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lateribus albis, nigra longitudinaliter striatis ; ventre medio 



alba, crisso fulvescente. 

 Long, tota, 7'8 ; alae, 3*5. 

 Hab. in Bolivia. Mus. Derbiano. 



Obs. Species B. maculato maxime affinis sed subtus striis nigris 

 lec maculis rotundis aspersa. 



3. Malacoptila fulvogularis, Sclater. M. capite toto et 

 dorso summo nigris, scapis plumarum clare fulvis ; dorsOy alis 

 caudaque fuliginoso-brunneis ; dorso medio punctis paucis tri- 

 angularibus fulvis ; uropygii plumis anguste fulvo marginatis ; 

 Cauda immaculata ; mento et gutture toto clare fulvis ; pectore 

 fiigro, scapis plumarum late albis; ventre pallide fulvescente. 



Long, tota 8*5 ; alee, 3-7. 



Hab. in Bolivia. Mus. Derbiano. 



Affinis M. torquatcBy Hahn. 



4. Malacoptila SUBSTRIAT a, Sclater. M. supra umbrino-brun- 

 nea, capite nigrescentiore ; capite et dorso summo longitrorsum 

 fulvo striolatis ; dorsi et uropygii plumis rufescentibus, ochraceo 



anguste marginatis; alis caudaque immaculate cinerascenti- 

 brunneis; loris et mystacibus elongatis, albis; lateribus capitis 

 et corpore infra nigrescentibus, ochraceo et albo late striatis ; 

 gula media et pectore toto rufescenti-ochraceis; ventre brunneo 

 et ochraceo-albido confuse mixto ; cauda subtus cinerascentiore ; 

 rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Long, tota, 7*8 ; alee, 3-8 ; caudse, 3*8. 



Hab. in Nova Grenada. 



5. Malacoptila aspersa, Sclater. M. supra fuliginoso-brun- 

 neay dorso rufescentiore ; alis caudaque immaculate brunneis ; 

 nucha, dorso toto et alarum tectricibus maculis triangularibus, 

 clare fulvis, aspersis ; loris albescentibus ; regionis auricularis 

 plumarum scapis pallide fulvis ; mystacibus et plumis mentali- 

 bus rigidis ; gula alba; pectore in ferrugineum transeunte ; 

 ventre toto crissoque obscure albis, ferrugineo tinctis; pectore 

 et ventris lateribus obsolete fuliginoso-striatis ; rostro nigro^ 

 mandibula inferior e ad basin flava ; pedibus obscure brunneis. 



Long, tota 7-25 ; alee, 3-2 ; caudse, 3*2. 

 Hab. in Venezuela. Mus. Britannico. 



Obs. Species prsecedenti et M. mystacali, Lafr., quasi intermedia ; 

 coloribus corporis superi huic, inferioris vero illi approximans. 



I am at present acquainted with about thirty-tv^^o species of the 

 fissirostral family BucconidtB, of which I believe the five just de- 

 scribed to be hitherto unrecognised. Two of them are to be found 

 in the Derby Museum at Liverpool ; of two there are specimens in 

 the British Museum : the only example of the Malacoptila sub- 

 striata 1 have yet seen is in my own collection. 



Four natural genera have been constituted in this family, Bucco, 

 Malacoptila, Monasa, and Chelidoptera . For the more debile and 



