(PURPLE-AND-YELLOW TANAGER.)
+Euphonia chlorotica+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 17; _White, P. Z.
S._ 1882, p. 596 (Misiones, Catamarca); _Scl. Cat. B._ xi. p. 64.
_Description._--Above dark purple-black; front half of the cap
yellow; below yellow, throat purple-black; tail beneath black,
with a large white patch on the inner webs of the two exterior
tail-feathers; under surface of wings black, with a large white
patch on the inner webs of the remiges; bill and feet black: whole
length 3·3 inches, wing 2·1, tail 1·2. _Female_ above greyish
olive-green, with a yellowish tinge on the front and rump; below
rather more yellowish, with the centre of the breast and belly pale
ashy, flanks and crissum pale yellow; under wing-coverts and inner
margins of wing-feathers whitish.
_Hab._ Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina.
White obtained examples of this species at Concepcion and Catamarca. At
the former place it was noticed feeding on the fruit of a giant cactus.