DUSKY-TAILED ANT TANAGER 



14. Phcenicothraupis fuscicauda Cabanis 

 Dusky-tailed Ant Tanager 



Length 189 mm. (7.40 in.); tail 87 mm. 

 (3.40 in.). 



Male. Chocolate brown above and grayer 

 brown below, tinged with red, especially on the 

 rump and under parts, passing into vermilion on 

 the throat, a vermilion patch on crown. Bill 

 black; feet pinkish. 



Female. Dusky olive above and more gray- 

 ish below, passing into yellow or orange on 

 throat. 



A medium sized tanager of rather slender 

 build and not at all timid habits. Its ordinary 

 call note is a sharp noise like the tearing of 

 cloth. It frequents thickets and the under- 

 growth of the jungle; often found in pairs. On 

 Barro Colorado Island in April, 1926, 1 heard for 

 the first time its lovely warbling song. 



15. Tachyphonus rufus (Boddaert) 

 Boddaert's Tanager 



Length 173 mm. (6.80 in.); tail 79 mm. (3.05 

 in.). 



Male. Black with under wing coverts white, 

 showing only in flight. Bill bluish. 



Female. Rufous chestnut above; under parts 

 plain cinnamon tawny. Bill same as in male. 



Found in second growth about the edge of the 

 jungle and along the roads. Rather common; 

 usually seen in pairs. 



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