178 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 
Ramphocelus carbo carbo (Pallas). 
Lanius carbo Pallas in A'rneo:. Cat. rais. d'Oiseaux. .Adunibrat p. 2 
( 1764 — Surinam).' 
Rnmphoccliis jacal^a auct. ; Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 20. 
Typical R. carbo is abundant in the heavily wooded region above 
the falls of Atures, and may be occasionally found as far down the 
Orinoco as the mouth of the Apure River and Caicara; but from that 
point until one arrives at the tangled jungle of the upper part of the 
delta region where R. carbo magnirostris and R. atrosericeus capitalis 
abound, these tanagers are conspicuous by their absence. 
Females. Above dark mummy brown, rich burnt umber on 
lower rump and upper tail coverts; wings and tail blackish brown; 
below chestnut shaded with dusky on breast ; chin and throat drab. 
Males ill juvenal plumage. Resemble the female, but have the rump 
nearly a brick red, while on the throat there is a strong vinaceous 
wash. In the American ]\Iuseum are specimens collected by Klages 
at Suapure and Maripa on the Caura River. They represent adults 
of both sexes collected during the months of May, September and 
November. 
Ramphocelus carbo magnirostris Lafresnaye. 
Ramphocelus magnirostris T^afresnaye, Rev. Zool. 1833. p. J43. 
Ramphocelus jacapa magnirostris Hellmayr, Novit. Zool. XIII. 1906. 
p. 15 ( r.uanoco, Orinoco Delta). 
Hellnia}-r records specimens of this species from Guanoco in the 
(Jrinoci) delta, and I ha\'e examined specimens collected at the same 
point by Mr. C. \Ym. Beebe that agree exactly with specimens from 
Trinidad. 
Ramphocelus atrosericeus capitalis Allen. 
Ramphocelus atrosericeus capitalis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. IV. 1892. p. 51 
(El Pilar near Cumana, Venezuela). 
Five specimens collected by the writer at L,as Barrancas have 
been compared with the type in the American Museum collection and 
found to agree exactly. 
'llellniayr, Novit. Zool. XIII. IQ06. p. 357. 
