522 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



678. Piranga rubra. 



Summer Ked Tanager. 



FrinrjiUa rv.hrn Linn. Sy«t. Xat. i. p. ISl, 175.S (Carolina). 



I'yranija (saliva Salvin, Ibis, 1 SSo, p. 210 f liuraiiiia ) ; Sclatev, Cat. 13. 



Brit. Mu.s. xi. p. 1S2, 1886 (Koraima) ; Quelcli, Tiniehri (2) x. 



p. 208, 1896 f migration). 

 Piranha rubra Brabourne & Chubb. B. S. Amor. i. p. 418, no. 4307, 



1912. 



Aihdt male. General colour of the iip])er parts dai-k dull red, 

 including the toj) of the head, back, upper tail-coverts, tail, upper 

 win ;i;-co verts, and outer aspect of flight-quills, the inner webs of 

 the last blackish ; throat and entire under surface bright red ; 

 under surface of flight-r|uills pale brown ; lower aspect of tail 

 similar to its upper surface. 



Total length 172 inni., exposed culnien 10, wing 101, tail 73, 

 tarsus 23, middle toe and claw 21. 



This species is not represented in the i\Ic('onnell collection, nor 

 is there a male >«j)ecimen, from British (iuiana, in the British 

 Museum ; the aljove description, therefore, is taken from a speci- 

 men in the National collection, collected at Merida, Yeiie/.uela. 



^\dult female. General colour of the upper surface ochreous- 

 yellow, including the top of the head, back, upper wing-coverts, 

 and outer a.spect of quills, inner webs of the last brown with 

 whitish inner margins ; tail inclining to cinnamon ; throat and 

 fore-neck orange-yellow, Ijecoming paler yellow on the abdomen, 

 .«ides of body, and under tail-coverts; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts similar, inclining to buft" on the greater series ; quill- 

 lining pale brown with yellowish margins. Wing 94 mm. 



The description of the female is taken from a s{)ecimen in the 

 British Museum, collected by the late Henry Whitelyin January 

 1881 on Mount Horaima, Salvin-Godman collection. 



Immaiure male, >Similur to the adult female in its first plumage. 

 In tlie present specimen the red is commencing to ajipear on the 

 sides of the face, back, upper tail-covtrts, throat, breast, abdomen, 

 ami under tail-coverts. 



The immature male was also collected at Mouut Roraima by 

 Whitely in October 1883. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



