Mr. P. L. Sclater on the Fissirostral family Bviccomdds. 363 



province of Bahia, yet not often. It is a still, solitary bird, and 

 he never heard its voice. Generally it sits upon a low bough, 

 or hops in the thick bush upon the ground. ^^ 



The form of the bill in this species is very much compressed, 

 in other respects the general habit of the bird is not far removed 

 from that of the more typical Buccones. 



12. Bucco LANCEOLATUS, Dcville. 



Bucco lanceolatuSy Deville, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1849, p. 56. 



B. supra brunneus : subtus albus nigro longitudinaliter striatus : 



fronte anguste albo : crisso rufescente. 

 Long, tota 5 '5. 

 Hab. Pampa del Sacramento in Peruv. (J)ev.) ; Rio Napo (Jardine). 



I noted down the preceding short description (which, however, 

 I think is sufficient to identify this peculiar species) when I 

 examined the type-specimen in the Paris Museum. M. Deville^s 

 account of it is as follows (see Rev. et Mag. de Zoologie, /. c.) : 

 " Above reddish brown, rather brighter on the head, ears and 

 upper tail-coverts; with a narrow terminal band more or less 

 clear upon the back and coverts. Below spotted with white 

 and black : tail brown above, gray below, with two black spots, 

 one at the base and the other nearly at the extremity, which is 

 gray : two medial rectrices brown and without spots : the outer 

 pair of rectrices spotted only on the inner web, the outer web 

 being gray. Crissum cinnamon colour. Length 10^ cent." 



Sir William Jardine has an example of this bird received in a 

 collection from the Rio Napo. 



13. Bucco MACULATUS (Gm.). 



Alcedo maculata, Gm. S. N. i. p. 451. 



Bucco somnolentus, Licht. Verz. d. Doubl. p. 8. 



Capita maculatus, Wagl. S. A. sp. 7; Temm. Tabl. Meth, p. 41. 



Tamatia somnolenta, Sw. Orn. Draw. pi. 9. 



Le Tamajac, Le Vail. Ois. de Par. Suppl. t. F. 



Tamatia tamajac, Less. Man. i. p. 168. 



Tamatia maculata, Bp. Consp. p. 147. 



Bucco maculatus, Gray's Gen. p. 74; Gray, List of B. M. p. 48. 



B. supra nigrescens: singulis pennis irregulariter rufescente trans- 

 versim vittatis ; capite obscuriore : loris superciliis et vitta 

 collari rufescentibus v subtus albus ; collo antico clare rufes- 

 centi-fulvo : mento pure albo : pectore et ventris lateribus 

 maculis rotundis nigris signatis: rostro rubro, culmine et basi 

 nigro : pedibus plumbeis. 



Long, tota 7*3 ; alse 3*0 ; caudse 2*7. 



Hab. in Brasilia; Para; Bahia (Licht.). 



