VIII TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Key to the Species of Tanagra 55 



33. Tanagra cana Swainson 55 



34. Tanagra palmarum melanoptera (Sclater) 58 



35. Tanagra abbas Lichtenstein 60 



Genus 7. Spindalis Jardine and Selby 62 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Spindalis 63 



36. Spindalis nigricephala (Jameson) ^ 64 



37. Spindalis portoricensis (Bryant) 65 



38. Spindalis multicolor (Vieillot) 67 



39. Spindalis pretrei (Lesson) - - . 68 



40. Spindalis zena zena (Linnajus) ;. - - 70 



41. Spindalis zena townsendi Ridgway '. . . 72 



42. Spindalis benedicti Ridgway , , , 72 



43. Spindalis salvini Cory 74 



Genus 8. Piranga Vieillot 75 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Piranga 76 



44. Piranga rubra rubra (Linnaeus) 79 



45. Piranga rubra cooperi Ridgway 83 



40. Piranga hepatica Swainson 84 



47. Piranga testacea testacea Sclater and Salvin 86 



48. Piranga testacea figlina (Salvin and Godman) 87 



49. Piranga erythromelas (Vieillot) 88 



50. Piranga ludoviciana (Wilson) 91 



51. Piranga bidentata bidentata Swainson 95 



52. Piranga bidentata flammea Ridgway 96 



53. Piranga bidentata sanguinolenta (Lafresnaye) 96 



54. Piranga roseo-gularia roseo-gularis Cabot 98 



55. Piranga roseo-gularis cozumelse Ridgway 99 



56. Piranga leucoptera leucoptera Trudeau 99 



57. Piranga leucoptera latifasciata Ridgway 101 



58. Piranga erythrocephala (Swainson) 102 



Genus 9. Heterospingus Ridgway ^ 103 



Key to the Species of Heterospingus 103 



59. Heterospingus xanthopygius (Sclater) 104 



60. Heterospingus rubrif-rons (Lawrence) _ . 104 



Genus 10. Hemithraupis Cabanis 105 



61. Hemithraupis chrysomelas (Sclater and Salvin) 106 



Genus 11. Ramphocelus Desmarest 107 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Ramphocelus 108 



62. Ramphocelus passerinii Bonaparte 109 



63. Ramphocelus costaricensis Cherrie Ill 



64. Ramphocelus chrysopterua Boucard 112 



65. Ramphocelus icteronotus Bonaparte 113 



66. Ramphocelus inexpectatua Rothschild 114 



67. Ramphocelus festse Salvador! _ 115 



68. Ramphocelus dunstalli Rothschild 115 



69. Ramphocelus luciani Lafresnaye 115 



70. Ramphocelus dimidiatus dimidiatus Lafresnaye 116 



71. Ramphocelus dimidiatus isthmicus Ridgway 118 



72. Ramphocelus dimidiatus limatus (Bangs) 119 



73. Ramphocelus uropygialis Bonaparte 119 



Genus 12. Phlogothraupia Sclater and Salvin 120 



74. Phlogothraupia sanguinolenta (Lesson) 120 



Genus 13. Lanio Vieillot 122 



