BLACK-WINGED PALM TANAGER 



9. Thraupis palmarum atripennis Todd 

 Black-winged Palm Tanager 



Tanagra palmarum melanoptera RIDGWAY, Birds of N. 

 and M. Amer., II, p. 58, 1902 ; Thraupis palmarum melanop- 

 tera STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 278. 



Male. Length 167 mm. (6.55 in.); tail 72 

 mm. (2.85 in.). General color dark olive green 

 glossed with purplish, greener on the forehead; 

 lighter and tinged with yellowish underneath; 

 tail and terminal two thirds of wings conspicuous- 

 ly blackish tinged with purplish. 



Female. Similar to male in size and color. 



. Common and widely distributed. Frequents 

 palm trees, often those about habitations, and 

 the parks in the cities. Song and call notes 

 resembling those of the preceding species, T. 

 cana diaconus. 



10. Ramphocelus icteronotus Bonaparte 

 Yellow-rumped Tanager 



Length 165 mm. (6.50 in.); tail 73 mm. 

 (2.85 in.). 



Male. Velvety black, the lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail coverts abruptly rich lemon 

 yellow. Bill pale blue with dark tip. 



Female. Top of head, hindneck, neck, 

 upper back and scapulars dusky olive; lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail coverts clear yellow; 



