178 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 



Ramphocelus carbo carbo (Pallas). 



Lanius carbo Pallas in Vroeg. Cat. rais. d'Oiseaux, Adumbrat p. 2 



( 1 764 — Surinam ) . ^ 

 Ramphocelus jacapa auct. ; Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 20. 



Typical R. carbo is abundant in the heavily wooded region above 

 the falls of Atures, and may be occasionally found as far down the 

 Orinoco as the mouth of the Apure River and Caicara; but from that 

 point until one arrives at the tangled jungle of the upper part of the 

 delta region where R. carbo magnirostris and R. atrosericeus capitalis 

 abound, these tanagers are conspicuous by their absence. 



Females. Above dark mummy brown, rich burnt umber on 

 lower rump and upper tail coverts ; wings and tail blackish brown ; 

 below chestnut shaded with dusky on breast ; chin and throat drab. 



Males in jiwenal plumage. Resemble the female, but have the rump 

 nearly a brick red, while on the throat there is a strong vinaceous 

 wash. In the American Museum are specimens collected b}" Klages 

 at Suapure and Maripa on the Caura River. They represent adults 

 of both sexes collected during the months of May, September and 

 November. 



Ramphocelus carbo magnirostris Lafresnaye. 

 Ramphocelus magnirostris Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool. 1853. p. 243. 

 Ramphocelus jacapa magnirostris Hellmayr, Novit. Zool. XIII. 1906. 

 p. 15 (Guanoco, Orinoco Delta). 



Hellmayr records specimens of this species from Guanoco in the 

 Orinoco delta, and I have examined specimens collected at the same 

 point by Mr. C. Wm. Beebe that agree exactly with specimens from 

 Trinidad. 



Ramphocelus atrosericeus capitalis Allen. 



Ramphocelus atrosericeus capitalis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. IV. 1892. p. 51 

 (El Pilar near Cumana, Venezuela). 



Five specimens collected by the writer at Las Barrancas have 

 been compared with the type in the American Museum collection and 

 found to agree exactly. 



'Hellmayr, Novit. Zool. Xlll. 1906. p. 357. 



