170 TANAGKID^. 



the lower mandible, which is also most developed in the male sex. 

 The sexes are alwaj^s different. The Rhampliocceli are distributed 

 through the forests of the Neotropical Region from Guatemala to 

 Bolivia and Southern Brazil. 



R. hrasilius breeds among the grass in low swamp}' places and 

 makes a flattish open nest. The eggs are greenish, spotted with 

 red. The egg of li. Jlammiqerus is figured, P. Z. S. 1879, pi. xlii. 

 fig. 3. 



Key to the S2)ecies. 



A. Lower surface uniform scarlet : 



j interscapulium scarlet 1. brasilim, p. 170. 



I interscapulium darker 2. dorsalis, p. 171. 



B. Lower surface scarlet, middle of belly black. 



a. Throat black 3. nigrigularis, p. 171. 



b. Throat dark scarlet. 



a'. Interscapulium dark scarlet 4. dimidiatus, p. 172. 



h'. Interscapulium black : 



I lower back scarlet 5. lueiani, p. 17.3. 



j only upper tail-coverts scarlet 6. iiropygialis, p. 173. 



C. Lower surface dark maroon : 



( belly like breast but darker 7. jacapa, p. 174. 



) beUy black 8. atrosericeus, p. 175. 



D. Lower surface shining black. 



c. Rump scarlet : 



I smaller, wing 3-0 9. jyasseritiii, p. 176. 



I larger, wing 3'5 10. Jlamniigerus, p. 177. 



d. Iiump orange . 11. chrysonottis, p. 177. 



e. Rmnp sulphur-yellow 12. icteronotus, p. 177. 



1. Rhamphoccelus brasilius. 



Tauagra brasilia, Linn. S. N. i. p. 314 ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 888 ; Lath. 



Lid. Orn. i. p. 420 ; Ma.v. Beitr. iii. p. 515 ; Dubois, Oni. Gal. 



pi. 124. 

 Eamphocele scarlatte, Desm. Tang. tabb. 28, 29. 

 Eampbocelus coccineus, Vieill. Ene. Meth. p. 797 ; id. Gal. Ois. i. 



p. 106, pi. 79. 

 Rampbopis coccinea, Sw. Orn. Dr. pis. 18, 19. 

 Ramphopis brasilia, Gray, Geji. B, ii. p. 363. 

 Ramphocelus brasilius, Bp. C'onsp. i. p. 242 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, 



p. 127 ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 51 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 78 ; Burm. Syst. 



Ueb. iii. p. 173 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 21 ; Forbes, Ibis, 1881, 



p. 333 (Pernambuco) ; Eider, J.f. 0. 1867, p. 409 (nest and eggs) ; 



Cab. J.f. O. 1874, p. 83 (Rio). 

 Brazilian Tauager, Lath. G. H. vi. p. 3. 

 Tangara du BresU, Danb. PI. Enl. 127. fig. 2. 



Bright scarlet ; wings, tail, and thighs dull black ; bill black, 

 base of lower mandible white ; feet dark brown : whole length 

 7'5 inches, wing 3-3, tail 3'3. Female. Brown ; rump and abdomen 

 rosy rufous. 



Hal. S.E. Brazil. 



