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RAMPHOCELUS FESTAE Salvadori. 

 FESTA'S TANAGER. 



Adult male. — Velvety black; lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts scarlet; upper breast with a broad transverse semilunar band 

 of dull red; sides tinged with red; anal feathers scarlet; bill plum- 

 beous, feet black. Total length, 166; wing, 80; tail,' 72; culmen, 15; 

 tarsus, 22. 



Rahitat. — Chiriqui, Central America. 



Similar to Ram/phocehis jjasserinii, but much smaller, and distin- 

 guished by the transverse band of red on upper breast, the sides tinged 

 with red, and the anal feathers red. (Translation of original descrip- 

 tion.) 



Rhamphoeoelus festae Salvadobi, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Torino, xi, no. 

 249, July 4, 1896, 1 (Chiriqui; coll. Turin Mus.). 



RAMPHOCELUS DUNSTALLI Rothschild. 

 BUNSTALL'S TANAGER. 



Adidt male. — "Head, neck, and throat black, washed all over with a 

 dull crimson flush. Back, rump, and upper tail-coverts brilliant 

 crimson orange; these feathers with their basal halves white. Wing- 

 coverts, wings, and tail black. Chest orange-crimson. Abdomen, 

 flanks, and under tail-coverts rufous orange; the center of abdomen 

 has the appearance of being intermixed with black, as the feathers 

 there have black instead of white bases, and a few also black tips. 

 Thighs black. Wing, 80; tail, 73.7; tarsus, 20.3; culmen, 16.8. 



"Eeceived from Mr. K. Dunstall, after whom I have named it. By 

 the make of the skin it evidently came from Central America, and 

 probably from Panama." (Original description.^) 



Rhamphocodm dunstalli Rothschild, Novit. Zool., ii, no. 4, Dec, 1895, 481 

 (Panama?; coll. TringMus.). 



RAMPHOCELUS LUCIANI Lafresnaye. 

 BONAPARTE'S TANAGER, 



Adult male. — Head and neck all round, upper part of chest, back, 

 scapulars, wings, tail, abdomen, and median portion of breast, chest, 

 under wing-coverts, and axillars black, the neck (sometimes whole head 

 also) and back more or less tinged with dusky red or maroon, some- 

 times the whole head, neck, upper chest, and back wholly maroon, 

 except on concealed portion of the feathers; lower back, rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, under tail-coverts, and lateral portions of under side of 

 body (broadly) uniform glossy scarlet or scarlet-vermilion; maxilla 

 black; mandible pale bluish gray, with terminal third (approximately) 

 black; legs and feet dusky (in dried skins); length (skins), 157.5-160 



1 The measurements converted from inches and tenths. 



