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104. •Bucco striolatus Pelz. 



Bucco striolatus Pelzeln, Sttzxwgsher. Akad. Wieii (Math. Physik. CI.) xx. (18.56) p. 500 

 (Engenho do Gama & No Dourado, Mattogrosso). 



1 t? ad., 2 ?? ad. from Praia: 23. xi. 16, 18. xii. 05. Nos. 187, 363, 

 3T4. " Iris pale yellow, feet and bill bine-grey ."^^^Wing 80 — 88 ; tail 76 — 83 ; 

 bill 32—33 mm. 



These specimens have the sides of the head, the forenock and the band across 

 the na])e pale buff while the same parts are deep ochraceons in a female from 

 No Dourado (typical J>. striolatus). Very likely the Para birds are separable as a 

 geographical form, but I would like to see more specimens of the typical race, since 

 of two examples from Saraya^n, East Ecuador, one is quite as bri^;htly coloured as 

 Natterer's ? from Mattogrosso, while the other is almost as pale as those from Para. 



Anyhow, B. striolatus is a very interesting addition to the fauua of the district, 

 extending the range of the species from Mattogrosso and Eastern Ecuador to the 

 Lower Amazons. 



105. Malacoptila rufa (Spis). 



Bucco rufus Spix, Ac. Bras. i. (1824) p. 52, pi. xl. fig. 1. (''ia sylvis fl. Amazonuni"). 

 Monasa rufa Pelzeln, Zur Omith. Brasil. i. (1867) p. 23 (Pard). 

 Malacoptila rufa Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867. p. 583 (Pard). 



1 ? in moult, 5. xii. 05. No. 76. " Iris brown, bill greyish black." 



Differs from Upper Amazonian examples only in having the frontal band of a 



paler ferruginous, and the back more olive-brown (not so rafescent). The white 



shaft-lines on the head, too, are somewhat broader. 



106. Monasa morphoeus morphoeus (Hahn.) 



Cf. Nov. Zool. xii. (1906) p. 297. 



1 ¥ ad. from Prata, 28. xi. 05. No. 217. " Iris brown, bill red." 

 This bird is intermediate between M. m. morphoeus and M. m. peruana Scl., 

 having the narrow white frontal band of the latter, but the large chin-spot of the 

 former. Other specimens from Para, however, are entirely typical of J/, m. morphoeus. 



107. Chelidoptera tenebrosa tenebrosa (Pall.) 



Cuculus tenebrosus Pallas, Neue Nord. Beijtr. iii. (1782) p. 2 (Surinam). 



Chelidoptera tembrosa Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867. p. 583 (Parji) ; Layard, Ibis 1873. p. 392 (Pan-l). 



A single i ad. from Prata, 30. xi. 05. No. 232. " Iris brown, bill black.'' 

 Wing 108 ; tail 53 ; bill 1!J mm. 



This specimen agrees with a series from Snrinam as regards size and 

 coloration. Skins from S.E. Brazil (C. t. brasiliensis Scl.) average rather larger, 

 and have the abdomen mncli lighter, more ochraceons. 



108. Pyrrhura perlata (Spix). 



Cf. Nov. Zool. xii. (1905) p. 301. 



2 c?(?, 1 ?, and one adult without indication of the sex: 7, 9, 13. xii. 05. 

 Nos. 290, 302, 307, 331. " Iris brown." 



One of these specimens has a few brownish red feathers on the frontal edge, 



