131 



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

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

 App. p. 36? 



Velutino-niger : dorso postico toto rubro-coccineo. ? Jlavo- 

 brunneo-olivascens ; dorso postico hnmnescenti-Jlavo : capite 

 toto etgulafusds : alis intus et cauda nigricantibus. 

 Long. totą 6"3, alse 3'1, caudae 2* 7. 



Hab. Colombia river, Oregon {Baird) ; Mexico, Guatimala, 

 Nicaragua (Delattre) ; Chiriqui (Bridges). 

 Mus. Paris. 



This species may be at once distinguished from R. flammigerus, 

 with wliich it has been generally confounded, by its smaller size. 



13. Ramphocelus flammigerus. 



Ramphopis Jtammigerus, Jard.and Selb. 111. Orn. pi. 131; Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1855, p. 156. 



Ramphocelus varians, Lafr. R. Z. 1847, p. 216 (partim). 



Velutino-niger : dorso postico toto ruberrimo. 

 Hab. New Grenada, Galy {Delattre) ; Bogota. 



14. Ramphocelus chrysonotus. 



Ramphocelus varians, Lafr. R. Z. 1847, p. 216 {partim). 

 Ramphocelus chrysonotus, Lafr. R. Z. 1853, p. 246; Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1855, p. 156. 



Ramphocelus aurinotus, Sclater, Tan. Cat. Sp. p. 9 (err.). 



Velutino-niger : dorso postico toto aurantiaco-fiavo. 



Hab. New Grenada, Jiintas {Delattre). 



Mus. Aead. Philadelph. 



This orange-rumped bird is scarcer than the other two species, 

 R. flammigerus and icteronotus, which it so closely resembles ; and I 

 have some doubts as to its real distinctness from the former. 



15. Ramphoceujs icteronotus. 



Ramphocelus icteronotus, Bp. R. Z. 1838, p. 8 ; P. Z. S. 1837, 

 p. 121 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 156. 



Ramphopis ictei'onotus, Gray, Gen. p. 363 ; Dubus, Esq. Oru. 

 pi. 15. <? & ?. 



Ramphocelus varians, Lafr. R. Z. 1847, p. 216 {partim). 



Velutino-niger : dorso postico toto flavissimo. ? pileo, cervice, 

 interscapidio, campteriis et alarum tectricibus minoribus 

 flavo-olivaceis : alis caudaąue obscure fuscis,illarum tectricibus 

 mediis et secundariis flavo-olivascente marginatis : rostri am- 

 bitų sordide fuscescenti-flavo : corpore subtusflavo. 

 Long. totą 6 '8, alse 3 '6, eaudse 3*0. 



Hab. New Grenada, western coast, S. Bonaventūra {Delattre), 

 Choco Bay {Capt. Kellett) ; Guyaquil {Dubus) ; Ecuador, western 

 slope of the Andes, near Quito {Jameson). 

 Mus. Brit., Paris., &c. 



