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forest They are heavy-bodied birds with relatively small heads, 

 often showing the yellow spot in the wing distinctly when in flight. 



PHLOGOTHRAUPIS SANGUINOLENTA SANGUINOLENTA (Lesson) 



Tanagra {Tachyphonus) sanguinolentus Lesson, Centurie zoologique, 1S31, 

 p. 107, pi. 39 (Mexico). 

 Our series includes birds from Tres Zapotes, March 9 and 16, 1939, 

 February 24, March 15 and 18, and April 1, 1940. Carriker shot one 

 on the lower slopes of Cerro de Tuxtla on May 7. This beautiful 

 tanager is an inhabitant of dense coverts, either in heavy forest or 

 in thickets bordering fields. Its contrasted color pattern of black and 

 red and its light bill attract the eye immediately when it appears. It 

 is shy and may be more common than our records indicate. 



PIRANGA RUBRA RUBRA (Linnaeus) : Summer Tanager 



Fringttla rubra Linnaeus, Systeina naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 181 (South 

 Carolina). 



On March 12, 1939, a fine male came to the grove of little trees at 

 our Tres Zapotes camp, and apparently this same individual was 

 recorded here almost daily until April 2. On April 3 I shot an adult 

 female and on April 6 a particolored male. I recorded the last one 

 on April 8. Carriker shot a male partly in immature dress on Vol- 

 can San Martin on April 22, 1940. 



PIRANGA LEUCOPTERA LEUCOPTERA Trudeau 



Pyranga leucoptera Tkudeau, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 8, 1S39, 

 p. 160 (Mexico). 



Our only record is of two beautiful adult males taken by Carriker 

 on March 23, 1940, on the high, exposed ridge forming the lower sum- 

 mit of Cerro de Tuxtla. 



HABIA RUBICA RUBICOIDES (Lafresnaye) 



Saltator rubicoides Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., 1844, p. 41 (Mexico). 



Around Tres Zapotes Carriker and I found this bird occasionally, 

 sometimes at least mixed with the larger species that occurs in this 

 same area. I shot one on April 4, 1939, from such a mixed flock at 

 Arroyo Corredor. Carriker took others in the Tres Zapotes area on 

 January 17, February 26, and March 3, 1940. On Cerro de Tuxtla 

 he found them common to 2,500 feet and collected a good series. They 

 seemed less numerous on Volcan San Martin. Two males from 

 Tuxtla, taken on April 1 and 9, were in breeding condition but were 

 still in immature dress in which they resemble the female except for 

 slightly darker color. These tanagers range in undergrowth and the 

 smaller trees in the forest, rarely going high above the ground. They 

 travel in little flocks. 



