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Show 1870.J MR. P. L. SCLATER O N THE GENUS COCCYZUS. 169 6. COCCYZUS LANDSBERGI. Coccyzus landsbergi, Bp. Consp. p. 112; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 79 ; Sclater, P. Z.S. 1864, p. 122. Supra brunnescenti-rufus, pileo cinereo ; alis extus rufis : subtus dilutior, pallide rufus : cauda ceneo-nigra, rectricibus quatuor lateralibus albo late terminatis :• mediis duabus dorso concoloribus : long, tota 10*4, alee 4*5. caudce 5*6. Hab. S. Martha, New Granada. Mus. Brit. 7. COCCYZUS CINEREUS. El ceniciento, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 368. no. 268. Coccyzus cinereus, Vieill. N . D. d'H. N. viii. p. 272, et E. M. p. 1344 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 112 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 268; Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 17 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 633. Coccygus cinereus, Burm. P.Z. S. 1868, p. 634. Fuscescenti-cinereus, subtus pallide cinereus, ventre medio albicante: subalaribus et crisso ochracescentibus: rectricibus fuscis, versus apicem nigricantibus, albo anguste terminatis; rostro nigro : long, tota 9, alee 4*1, rectr. med. 3*11, lat. 3*7. Hab. Paraguay (Azara) ; vie. of Buenos Ayres (Hudson). This Coccyzus has been sometimes supposed to be the same as C. melanocoryphus, but is in fact, as recently pointed out by Dr. Burmeister, a most distinct species, having the lateral rectrices but slightly shorter than the middle pair. From what Mr. Hudson states (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 88) it would appear to have only lately become a denizen of the riverain forest near Buenos Ayres. 8. COCCYZUS PUMILUS. Coccyzus pumilus, Strickl. Orn. Contr. 1852, p. 28, pl. 82; Sclater, Cat. A m . B. p. 323 ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. 79 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 122. Fuscescenti-cinereus, pileo cinereo : subtus ad imum pectus ferrugineus, ventre albo, subalaribus et crisso ochracescentibus: caudafuscescenti-cinerea,nigro late terminata,indealbo anguste marginata: rostro nigro: long, tota 9, alee 4, caudee rectr. med. 4-2, lat. 3*8. Hab. Trinidad (Strickl.) ; Venezuela, Bogota (Mus. S.-G.). Mr. Strickland gives the locality of this Cuckoo as Trinidad; and I have a skin received in a collection which was stated to have come from that island. But I have some reason to believe that it is doubtful whether this bird really occurs in Trinidad. It is not mentioned by Leotaud, and many birds from the adjoining districts of Venezuela reach us in so-called " Trinidad " collections. Messrs. Salvin and Godman have a " Bogota " skin of this Cuckoo, which shows that it is also found in the neighbouring republic of New Granada. PROC. ZOOL. Soc--1870, No. XII. |