TACHYPHONUS. 533 



685. Tachyphonus phceniceus. 



Red-shouldered Tanagee. 



TacTtyplionus phceniceus Swains. Anim. in Menag. part iii. p. 311, 1837 

 (Peru) ; Salvin & Godman, Ibis, 1883, p. 203 (British Guiana) ; 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 212 (Merume Mts., Roraima, 3500 to 5000 ft.) ; 

 Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 208, 1886 (Merume Mts., 

 Eoraima) ; Brabourne & Cliubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 421, no. 4335, 

 1912. 



Adult male. General colour both on the upper and under 

 surface glossy black with a bluish sheen on the upper parts ; 

 lesser upper wing-coverts scarlet-red with white bases to the 

 feathers; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and inner margins of 

 flight-quills, on the basal portion, pure white. 



Total length 155 mm., exposed culmen 12, wing 71, tail 62, 

 tarsus 11. 



Adult female. General colour on the upper surface dark dusky- 

 brown, including the crown of the head, sides of the face, sides of 

 the neck, hind-neck, back, wings, and tail ; the small upper wing- 

 coverts on the bend of the wing slightly rufescent ; throat and 

 middle of abdomen isabelline-white ; sides of body, thighs, and 

 under tail-covorts slate-grey ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 white ; under surface of flight-quillsand lower aspect of tail dark 

 brown. Wing 70 mm. 



The male and female described above were collected by 

 Mr. McConnell at Mount Roraima during his expedition in 

 October 1898. 



An immature male, collected on the Abary River in September 

 1906, is similar in its general colour of plumage to the adult 

 female and differs only in being streaked with dull white and 

 pale brown. The first approach of male plumage is represented 

 by a small spot of black on one side of the throat. 



Breediiig-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima, Abary River 

 (^McConnell collection); Mount Roraima and Merume Mountains 

 {Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam (Penard), Northern Brazil, Peru., 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



