300 TANAGRIDZ. 
P. cristata, are found in Colombia, and another species is peculiar to Eastern Ecuador : 
this we call P. rhodinolema*. 
Of the four Central-American species, two belong to Southern Mexico and Guatemala, 
and two to Costa Rica and Panama. JP. fuscicauda of the latter countries spreads 
northwards to Nicaragua and southwards into Northern Colombia, and is the only 
species of the four not peculiar to our region. 
The bill in Phenicothraupis is much like that of Pyranga; the terminal notch is well 
defined, and. there is sometimes an indefinite curve on the cutting-edge of the maxilla, 
which in some cases is almost developed into the dentate process so noticeable in 
certain species of Pyranga. The wings are rounded, the third, fourth, and fifth quills 
being longest. The tail is long and rounded, and red enters largely into the general 
colour of the male, brown being the chief colour in the female. The male in all 
the species has a scarlet crest, which is in some cases almost hidden by the other 
feathers. 
1. Phenicothraupis rubicoides. 
Saltator rubicoides, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 41°. 
Phenicothraupis rubicoides, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 247; Scl. P.Z. 8. 1856, pp. 120°, 803%; 1859, 
pp. 364°, 377°; 1864, p. 1737; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 15°; 1860, p. 82°; P.Z.S. 
1870, p. 836°; Moore, P. Z.S. 1859, p. 58"; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. 
p. 549”; Lawr. Bull. U. 8. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 19"; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 193. 
Tanagra ignicapilla, Licht. Preis-Verz. mex. Vog. p. 2. Cf. J. f. Orn. 1868, p. 56. 
Fusco-rubescens, supra unicolor, subtus clarior, gutture toto ruberrimo, crista verticali coccinea utrinque nigro 
marginato, rostro nigro-plumbeo, pedibus obscure-corylinis. Long. tota 7:0, alee 3:6, caudee 3°1, rostri a 
rictu 0°8, tarsi 0-9. 
© pallide fusco-brunnea, subtus dilutior, gutture pallidiore, crista verticali ochraceo-fulva nigro utrinque mar- 
ginata. (Descr. maris et femine ex Choctum, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico }?, valley of Mexico (White™), Papantla (Deppe? 5), hot region of Vera 
Cruz (Sumichrast 1°, le Strange), Cordova (Sallé*), Jalapa ? (de Oca ®), Playa Vicente 
(Boucard®), Guichicovi (Sumichrast 18); Guatemata (Constancia® 1, Skinner ®), 
Yzabal®, Choctum, Alotenango, Savana Grande, Escuintla, Costa Grande, 
Retalhuleu (0. S. & F. D. G.); Hoypuras, Omoa (Leyland '*), San Pedro 
(G. M. Whitely ©). 
* Phenicothraupis rhodinolema, sp. n. 
Fusco-rubescens, cauda rufescentiore, crista verticali fere celata coccinea nigro haud marginato, subtus gula 
rubra, ventre medio rosaceo, hypochondriis fuscis, rostri maxilla corylina, mandibula pallida, pedibus cory- 
linis. Long. tota 6-0, ale 3-6, caude 2°7, rostri a rictu 0°7, tarsi 0°7. 
Q brunnea, alis extus et cauda rufescentioribus, crista verticali fulva, subtus sordide alba, hypochondriis fuscis. 
Hab, Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). 
Mus. nostr 
A small species differing in many respects from all hitherto described. The female is peculiar in its light- 
coloured underparts. 
We possess a pair of this species which formed part of Mr. C. Buckley’s large collection from Eastern 
Ecuador, but which have remained undescribed in our collection up till the present time. 
