FAMILY TANGARIDJE 



f. Wings and tail black. 



g. Bright scarlet except black wings and 



tail Piranga erythromelas 



(male in summer) 



gg. Crimson maroon, breast and rump blood 

 red, abdomen as well as wings and tail 



black 



Ramphocelus dimidiatus isthmicus 



(both sexes, female much duller) 



ff. Very dark brown tinged with red or dark 

 slate above. 



g. Very dark brown tinged with red above; 



under parts grayish brown shading to 



vermilion on throat 



. . . .Phcenicothraupis fusc-icauda, male 

 gg. Dark slate above; under parts mainly 



rose red 



Rhodinocichla rosea eximia, male 



cc. No red in plumage. 



d. Rump bright yellow in conspicuous contrast 

 to rest of body. 



e. Rest of plumage jet black 



Ramphocelus icteronotus, male 



ee. Rest of plumage chiefly olive 



Ramphocelus icteronotus, female 



dd. Rump not contrastingly yellow. 



e. Plumage jet black (with trace of white on 



forepart of wing) 



Tachyphonus rufus, male 



ee. Upper parts dusky, dark grayish brown or 

 olive. 



f. Upper parts dark (dusky olive or dark 

 grayish brown). 



g. Dusky olive (very dark) above, grayer 

 below, shading to yellow or orange on 



throat 



. . .Phccnicothraupis fuscicauda, female 



gg. Dark grayish brown above. 



h. Forehead and sides of face black; 

 throat whitish; breast yellowish 



green 



Mitrospingus c. cassini, sexes alike 



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