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34. Phoenicothraiipis rubra (Vicill.). 



Tiirhiii,h,n,m nihrr Vieillot, Nonr. Dirt, xxxii. (181'.i) p. 3r,0 (" ile de la Triniti' "). 



:i c? !i(l. irom Caparo, iv. ; 2 <S ail. from Laventille, xii. ami iii. ; 1 S aJ. 

 and one liinl in female dress (marked " tj jr"), Chagiiaramas, i. ; 1 J ad., 1 J juv., 

 1 ? ad. from Valencia, iii. ; 1 tS and 1 ? ad. from Aripo, 20n0 ft., v. 



The males agree in every respect with three others from the neighbonrhood of 

 (Uiraana. The range of this species is restricted to the extreme north-east of 

 Yene/.nela, north of the Orinoco delta and the inland ol Trinidad. As far as I 

 I; now it has not }'et been recorded from Caracas. 



35. Tachyphonus luctuosus Lafr. A: D'Orb. 



Tiiclii//>!ioiiii.i JiirlKiisiix Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, Sijn. Av. i. in Mn;/. ZnnJ. 18.17. cl. ii. p. 29 



(Guarayos, Bolivia). 

 r. alliixpcciilarh Le'otaud, Ols. Triukhd 186G, p. .30(1 (Trinidad). 



T. nlricajiillim Lawrence, Prnr. Anal. Philad. 1868. p. ?)6() (Trinidad) [= J jnv.] und,"- : 

 Lanio (.') lawrmni Sclater, Ihls 18H5. p. 27-', tab. C. fig. 2. 

 CMnrnspiiir/iis Untaudi Chapman, Aid- x. (1893) p. :i43 (Trinidad) [= ?] ; idL-m, Bull, Amer. Mint. 



vi. (1894) p. 31 (Trinidad). 



Two (J ad. from Valencia, March, agreeing with Bolivian skins, but rather more 

 gloss}' on the lower suri'ace. The female of this species lias been described as 

 CIdorospingus IcoUuuli. Chapman's careful description leaves no doubt, and 

 the differences from Cklorospiiigiis chryHogaster Tacz., pointed out b}* him, are quite 

 obvious when an actual comparison of both species is made. 



Although I have not seen the type of Lanio lawrencci I do not hesitate to 

 pronounce it to be nothing else Imt a young male of the same species, changing 

 from the juvenile to the adult plumage I The blackish head and the intermixed 

 lilack feathers on the interscapnlium clearly indicate that the specimen wonld have 

 become black in more advanced plumage. A skin from Bogota agrees perfectly 

 with the description and figure in the Ibia. It is very unfortunate that the three 

 stages of plumage of this bird not only should have been described as three distinct 

 species, but also placed in three different genera ! 



3(i. Tachyphonus rufus (Bodd.). 



Tii/mi/fii rtifii Bndd.aert, Tiihl. PI. rn>. (1783) p. 44 ( ? . — Cayenne : ex Buffon). 

 TtirliifphoiiHn mrial' tiriirt (Sparrm.) auct. 



Many specimens from ('aparo, iv., v. ; 1 J ad. from Pointe Gourde, i. ; one pair 

 from Valencia, iii. ; 1 d ad. from Seelet, iv. ; one pair from Chaguararaas, i. ; and 

 4 <S6 from LaventiUe, xii, iii. 



These liirds, as well as a series from Tobago, do not differ from others from 

 Cumana, Cayenne, and the Orinoco delta. 



3T. Saltator striatipictiis Lafr. 



Sallalor str'mtipirliis Lafresn.aye, Rrr. Zwil. 1847. p. 7.3 (Caly, W. Colombia). 

 <S'. albiioll'is auct. nee Vieillot ! * 



One S ad. from ( 'aparo, March ; one from Chaguaramas, January ; and another 

 from Pointe (iourde, January. 



They agree well witli .some siiecimens from near Cali, W. < 'olomliia (Hiia]] coll.). 



* Cf. my paper on litllc-kuown types o£ neotropical birds wliidi will be published shortly. 



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