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48. Ramphocelus nigrogularis (Spix). 
Tanagra nigrogularis Spix, Av. Bras. ii, p. 35. pl. xlvii, (1825.—“ad flamen Solimoéns in sylvis 
pagi St. Pauli”). 
Ramphocelus nigrigularis Pelzeln, l.c. p. 210 (Borba), 
No. 742. 3 imm., Allianca, 1. xi. 1907.—Wing 84; tail 77; bill 14 mm. 
“ Tris brown, feet black, bill black, base of lower mandible white.” 
Miss Snethlage * has recently obtained specimens at Cussary, south bank of 
the Amazons, opposite Monte Alegre, the most easterly locality as yet known. 
49. Ramphocelus carbo carbo (Pall.). 
Lanius (Carbo) Pallas in Vroeg’s Catal. rais.,, Adumbrat. p. 2 (1764.—Surinam). 
Ramphocelus albirostris Pelzeln, 1.c. p. 210 (Ribeirao). 
R. jacapa auct. 
No. 418. 3 ad., Calama, 18. viii. 1907—Wing 80; tail 77; bill 15 mm. 
Nos. 606, 687. 2 ad., 8. Isabel, 2, 12. x. 1907. 
No, 424. ? juv., Calama, 18. viii. 1907, 
“Tris brown, feet and bill black.” 
Identical with topotypical specimens from Surinam and others from Cayenne, ete. 
A nest taken October 12, 1907, at S. Isabel with the parent bird (No. 687) is a 
fairly compact structure of dry leaves, twigs, roots and stems of various plants, 
and has no other lining, except that the material is finer in the middle. The cup is 
about 50 mm. deep and 70 mm. across. The eggs are light greenish blue with black 
points and spots, crowded around the larger end. They measure from 21 to 22 by 
16 to 17 mm. 
50. Piranga rubra rubra (Linn.). 
Fringilla rubra Linnaeus, Syst, Nat. x. p. 181 (1758.—based on Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, ete. i. 
p. 56. pl. 56: Carolina, Virginia). 
Tanagra aestiva Gmelin, Syst, Nat. 1. ii. p. 889 (1789.—based on the same). 
Piranga aestiva auct. brit. 
No. 799. ¢ ad., Allianca, 22. xi. 1907. “Iris brown, feet plumbeous, bill 
yellowish grey.’—Wing 92; tail 72 ; bill 17 mm. 
Practically identical with specimens from Eastern United States, Colombia, ete. 
Apparently the first record from Brazil, although the bird is a common winter 
visitor in the northern parts of South America. 
51. Lanio versicolor (Lafr. & D’Orb.). 
Tachyphonus versicolor Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, Syn, Av. i. in Mag. Zool. cl. ii. p, 28 (1837.— 
Yuracares, Bolivia). 
Lanio versicolor Hellmayr, Nov. Zool, xiv. p. 349 (Humaytha), 
No. 766. ¢ ad., Allianca, 8. xi. 1907. “Iris brown, feet and bill black.”— 
Wing 82; tail 68 ; bill 134 mm. 
Within Brazilian limits, the species is as yet only known to occur in the 
Madeira Valley. 
* Journ. f. Orn. 1907. p. 294. 
