(BLACK-NECKED TANAGER.)
+Euphonia nigricollis+, _Scl. Cat. B._ xi. p. 61. +Lindo azul y oro
cabeza celeste+, _Azara, Apunt._ i. p. 390. +Euphonia aureata+,
_d'Orb. Voy., Ois._ p. 267 (Corrientes).
_Description._--Above glossy purplish black; rump yellow; cap and
nape blue; front black; below orange-yellow, throat and sides of
the head black; axillaries pale yellow; under wing-coverts whitish,
inner margins of wing-feathers pale cinereous; bill black; feet pale
brown: whole length 4·5 inches, wing 2·7, tail 1·5. _Female_ above
olive-green, rather lighter on the rump; cap blue; front chestnut,
with a narrow dark margin between it and the blue cap; below
yellowish olive-green, brighter on the belly.
_Hab._ South America from Colombia to Northern Argentina.
This Tanager was obtained by d'Orbigny in Southern Corrientes.