Mr. P. L. Sclatcr on the Fissirostral family Bucconida;. 475 



on a comparison of the two descriptions, and may be seen at a 

 glance on looking at the birds themselves. Latham^s original 

 specimens of his "iVhiie-brcasted Barbet" under which name he 

 gave the first published description of this species, are still 

 extant in the Derby Museum at Liverpool. This bird extends 

 from Cayenne to the upper branches of the Rio Negro, where 

 examples were collected by Mr. Wallace. 



2. Malacoptila rufa (Spix). 



Bucco rufus, Spix, Av. Bras. i. t. 40. fig. 1. p. 52. 

 Lypornix rufa, Wagl. S. A. sp. ; Tsch. F. P. p. 257; Tsch. Av. Consp. 

 Monasa rufa, Gray's Gen. i. p. 74 ; Gray, List of B. M. p. 50; Bp. Consp. 

 p. 147. 



M. brunnea; capite cinereo albo striate : loris et colli lateribus 

 rufescentibus : plaga super-pectorali alba, infra tenuiter nigro 

 marginata; ventre medio albescente : rostro nigro, mandibula 

 inferiore basi flava. 

 Long, tota 7*0; alae 35; caudse 2"7. 



Hah. in sylvis fl. Amazonum (Spix) ; Para (Wallace) ; Peruvia 

 Bor. Or. (Tsch.). '! "'' q- ]j' 



My thanks are due to Mr. Alfred Wallace Tor allowing me to 

 examine this and many other birds collected by him on the 

 Amazons and Rio Negro. As Dr. von Tschudi mentions the 

 present species as an inhabitant of north-east Peru, and 

 Mr. Wallace's specimens were from Para, we must conclude 

 that it inhabits the whole region of the upper and lower Amazon. 



3. Malacoptila torquata (Hahn). 



Bucco torquatus, Hahn, Ausl. Vog. pi. 13. p. 5. 



Bticco fuscus, Licht. Verz. d. Doubl. p. 8. 



Bucco striatus, Spix, Av. Bras. i. t. 40. fig. 2. p. 53. 



Capitofuscus, Max. Beit. iv. 364. 



Lypornix torquata, adult, Wagl, S. Av. sp. 4. 



Lypornix striata, Sw. Orn. Draw. pi. 34. 



Monasa fusca, Bp. ; Gray's Gen. p. 74 (pars); Bp. Consp. p, 147 (pars). 



M. nigrescenti-brunnea rufescente fulvo striata : dorso imo 

 remigibus et rectricibus immaculatis et pallidioribus : plaga 

 pectorali alba infra vitta nigra marginata : loris et ventre 

 summo rufescentibus : ventre laterali virescentiore brunneo, 

 medio cum crisso albescentiore : pedibus nigrescentibus : 

 rostro nigro. 



Long, tota 8*0; alee 3*7 ; caud?e 3*7. 



Hab. in Brasilia Mer. Or. (Max.); Bahia (Licht.). 



The pr sent bird is one of the best known of its genus, and 



perhaps the commonest in collections. Prince Maximilian of 



Neuwicd gives the following account of it : — 



" This Puff-bird is one of the commonest wood-birds in South 



