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 48. Ramphocelus nig^rogularis (Spix). 



Tanagra iiigrogiilarU Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 35. pi. xlvii. (1825. — "ad flumea Solimoens io sylvis 



pagi St. Paiili"). 

 Rampkorelus ii'igrigularis Pelzeln, I.e. p. 210 (Borba). 



No. 742. (? imm., Allianca, 1. xi. 1907. — Wing 84; tail 77 ; bill 14 mm. 

 " Iris brown, feet black, bill black, base of lower mandible white." 

 Miss Snethlage * has recently obtained specimens at Cassary, sonth 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 C'atal. cui.s., Adumbrat. p. i (17G4. — Surinam). 

 Ramphocelus albiroslris Pelzeln, I.e. p. 210 (Ribeirao). 

 R.jacapa auct. 



No. 418. S ad., Calama, 18. viii. 1907— Wing 80; tail 77 ; bill 15 mm. 



Nos. 606, 687. ¥ ? ad., S. Isabel, 2, 12. x. 1907. 



No. 424. ? juv., Calama, 18. viii. 1907. 



" Iris brown, feet and bill black." 



Identical with topotypical specimens from Surinam and others from Cayenne, etc. 



A nest taken October 12, 1907, at S. Isabel with the parent bird (No. 687) is a 

 fairly compact strncture of dry leaves, twigs, roots and stems of various plants, 

 and has uo other lining, except that the material is finer in the middle. The cap 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, etr. i. 



p. 5G. pi. 5G ; Caruliiia, Virginia). 

 Tanagra aestira Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1. ii. p. 889 (1789. — based on the same). 

 Piranga ae&tira 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, etc. 

 Apparently the first record from Brazil, although the bird is a common winter 

 visitor in the northern parts of Sonth America. 



51. Lanio versicolor (LalV. & D'Orb.). 



7'achyphonus versicolor Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, Syii. Av. i. in May. Zool. cl. ii. p. 28 (1837. — 



Yuracares, Bolivia). 

 Lanio versicolor Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. xiv. p. 349 (Humaytha). 



No. 786. tJ ad., Allianca, 8. xi. 1907. "Iris brown, feet and bill black."— 

 Wing 82 ; tail 08 ; bill 13^ mm. 



Within Brazilian limits, the species is as yet only known to occur in the 

 Madeira Valley. 



• Juiirn.f. Orn. 1907. p. 294. 



