(DARK-BACKED TANAGER.)
+Pipridea melanonota+, _Scl. Cat. B._ xi. p. 92. +Pica de punza azul
y canela+, _Azara, Apunt._ i. p. 413.
_Description._--Above violaceous blue; while interscapular region
darker, blackish; wings and tail black, edged with blue; narrow
front, lores, and sides of the head deep velvety black, well
defined; body beneath and under wing-coverts clear ochraceous; under
surfaces of wings and tail blackish; bill black; feet brown: whole
length 5·8 inches, wing 3·1, tail 2·2. _Female_ above dark brown,
tinged with blue on the head and rump; below like the male.
_Hab._ South America from Venezuela to Paraguay and Northern Argentina.
This Tanager, which was found by Azara in Paraguay, occurs in Tucuman.
An adult male obtained by Herr Schulz in this province is in the
collection of Hans, Graf von Berlepsch.