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CHLOROPHONIA CALOPHRYS.
CHLOROPHONIA CALOPHRYS.
(YELLOW-BEOTOD CELOROPÏÏONE).
Triglyphidia callophrys
Acrocompsa callophrys
Chlorophonia callophrys
Cab. J . f . O m . 1860, p . 331.
Cab. J . f. Orn. 1861, p . 88.
Scl. & Salv. E s . Orn. p . 84.
Lawr. Ann. N . T . Lyc. is . p. i
Clare vii'idis, occipite e t lin e â cervicali p o stieâ s a tu ra tè coem ieis , fro n te e t su p e rc iliis la tis ad n u cbam e steu s is
aureo-flavis ; to rg u e pecto rali o b scurè c astan eà ; abdomine medio flavissimo : ro s tro nigro, p ed ib u s obscurè corylinis,
long, to ta ó'O, alæ 3 '0 , caud© l '8 . Fem. m a ri similis, sed fro n te e t su p e rcü iis viridibus, to rq u e pe cto rali n u llo e t
abdomine m in u s flavicante.
R a b . I n Costà Ricà (Hoffmann) ; V erag u â (Arcé).
Since we published our summary o f the known species of Chlorophonia in the lettei-press
accompanyhxg the forty-second Plate o f this work, we have heen so fortunate as to obtain
specimens o f tbe present species, before only known to us from the original example m the
Berlin Museum. Enrique Arce, during a recent excm-sion to the mountainous disfrict upon the
northei-n slope o f the Cordillera o f Veragua, obtained six specimens o f this lovely Tanager—
two males and fom- females. These are all marked as having been shot near the village o f
Calovevora, where many other interestmg species were also met with. By Mr. G. N.
Lawrence’s recently published catalogue o f the Costa-Rican birds in the collection o f the
Smithsonian Institution, we find that additional specimens o f this bird have also been procured
in that country, where the original example described by Dr. Cabanis was obtained. The
localities o f its occurrence noted by Mv. Lawrence are Rancho Redondo, San José, and
Birris.
As will be apparent from our illustration, the Yellow-browed Cblorophone is closely allied
to the Mexican and Guatemalan Chlorophonia occipitalis, both sexes o f which we have ali'cady
figured. But it is nevertheless a very we ll marked species—conspicuously distinct by its
golden-yellow front and broad superciliaries, o f which colour there are no traces in its
northem congener. In the present bird, likewise, the blue on tbe crown instead o f being
restricted to an occipital spot, is extended over the nape and is o f a deeper and more
pin-plish hue.
Our figm-es o f this Tanager are taken from a pair o f Arcé’s specimens, which are now in
Messrs. Salvin and Godman’s collection.
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