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84. Ceophloeus lineatus (Linn.) 



Picus lineatua Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. xii. 1 (17(j(">) p. 174 (ex Brisson. — Cayenne). 

 Ceophloeus lineatua Hiker & Chapman, Auk, 1891, p. 30 (Santarem). 



No. 509. ? ad., Itaituba, 20, i. 00. "Iris whitish yellow." 

 65. * Picumnus borbae Pelz. 



Picumnu) lorluir Pelzeln, Zur Orn. Brazil, iii. (1869) p. 334 (Borba, Rio Madeira). 



One (J ad. from Itaituba, 29. i. 06. " Iris brown, feet and bill grey." No. 503.— 

 Wing 48; tail 24 ; bill 11J mm. 



This specimen agrees very well with Pelzeln's types kindly lent by Dr. von 

 Lorenz, of Vienna, except in being a little brighter yellowish below, and in having 

 slightly shorter wings and tail. 



The types (2 $S ad.) measnre : wing 50£, 51 ; tail 24, 25 ; bill 12 mm. 



New to the Lower Amazons. 



66. Piaya rutila (111.) 



Cuculus rutilus Illiger, Abhandl. Akad. Berlin, 1812, p. 224 [ex Gmelin, C. cayatau var. (3. (and y 



errore ! ) : ex Brisson, Cayenne]. 

 Piaya minuta Riker & Chapman, Auk, 1891, p. 159 (Santarem). 



No. 449. ? jr., Itaituba, 15. i. 00. " Iris red." Not different from specimens 

 of various localities. 



67. Pteroglossus aracari aracari (Linn.) 



Cfr. Nov. Zool. xii. (1905), p. 300. 



Pteroglossus u-ieili Riker & Chapman, Aid; 1891, p. 159 (Santarem). 



No. 566. <J ad., Urucnrituba, 11. ii. 06. "Iris brown, feet greenish black, bill 

 black, lower mandible yellowish white." 



Black cnlminal stripe narrow, as in examples from Pani and South Brazil. 



The form of Cayenne, Surinam, and British Guiana, erroneously called 

 P. aracari in the Cat. Biro's xix. 138, ought to stand as P. aracari atricollis 

 (P. L. S. Mull.). 



68. Pteroglossus inscriptus Sws. 



Pteroglossus inscriptus Swainson, Zool. Illustr. I. ii. pi. 90 (1820-21. — "from the interior of 

 Guyana"); Riker & Chapman, Aid- 1891 p. 159 (Santarem). 



No. 523. c? ad., Itaituba, 31. i. 06. "Iris reddish blue, feet olive green, bill 

 yellow and black." 



The Tring Museum received, some years ago, a female collected by Mons. A. 

 Robert near,,S. Lonrenco, State of Pernambuco, which extends the range of 

 the species far to the south-east. 



69. Monasa nigrifrons (Spix). 



Bucco nigrifrons Spix, Ar. Bras. i. p. 53 pi. xii. 6g. 2 (1824. — " in sylvis flum. Solimoens"). 

 Monasa nigrifrons Riker & Chapman, Auk,' 1891, p. 159 (Santarem). 



No. 424. cJ in moult, Itaituba, 10. i. 06. "Iris brown." Not different from 

 Upper Amazonian skins. 



