28. PHCENICOTHEAUPIS. 199 



Female. Olive-brown, wings and tail-margins rather more yellowish ; 

 median crest yellowish buff ; below pale fulvous. 



Hah. Trinidad and Venezuela. 



This is a smaller species, recognizable by its rosy red colour 

 below and the pale colour of the female. 



a, h. cJ ad. sk. Trinidad, Selater Coll. 



c. 5 fid- sk. Venezuela. Selater Coll. 



d, e. (5 5 ad. sk. Venezuela. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Phcenicothraupis rhodinolaema. 



Phcenicothraupis rubica, Sci. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 749, et 1873, 



p. 262 (E. Peru); Tacz. P.Z.S. 1874, p. 513 (C. Peru), 1882, 



p. 14 (N.E. Peru). 

 Phcenicothraupis rhodinolajma, Salv. et Goihn. Biol. Centr.-Am., 



Aves, i. p. 300 (1883). 

 Phcenicothraupis peruvianus, Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 498 (1884) ; Scl. 



Ibis, 1885, p. 272. 



Above dull brownish red, tail brighter ; median crest scarlet ; 

 below cinereous, throat and upper part of breast bright testaceous 

 red ; centre of belly, crissum, inner wing-coverts, and inner margins 

 of wing-feathers rosaceous ; bill hazel-brown, paler below ; feet 

 pale brown : whole length 6 inches, wing 3*6, tail 2"7. Female. 

 Brown, wing and tail-margins rufous ; median crest yellowish 

 fulvous ; below pale ashy brown, darker on the sides. 



Hab. Western Ecuador. 



A small species, most nearly resembling P. rvhra, but with the 

 dark colour on each side of the crest not so distinct, and with the 

 colour below different. The females of the two species are much 

 alike. 



a. c? jr. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Biwhley'). ) Pclater Coll. 



b. (S ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (B^icldey). > Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



c. 5 ad.sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (5^^t7l/e^/J. ) Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Tj^pes of the species). 

 d,e. (5 2 ad. sk. Chamicuros {Hauxwell) . J. Gould, Esq. 



f. cJ ad. sk. Eg'i) Amazons. Purchased. 



6. Phcenicothraupis fuscicauda. 



Phcenicothraupis fuscicauda, Cab. J. f. O. 1861, p. 86 (Costa Pica) ; 



Aves, i. p. 302 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 55 (Costa Rica). 

 Phcenicothraupis erythrolfema, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 83. 

 Phcenicothraupis ruhicoides, Laur. Ann. L. N. T. vii. p. 297 



(Panama) ; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1865, p. 171 (Costa Rica). 



Above dull testaceous red ; median crest scarlet, the crest-feathers 

 more or less tipped with ashy brown like the sides of the head; 

 wings and tail externally ashy brown, with a slight reddish tinge 



