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"Iris seal-brown; feet slaty black: bill above black; basal three-fourths 

 below of mandible pearl-grey." "Iris bn^bt seal; iris claret-brown. ?, feet 

 lilackish." (Cherrie.) 



(Nos. 10l0.=>, lllOT, 11183, 11184, 11185, 11186, 11187, 11188, 11180, 11200, 

 11207, 11208, 11214, 11434, 11500, 12138 Cherrie coll.) 



Suapnre : cJ (med.) 26. vi. " Iris dull red, like feathers on throat ; feet black; 

 bill — maxilla black, mandible whitish, tipjjcd with black." J ad. 20. .\., d ad. 

 4. xii. ; c? ad. 20. xii. (Klages). 



La Fricion : (JJ ? February, December (R. Andri). 



64. Piranga rubra (L.). 



FrhujUla rubra Linn., Sysl. Nat. Ed. X., I. (17."i8) p. 181 (ex Catesby— C«j-o/;)i/(, Virginia). 

 Piranga aestiva (Gmelin). 



Maipures : S not quite adult, moulting, 28. i. '99, ? ? 24. xi. '98, 20. i. '99. 

 " Iris seal, feet slate-grey, bill above dusky sepia brown, below dusky olive buff." 

 (Nos. 11327, 11761, 11790 Cherrie coll.) 



65. Tachyphonus rufus (Bodd.). 



Tanagra rufa Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl., (1783) p. 44 (Cayenne). 

 Oriolus melaleucus Sparrm., Mus. Carls., no. xxxi. (1787). 

 Tachyphonus melaleucus Scl., Cat. B. Brit. Mua. XI. p. 200 (1886). 



Caicara : c? ad. 18. ii., J ad. 23. ii., i ad. 30. i., cj ad. 7. iii., ? ad. 15. ii., 

 ? ad. 23. ii., ? ad. 18. ii.,. ? 7. iii., ? 1. vii. 



" i ad. : Iris seal-brown ; feet black ; maxilla black, mandible plumbeous, 

 with black tip. ? dusky brown ; bill black ; plumbeous at base of mandible ; feet 

 slate-colour " (Cherrie). 



Ciudad Bolivar: i ad. 20. xii., S ad. 1. xii., ? ? 28. xi. (Klages). 



La Fricion : cJ ad. 8. ii. 1901 (Andr(^). 



(Nos. 10078, 10123, 10138, 10139, 10212, 10213, 10214, 10334, 10363, 10395, 

 10390, 10422, 11025, 11028, 11029 Cherrie coll.) 



66. Tachyphonus luctuosus Lafr. et D'Orb. 



Tachyphonus Inctuosus Lafr. et DDrli., .s'//"- *'l ''■ '" Mmj. Znnl. 1837 p. 29 (Typus ex Guarayoa, 

 Bolivia). 



Suapnre : S ad. 13. iv. 1900 (Klages). 



La Fricion : c?c? 14. 16. xii. 1900 (E. Andre). 



Nicare : $, January lOOl (E. Andre). 



La Union : SS \%. xii., ? 20. xii. lOoO (E. Andrt^). 



" i Irides chestnut ( ? irides brown), bill and feet dark slate, or black " 

 (E. AudrtS). 



These specimens agree with otliers from Bolivia, though the latter {males) are 

 generally of a more dead black with less bluish lustre. Probably the two forms 

 can be separated subspeeifically, but it is desirable to have more detailed knowledge 

 of the changes connected with age and season. 



