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TANAGRIB.E. 



tail, middle of belly, and lower half of crissum jet-black ; bill black ; 

 base of lower maudible bluish white ; feet black : whole length 

 1 inches, wing 3'4, tail 3-2. Female similar, but of a duller red, and 

 black portions of plumage tinged with brown ; middle of abdomen 

 brovrn. 



Hab. Upper Amazonia and "Western Ecuador. 



a. 2 ad.sk. 



h. ? ad.sk. 

 c, d. <S 2 ad. 



e. S ad. sk. 

 /. Jr. sk. 

 y. 2 ad. sk. 



h. (S ad. sk. 

 i. J ad. sk. 

 j, k. d2 ad. 

 I. 2 ad. sk. 



sk. 



Bavra do Rio Negro ( Tf'a/- 



lace) . 

 Eaira do Rio Negro. 

 Pebas, Eastern Peru 



{Hauxicell). 

 Ucayali ( Hauxioell) . 

 Yquitos, E. Peru ( Whitely). 

 Yquitos, Amazons 



( Whitely). 

 Sarayacu, Peru {Whitely). 

 Rio Javari. 



Sarayacu, ^Q\xa,dior (Buckley). 

 Napo, Ecuador {Buckley). 



Sclater Coll. 



Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Rhamphoccelus dimidiatus. 



Ramphocelus dimidiatus, Lafr. Maq. de Zool. 1837, t. 81 ; Bp. Consp. 

 i. p. 242; Sclater, P. Z.S. 1855, p. 156, 1856, pp. 129, 142 (Ve- 

 ragua), 1858, p. 73 (Rio Napo); id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 53; id. Cat. 

 A. B. p. 79; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1860, p. 141 (Turbo) ; Lawr. 

 Ann. Lye. N.H. N. Y. vii. p. 331 (Panama), viii. p. 175 (David) ; 

 Scl. et 'Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 350 (Panama), 1868, p. 627 (Vene- 

 zuela), 1870, p. 780 (Venezuela), 1879, p. 501 (Antioquia) ; iid. 

 Nvmencl. p. 21 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 138, 1870, p. 187 ("S^e- 

 ragua) ; id. Cat. Sfrickl. Coll. p. 191 ; Salv. et Godm. Ibis, 1880, 

 p. 120 (S. Marta) ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 326 (Colombia) ; Salv. 

 et Godm. Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i. p. 283 ; Beiiepsch, J. f. O. 

 1884, p. 291 (Bucaramanga). 



Ramphopis dimidiatus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 363. 



Head and neck all round, with interscapulium and scapularies, 

 dark crimson ; lower back bright scarlet ; abdomen scarlet, with a 

 blackish patch in the middle of the belly ; thighs black ; bill black, 

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

 6-4 inches, wing 3-2, tail 3. Female. Head and neck brown ; 

 interscapulium dull crimson ; lower back and abdomen dull red ; 

 wings and tail blackish. 



Hah. Veragua, Colombia, and Venezuela. 



a. 2 ad. St. S. America. 



b. (S ad.sk. MiuaChorcha, Cliiriqui(^cce). 



c. (S ad. sk. Cordillera del Chucu, Veragua 



(Arce). 



d. 2 ad. sk. Calovevora, Veragua (Arce). 



e. (S ad. sk. Chitra, Veragua (Arce). 



f. cJ ad. sk. Santa Fe, Veragua (Arce). 

 '</. S ad. sk. Chiriqui. 

 '//. cJ ad. sk. Istliuuis of Panama (Arce). 



Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Kellett & Wood [P.l 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



