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Show 1867.] MR. o. SALVIN O N T H E BIRDS OF VERAGUA. 139 45. RAMPHOCCELUS ICTERONOTUS, Lafr. Santiago de Veragua. 46. PYRANGA HEPATICA, SW. Santa Fe. A Mexican species, rarely found in Guatemala, and here occurring at probably the southernmost point of its range. 47. PYRANGA .ESTIVA (Gm.); Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 142; Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. viii. p. 175. Santa Fe; David (Bridges; Hicks). 48. PHOINICOTHRAUPIS RUBICA (Vieill.)? Santa Fe'. Arce has sent several specimens of a Phoenicothraupis which I can hardly distinguish from P. rubica of Brazil. They have the same general diffusion of red colouring over the under surface, the upper plumage also. agreeing, the uropygium and margins of the rectrices being hardly appreciably less bright. I am at a loss to account for the presence of this bird here, as on both sides at Panama and in Costa Rica P. fuscicauda, Cab., is found, a race which is readily distinguishable by its dark coloration contrasting with the bright red of the throat. In Guatemala the genus is represented by P. rubicoides, which has also a bright-red throat, but less defined than in P. fuscicauda, the general plumage also being redder. 49. LANIO LEUCOTHORAX, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 581 ; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1865, p. 171. Santa Fe', Santiago de Veragua, and Cordillera de Tole. The specimens from which m y original description was taken were in bad condition. Better examples being included in these collections show that, besides the distinctions pointed out, L. leucothorax has the uropygium black, while in L. aurantius it is clear yellow. The Costa Rican and Veraguan bird is a well-ma.ked and easily recognizable species. 50. EUCOMETES SPODOCEPHALA, Bp. Santa Fe. The limits bounding the ranges of this and its closely allied species E. cristata, DuBus, seem to be distinctly defined. On the Isthmus of Panama E. cristata occurs ; while a short distance to the northward the present species takes its place and ranges as far as Guatemala, where, however, it is extremely rare, only one specimen having come under m y notice. The type from which Bonaparte's "* original description was taken came from Nicaragua, from which locality and also from Costa Rica our collection contains examples. 51. EUCOMETES CASSINII (Lawr.). Tachyphonus cassinii, Lawr. Ann. N . Y. Lye. vii. p. 297. Eucometes cassinii, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 351, pl. xxx. Santiago de Veragua. |
