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 52. Phoenicothraupis rubra peruviana Tacz. 



[Tachyphnnua ruber Vieillot, Noiir. Diet, xxxii. p. 359 (1819.—" lie de la TriniW ").] 

 Phofiiicothraupis peruvianus Taczanowski, Orn. Peroii ii. p. 498 (1884.— Peru : Yurimaguas and 



Monterico). 

 P. rubra peruviana Hellmayr, Nov. Zjol. xiv. p. 348 (Humaytha). 

 P. r«6ra (neo Vieillot) Pelzeln, I.e. p. 212 (Borba). 



No. 203. S imm., Calarna, 10. vii. 1907.— Wiuj? 'Jl? ; tail 82 ; bill 17J ram. 



Nos. 34, 122. ??, Calarna, 13, 28. vi. l'Ji)7.— Wing 87, 82; tail' 77, 74; 

 bill 10 mm. 



" Iris browu or greyish brown, feet brown or yellowish grey, bill greyish, 

 darker above." 



In Nov. Zoo/, xiv. p. 44, I have given a n'siimc of the ranges and characters of 

 P. ?: peruviana and its allies, to which I have nothing to add. 



53. Tachyphonus luctuosus I-afr. & D'Orb. 



Tachi/phoiuis luctuosu.i Lafresnaye A D'Orbigny, Si/ii. At: i. in Mug. Zuol. cl. ii. p. 29 (1837.— 

 Guarayos, Bolivia) ; Pelzeln, Ziir Orn. Bras. iii. p. 213 (Salto GIrao, Borba) ; Hellmayr, Noo. 

 Zool. xiv. p. 349 (Humaytha, Borba •). 



Nos. 210, 423, 47.5. c^cjad., (Jalama, 12. vii., 18, 28. viii. l'J07.— Wing OU — 61 ; 

 tail .50—53; bill 11 — 12 mm. 



No. 89.5. c? ad., Marnins, 1. vi. 1907.— Wing 62 ; tail 54 ; bill 11 mm. 



Noa. 225, 398, 466. ¥ ? ad., Calarna, 15. vii., 15, 27. viii. 1907.— Wing 

 57— 58i ; tail 50—54; bill 11—12 ram. 



No. 7.52. ? jav., Allianca, 0. xi. 1907.— Wing 58 ; tail 54 ; bill 12 mm. 



Absolutely identical with tojxitypical Bolivian examples. The young female 

 differs from the adult ones by having the cap washed with olive-greenish, the sides 

 of the head dull brownish instead of cinereoas, the under parts of a deeper, more 

 bnffy yellow, and the throat tinged with yellowish. 



[54. Tachyphonus phoenicius Swains. 



TachyphnuHS phoeniciuH Sw.iinson, An'nn. in Mem.g. p. 31 1 (1838.— loc. ign., liab. substit. East Peru, 



aut. Berlepsch). 

 T. phoeniceus Pelzeln, Ziir Orn. Bras. iii. p. 214 (Borba). 



Right bank : Borba (Natterer). Apparently of wide distribution in Amazonia, 

 being recorded from British Guiana and Eastern Pern. 



Natterer's specimens from Borba agree well with others from Guiana.] 



[55. Tachyphonus surinamus insignis Hellm. 



[Tunhis surinamus Linnaeus, Sysl. Xul. xii. 1. p. 297 (17iJG. — ex Brisson : Surinam).] 

 Taclu/phonus suriniunus insiijnis Hellmayr, iVoc. Zool. xiii. p. 357 (1900. — Bemfica, ParA). 

 T. surinamus Pelze\a, Znr Orn. Bras. iii. 1809. p. 213 (part.: Pari, Borba); Snethlage, Jo»/v/. /". 

 Orn. 1907. p. 295 (Pant, Rio Macujubim, S. Antonio do Prata). 



Kight bank : Borba (Natterer). 



Dr. Lorenz has kindly sent for ray inspection the three adult males obtained 

 by Natterer. One is practically identical with topotypical i'ara examples, while the 

 two others have the ochreous patch on the sides of the chest even darker and more 

 decidedly mixed with ferruginous. 



T. s. insignis is hitherto only known from the Pari district, and from Borba, 



* The latter locality inadvertently omitted. 



