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from Peru and Ecuador, while the ' has a few tm-qnoise-blne feathers intermixed 

 towards the inner margin. In my paper on Santarem birds I noticed that this 

 peculiarity is not uncommon in specimens from Brazilian Amazonia. 



12. Phoenicothraupis rubra peruviana Tacz. 



[Tachyphomu ruber Vieillot, Nouv. Diet xxxii. p. 359 (1819.— "tie de la Trinity").] 

 Phoenicothraupis peruvianas Taezanowski, Orn. Pirou li. p. 49S (1884.— Peru : Yurimaguas and 

 Mont. ■ 



Nos. 705j 901. ? ad.. 24. v., 25 vi. mi. " Iris dark brown, feet yellowish grey, 

 bill brownish black, below light greyish." 



Unfortunately Mr. Hoffmanns sent us no males, but I have examined a 

 specimen of this sex in the British Museum, collected by Mr. H. \V. Bates near Ega. 



Besides these, there are six examples: 2 S c? ad., 1 S juv., 3 ? ? from 

 Chamicnros, Ynrimagnas and Xeberos, North Pern, obtained by Mr. E. Bartlett, in 

 the Tring Museum. This series is very uniform, and constitutes without doubt a 

 form distinct from true P. r. rubra (Vieill.) of Trinidad and Coraana. .Some years 

 ago, I also compared Natterer's specimens from Borba and Mattogrosso with an 

 adult 3 from Ynrimagnas in Count Berlepsch's collection, and found them to be 

 identical. 



According to the material at hand there are three geographical races of 

 P. rubra to be recognised. 



a. P. rubra rubra (Vieill.) 



c? ad. Red crest bordered on each side by a distinct dusky margin. All the 

 nndersurface rosy red, middle of abdomen but slightly paler than chest and throat ; 

 sides of breast and flanks shaded with brownish. 



? ad. Upper parts pale brown, lower ones nearly uniform brownish bull, 

 lightest in the middle, more brownish on chest and sides. 



Bab. Trinidad and N.E. Venezuela : Cumana. 



b. P. rubra peruviana Tacz. 



S ad. Dusky lateral margins to the crest barely indicated. Throat and 

 foreneck bright rosy red; breast ami abdomen mainly dull cinereous, washed with 

 pale rosy along the middle line. 



? ad. Under-parts paler as in P. r. rubra, usually distinctly whitish on 

 throat and middle of belly. Back as a rule darker brown. 



Hub. North and Central Peru (Monterico, Ynrimagnas, Chamicnros, Xeberos); 

 N.W. Brazil : Teffe (Bates and Hoffmanns), Rio Jnrna* Mattogrosso and Borba, 

 Rio Madeira (Natterer) ; f Lower Amazons : Santarem. % 



c. P. rubra rhodinolaema Salv. & Godm. 



S ad. Differs from P. r. peruviana by having the throat and crest of a 

 ranch brighter, more scarlet red. The dusky margins to the crest are rather better 

 defined. ? ad. Not distinguishable from the ? of /'. r. peruviana. 



Hub. Bast Ecuador: Sarayacu (types examined). 



[hering, Bevista Mvt. Paulitt. vi. 1906, p. 432 B.n. /'. rhoiiwlaema, 

 I Pelzeln, Our On,. Brat. iii. (1869), p. 212. s.n. J', rubra, 

 I Chapman au.l Itiker, Auk, 1890, p. 207, BJL 1\ rh,«linolaema. 



