BIRDS FROM BRAZIL AND SOUTHERN VENEZUELA—FRIEDMANN 557 
A juvenal bird collected on the Rio Negro on February 1, 1930, was 
preserved in alcohol. Itis not listed with the skins mentioned above. 
PIRANGA RUBRA RUBRA (Linnaeus): Summer Tanager 
Fringilla rubra LinNaAEvs, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 181 (based on 
“The Summer Red-Bird”’ Catesby, The natural history of Carolina .. ., 
vol. 1, p. 56, pl. 56: “Carolina and Virginia’ South Carolina). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
1 9 ad., Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela, January 5, 1930. 
1 co ad., Raudal Corocoro, just below Playa Candela, Casiquiare, Venezuela, 
February 9, 1931. 
The crown, occiput, and upper back of the female have a number 
of reddish-brown feathers showing among the greenish ones, and some 
of the longer upper tail coverts are similarly reddish brown. 
PIRANGA FLAVA HAEMALEA Salvin and Godman: Roraima Red Tanager 
Pyranga haemalea Sauvin and Gopman, Ibis, 1883, p. 205 (Roraima, British 
Guiana). 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
1 ad. 9, Serro Imeri, near Salto do Hud on the Venezuelan-Brazilian border, 
December 7, 1930. 
This rather puzzling specimen seems to fit best with haemalea, but 
the identification is not so certain as might be hoped for. It is 
similar to a female of desidiosa but has the throat brighter yellow and 
the forehead and crown darker brownish olive. Its dimensions are as 
follows: Wing 90.5, tail 77, culmen from base 18.6 mm. The nearest 
point to Serro Imeri whence the race (or the species) has been recorded 
hitherto seems to be Mount Duida. 
HABIA RUBICA PERUVIANA (Taczanowski): Peruvian Red Ant-tanager 
Phoenicothraupis peruvianus TaczANnowskI, Ornithologie du Pérou, vol. 2, 1884, p. 
498 (Chyavetas, Chamicuros, Yurimaguas, and Monterico= Yurimaguas). 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
1 &, S40 Gabriel, Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, January 14, 1931. 
This specimen is labeled as an adult, but it may be really an im- 
mature bird. It agrees in coloration very closely with a female from 
Villa Braza, Rio Tapajés, Brazil, except for the color of the tail, and 
in baving a few faint orange flecks on the throat and in having the 
thighs and under tail coverts darker and more brightly orange. The 
tail is similar to that of an adult male from Hyutanahan, Rio Puris, 
Brazil. Its measurements are: Wing 83; tail 70.5; culmen from cere 
17 mm. It is unfortunately in a plumage that is useless for sub- 
specific determination but appears to be best placed in peruviana, 
although it comes from a locality a little more northerly than peruviana 
has been recorded hitherto. 
