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TANAGEID^. 



P. cristata, are fmaud in Colombia, and another species is peculiar to Eastern Ecnador : 

 this we call P. rhodinolcBma* . 



Of the four Central- American species, two belong to Southern Mexico and Guatemala, 

 and two to Costa Eica and Panama. P.fuscicauda of the latter countries spreads 

 northwards to Nicaragua and southwards into Northern Colombia, and is the only 

 species of the four not peculiar to our region. 



The bill in Phmnicothraupis is much like that of Pyranga ; the terminal notch is well 

 defined, and there is sometimes an indefinite curve on the cutting-edge of the maxilla, 

 which in some cases is almost developed into the dentate process so noticeable in 

 certain species of Pyranga. The wings are rounded, the third, fourth, and fifth quills 

 being longest. The tail is long and rounded, and red enters largely into the general 

 colour of the male, brovra being the chief colour in the female. The male in all 

 the species has a scarlet crest, which is in some cases almost hidden by the other 

 feathers. 



1. Phcenicothraupis rubicoides. 



Saltator rubicoides, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1844j p. 41 \ 



Phcenicothraupis rubicoides, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 24 = ; Scl. P.Z. S. 1856, pp. 120 % 303'; 1859, 



pp. 364 ^ 377 ^ 1864, p. 173 ^ Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 15 ^ 1860, p. 32 ' ; P.Z. S. 



1870, p. 836 " ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 58 " ; Sumichrast, Mem. Best. Soc. N. H. i. 



p. 549''; Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 19" ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 193". 

 Tanagra ignicapilla, Licht. Preis-Verz. mex. Vog. p. 2. Cf. J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 56 ". 



Fusco-rubescens, supra unicolor, siibtiis clarior, gutture toto ruberrimo, crista verticali coccinea utrinque nigro 

 marginato, rostro nigro-plumbeo, pedibus obscure corylinis. Long, tota 7'0, alae 3"6, caudse 3-1, rostri a 

 rictu 0-8, tarsi 0-9. 



$ pallide fuseo-brunnea, subtus dilutior, gutture paUidiore, crista verticali ochraceo-fulva nigro utrinque mar- 

 ginata. (Descr. maris et feniina9 ex Choctum, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. Mexico ^^, valley of Mexico {White'^), Papantla (Dejppe^ ^^), hot region of Vera 

 Cruz (Sumichrast ^^, le Strange), Cordova (SallS *), Jalapa ^ (de Oca ^), Playa Vicente 

 (Boucard^), Guichicovi (Svmichrast ^^) ; Guatemala {Constancia^ ^^, Skinner^), 

 Yzabal^, Choctum, Alotenango, Savana Grande, Escuintla, Costa Grande, 

 Eetalhuleu (0. S. ^ F. D. G.); Hondueas, Omoa {Leyland^^), San Pedro 

 {Q. M. Whitely^^). 



* Phcenicothraupis rhodinolaema, sp. n. 



I'uscb-rubescens, Cauda rufescentiore, crista verticali fere celata coccinea nigro baud marginato, subtus gula 

 rubra, ventre medio rosaceo, hypochondriis fuscis, rostri maxUla corylina, mandibula pallida, pedibus cory- 

 linis. Long, tota 6-0, alae 3-6, caudae 2"7, rostri a rictu 0"7, tarsi 0-7. 

 $ brunnea, alis extus et cauda rufescentioribus, crista verticali fulva, subtus sordide alba, bypochondriis fuscis. 

 Hob. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). 

 Mus. nostr 



A small species differing in many respects from all hitherto described. The female is peculiar in its light- 

 coloured underparts. 



"We possess a pair of this species which formed part of Mr. C. Buckley's large collection from Eastern 

 Ecuador, but which have remained undescribed in our collection up tiU the present time. 



