176 TANAGRIB^. 



Female. " Blackish ; rump, breast, belly, and crissum reddish brown" 

 (cVOrb.). Young male. Nearly uniform brownish black. 



Hub. Bolivia and Southern Peru. 



Distinguishable from R. jacapa by the absolutely black back and 

 belly. 



a, b. J ad. sk. Bolivia. Selater Coll. 



c. ? ad. sk. Bolivia (Bndqes). Selater Coll. 



<^, e. c? 2 ad. sk. Bolivia. " T. Bridges [C.]. 



f, ff. (S 2 <'^d. sk. Kamosaui, Bolivia (Bucl-lry). Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



/*. S ad. sk. Ramosani, Bolivia (Uucklci/). 8clater Coll. 



i. c? ad. sk. Bolivia. Salviu-Godniau Coll. 



J. (S ad. sk. ; Bolivia. Purchased. 



k. d jr. 



9. Ehampliocoelus passerinii. 



Ramphocelus passerinii, i)^5. Antolof/ia, 1831, no. 130, p. 3; id.Consp. 

 i. p. 24:3; Less. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 133 (excl. syn.) ; Selater, 

 P. Z. S. ISoP). pp. 130, 142 ; irh Syn. Av. Tan. p. 54 ; id. Cat. A. 

 B. p. 79 ; Svlnt. et Sale. Ibis, 1859, pp. 5, 16, et 1860, p. 32 (Gua- 

 temala) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 278 (Mosquitia), 1870, p. 836 (Hon- 

 duras) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 21 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 467, 1872, 

 p. 316 (Choutales) ; id. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 138, et 1870, p. 187 

 (Veragua) ; 3Ioore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 59 (Honduras): Cab. J. f. O. 

 1860, p. 330 (Costa Rica) ; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. Ill (Honduras) ; 

 Frantz. J. f. 0. 1869, p. 299 (Costa Rica) ; Salr. et Godm. Biol. 

 Centr.-Am'., Aves, i. p. 281 ; Lawr. Ann. L. N. Y. viii. p. 175 

 (Chiriqui) et p. 179 (Nicaragua), ix. p. 99 (Costa Rica). 



Ramphopis passerinii, Bp. Notes Orn. p. 52. 



Ramphopis Hammigerus, Baird, Stansbury's Exp. to Gt. Salt Lake, 

 App. p. 330 ? 



Velvetv black ; lower half of back and upper tail-coverts bright 

 crimson-red ; bill bluish lead-colour, darker at tip ; feet black : 

 -whole length 6*2 inches, wing 3-1, tail 2"7. Female. Above yel- 

 lowish olive, darker on the interscapulium ; wings and tail brownish 

 black ; head and neck aU round greyish brown ; abdomen yellowish 

 olive tinged with grey. 



Hah. Central America, from Honduras and Guatemala to Chiriqui. 



a, 6. c? ? ^^- st. Coban, Guatemala. Purchased. 



c,d. 2ad.sk. Choctum, Vera Paz (<S'«^rm)- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. c? ad. sk. Sources of Rio de la Pasion, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Vera Paz , Guatemala ( Salvin). 



f. (S ad. sk. Bi'lize {Blancaneaux) . Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g. J jr. sk. Honduras. E. L. Layard [C.]. 

 h. cJad.sk. San Pedro, Honduras (H^^/^Wy). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 i,j. cJ ad. sk. Chontales, Nicaragua (5^/0. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 k, I. d 2 ad- ^^- Tucurriqui, Costa Rica (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 m, n. c? $ ad. sk. Angostura, Costa Rica ( Car- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



miol). 

 o,p. c? 2 ad. sk. La Barranca, Nicoya, Costa Salvin-G( dman Coll. 



Rica (Arce). 

 a. cJ jr. sk. San C'arlos, Costa Rica (C'«r- Salvin-Godma i Cull. 



miol). 



