 6*5, alæ 3*1, caudæ 3*0.
Hab. Cayenne ; B rit. Guiana (Schomb.) ; Brazil; New Grenada,
Bogota.
Mus. Brit., Paris., &c.
7. Tachyphonus rufiyenter.
Tanagra rußventer, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 37- pl. 50. fig. 1.