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Show 60 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE GENUS NEOMORPHUS. [Jan. 23, Neomorphus geoffroyii, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 91; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 249. Rostro elongatiore: capitis antici plumis fusco-rufis, purpuras-cente terminatis : supra ceneo-viridis, purpurascente tinctus. Hab. Brasil. or. Mus. Brit. Vindob. et P. L. S. Natterer collected several examples of this species (his no. 1077) in the vicinity of Para. 2. NEOMORPHUS SALVINI, sp. nov. (PI. V.) Rostro minus elongato, magis alto : capitis antici plumis omnino rufis : supra, prasertim in secundariis externis et caudce tectri-cibus superioribus, magis purpurascens. Long, tota 19, alae 6*5, caudse 10*5, tarsi 2-7, poll. Angl. Hab. Veragua. Mus. Brit, et O. Salvin. Besides Mr. Salvin's specimens, there is an example of this species in the British Museum, stated to be from N e w Granada, which agrees with it in all its essential characters. The most noticeable of these are the shorter and much more elevated beak and the uniform rufous colour of the front part of the head. b. Sp. torque collari lato : rostro distincte bicolore, nigro, apice corneo : alis extus rufis. 3. NEOMORPHUS RUFIPENNIS. Cultrides rufipennis, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 63, pi. 10. Neomorphus rufipennis, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 92; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 249. Supra Icete virescens, occipite cristato et dorso summo purpuras-centibus : alis extus Icete rufis : tectricibus ?ni?wribus dorso concoloribus : subtus ochracescenti-cinereus : torque collari lato, bipollicari, purpurascenti-nigro : gulce plumis cinereis, nigro partim marginatis: rostro nigro, apice utriusque mandibular distincte pallide corneo : pedibus corneis. Long, tota 19"5, alae 6'5, caudae 10*8, tarsi 3-8. Hab. Guiana Brit. Mus. Brit, et Vindob. Since I wrote the article above referred to on this species, I have seen a specimen in the Vienna Museum obtained by Natterer in Northern Brazil, on the Rio Brancho, at the foot of the small mountain Arimani; it bears his no. 1029. I am still uncertain as to whether the Cultrides pucherani of De-ville, figured in Castelnau's Voyage, belongs to this species or not. If different, it will form a second species of the same section. |