364 Mr. P. L. Sclater on the Fissirostral family Bucconidse. 



This well-known Brazilian species may be recognized by its 

 clear buff-coloured neck and upper breast, and the round spots 

 on the belly. Specimens from Para are in the Derby Museum 

 at Liverpool. 



14. Bucco STRiATiPECTUs, Sclatcr. 

 JB. striatipectuSy Sclater in Pr. Zool. Soc. Dec. 13, 1853. 



B. supra nigrescens ; alis caudaque magis brunnescentibus ; 

 omnino rufescente transversim striatus : capite nigro fere 

 immaculato : mento albo, gutture toto et collo undique fulvo- 

 rufis : pectore et ventris lateribus albis, nigro longitudinaliter 

 striatis : ventre medio albo : crisso fulvescente. 



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



Hab. in Bolivia (Mus. Derb.). 



I am rather doubtful, I confess, about this species, whether it 

 is truly distinct from the preceding. The only difference is that 

 the characteristic round black spots on the under surface are in 

 this species replaced by longitudinal strise. The two examples 

 in the Derby Museum are labelled ' Bolivia.^ I have seen several 

 others. I described this and some of the other new species 

 included in the present synopsis in a paper read before the Zoo- 

 logical Society on the 13th December, 1853. 



D. Cyphos (Spix). 



15. Bucco MACRODACTYLUS (Spix). 



Cyphos macrodactylus, Spix, Av. Bras. i. t. 39. fig. 2. p. 51. 



Capita cyphos, Wagl. S. A. sp. 4 ; Tsch. F. P. p. 259. 



Capita macrodactylus, Bp. Pr. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 119; Tsch. Av. Consp. 



p. 300; Bp. Consp. p. 146. 

 Bucco macrodactylus, Gray's Gen. p. 74. 



B. fuliginoso-brunneus ; capite rufescente ; dorso summo nigres- 

 cente; dorsi singulis pennis margine clarioribus : vitta cervicali 

 postica ochracea : mento ochraceo albido : vitta lata gulari 

 nigra subtus albo raarginata : ventre tenuissime nigrescente 

 lineato : rostro nigro : pedibus plumbeis. 



Long, tota 5*8; alse 2*7 ; caudse 2'4. 



Hab. in sylvis fl. Amazonum (Spix) ; in prov. Peruvise orienta- 

 libus (Tsch.) j Rio Napo (Jard.) ; Nova Grenada. 



This is certainly rather an abnormal species as regards the 

 form of the bill, which somewhat resembles that of the next 

 succeeding genus, but is much broader at the base. The broad 

 gular bar is situated higher up than in the other species. I have 



