BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. Ill 



Honduras). — Salvin and Sclater, Ibis, 1860, 32 (Yzabal). — Cabanis, Journ. 

 fur Orn., 1860, 330 (Costa Rica).— Taylor, Ibis, 1860, 111 (Atlantic coast 

 Honduras). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1865, 176 (David, Chiriqui), 

 180 (Greytown, Nicaragua) ; ix, 1868, 99 (Angostura, San Carlos, and Navarro, 

 Costa Rica).— Stimpson, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci., i, 1868, 128, pi. 16.— 

 Frantzius, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 299 (Angostura, San Carlos, Navarro, 

 Orosi, Sarapiqui, and Tueurriqui, Costa Rica). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1878, 55 (San Carlos and Naranjo, Costa Rica). — Ridgway, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1888, 585 (Segovia R., Honduras). — Zeledon, Anal. 

 Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 109 (Navarro de Cartago, Naranjo de Cartago, 

 Jimenez, and Esparto, Costa Rica). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 

 1893, 489 (Rio Escondido; habits; descr. nest and eggs). — Nuttinc;, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 391 (bet. San Jose and Punta Arenas, Costa Rica), 

 499 (San Jose). 



IRamphocoelus'} passerinii Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 21. 



Eamphoccehis passerinii Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 138 (David, Chiri- 

 qui). — BoucARD, Liste Ois. Gaut., 1878, 33. — Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vi., 1883, 399 (Los Sdbalos, Nicaragua ;habits). 



Rhampliocoelus jMsserinii Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 

 281, pi. 18, fig. 1 (Belize and Belize R., British Honduras; Tucuru, etc., Guate- 

 mala; Barranca, etc., Costa Rica; Vivala, etc., Veragua; etc.). — Sclater, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 176. 



IlhampJwcelMfi passermii LafresnayEj Mag. de Zool., 1837, 2" classe, not. 81 (p. 3) 

 (description). — Salvadori, Atti Roy. Ac. Sci. Torino, iv, 1868, 177 (Costa 

 Rica). 



Ramphojm jHisserinii Bot^AP ARTE, Notes Orn. Coll. Delattre, 1854, 52. 



Rhamj)hnpis flammigerus (not of Jardine and Selby) Baird, in Stansbury's Rep. 

 Gt. Salt Lake, 1852, 330 ("Columbia R., Oregon"). 



RAMPHOCELUS COSTARICENSIS Cherrie. 

 CHERRIES TANAGER. 



Similar to R.i)asserinii but larger; adult female and immature male 

 ver}^ different from those of R. passerinii^ having the lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts, as well as the chest "ochraceous-rufous" 

 or rufous-orange, the chest sometimes orange chrome. 



Adult ?/?«Z6^— Intense velvety black, the whole lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts bright, pure, intense scarlet, the feathers with 

 basal half pure white and with a yellow bar between the white and 

 scarlet; bill grayish blue, with black tip; legs and feet grayish blue 

 (dusky in dried skins). 



Adult female. — "Above, whole head varying from a dusky slate 

 black to a slate gray; back and scapulars dusky yellowish olive; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts ochraceous-rufous of varying intensity in the 

 different specimens. Wings dusky brownish black, inner webs of 

 quills darkest; tail blackish. Below, chin and throat grayish; breast 

 ochraceous-rufous like the rump; the rest of lower parts yellowish 

 olive, darker along the sides. Bill black with plumbeous base. Feet, 

 dark plumbeous." (Cherrie.^) 



^ The description quoted is given for both the adult female and the immature (at 

 that time erroneously supposed to be the adult) male. 



