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Our figures o f this species arc taken from specimens iu Sclatcr’s collection, the male being
one o f dc Oca’s skins, and the female one o f the Cobau specimens obtained in January,
1860.
The genus Chlorophonia comprises the folloAving eight s
1. C. v irid is (V ie ill.) ; Scl. Cat. Ain. B. p. 5 5—from tiie So u tli-E astern Wo o d lio g io n o f Brazil.
2. C. loiigipennis (Dii B u s ) : E s . O m . t. s li. f. 2—from tb e ia te rio r o f New Granada.
3. C. fro n ta lis , S c l.; E s . Orn. t. xli. f. 1—from Venezuela.
■4. O .fla v iro str is, S c l .; Cat, Am. B. p. 55—from Ecuador.
5. C. p r e fr ii ( L a f r . ) ; Scl. 1. c. p. 55—from tlie in te rio r of N ew Granada.
6. C. occipitalis (D u B u s ) : E s . Oru. t, s lii.—from Mexico a n d Gu atemala.
7. a ca lh p h rys (C a b .) : T rigliphidia callophrys. Cab, J o u rn . f, Orn, ISGO, p. Z Z \— Acrocojnpsa callopkrys. Cab. 1. c,
.1861, p. 88—from Costa Rica.
8. C. eyanodorsalis, Dubois, Eev. Zool. 1859, p. 49, t. 2—said to be from Guatemala.
We possess spechnens o f all tliese species except the last two. Salvin has examined the
typical specimen o f C. callophrys in the Berlin Museum, and is satisfied as to its distinctness.