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RAMPHOCELUS FESTAE Salvadori. 

 FESTA'S TANAGER. 



Adult- male. — Velvety black; lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts scarlet; upper breast with a broad transverse semilunar l)an(l 

 of dull red; sides tinged with red; anal feathers scarlet; bill plum- 

 beous, feet black. Total leng-th, 166; wing, 80; tail, 72; culmen, 15; 

 tarsus, 22. 



Ilahitat. — Chiriqui, Central America. 



Similar to Raniphocehts 2)(isserinii^ but much smaller, and distin- 

 guished by the transverse band of red on upper breast, the sides tinged 

 with red, and the anal feathers red. (Translation of original descrip- 

 tion.) 



Rhamphocoelus festae Salvadori, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Torino, xi, no. 

 249, July 4, 1896, 1 (Chiriqui; coll. Turin Mu.s.). 



RAMPHOCELUS DUNSTALLI Rothschild. 

 DTJNSTALl'S TANAGEE. 



Adult male. — "Head, neck, and throat black, washed all over with a 

 dull crimson flush. Back, rump, and upper tail-coverts brilliant 

 crimson orange; these feathers with their basal halves white. Wing- 

 coverts, wings, and tail black. Chest orange-crimson. Abdomen, 

 flanks, and under tail-coverts rufous orange; the center of abdomen 

 has the appearance of being intermixed with black, as the feathers 

 there have black instead of white bases, and a few also black tips. 

 Thighs black. Wing, 80; tail, 73.7; tarsus, 20.3; culmen, 16.8. 



"Received from Mr. K. Dunstall, after whom I have named it. By 

 the make of the skin it evidently came from Central America, and 

 probably from Panama." (Original description.') 



Rhamphocoelus dunstalli Rothschild, Novit. Zool., ii, no. 4, Dec, 1895, 481 

 (Panama?; coll. TringMus. ). 



RAMPHOCELUS LUCIANI Lafresnaye. 

 BONAPARTE'S TANAGER. 



Adult male. — Head and neck all round, upper part of chest, back, 

 scapulars, wings, tail, abdomen, and median portion of breast, chest, 

 under wing-coverts, and axillars black, the neck (sometimes whole head 

 also) and back more or less tinged with dusky red or maroon, some- 

 times the whole head, neck, upper chest, and back wholly maroon, 

 except on concealed portion of the feathers; lower back, rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, under tail-coverts, and lateral portions of under side of 

 body (broadly) uniform glossy scarlet or scarlet- vermilion; maxilla 

 black; mandible pale bluish gra}", with terminal third (approximately) 

 black; legs and feet dusky (in dried skins); length (skins), 157.5-160 



^ The measurements converted from inches and tenths. 



