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152. Nonnula sclateri Helltn. 

 Nonnula sclateri Ilellmayr, Bull. B.O.C. xix. (Feb. 1907), p. 55 (Humaytha). 



No. 1003. ? ad., Humaytha, 16. viii. 06. " Iris brown, feet grey, bill black."— 

 Wing 62 ; tail 531 ; bill 22 J mm. — Type of the species. 



Upper parts warm brown, rather duller on the head ; distinct frontal edge and 

 lores deep ochraceous buff ; cheeks, ear-coverts and temporal region uniform dark- 

 grey ; malar region and sides of the neck dull olive-brown. Quills blackish, 

 the secondaries exteriorly edged with pale buff-brown ; rectrices dusky, with very- 

 narrow edges of a paler brown along the outer web, central pair uniform brown. 

 Chin bright ochraceous buff, throat and chest greyish fulvous, sides of the belly paler, 

 more brownish buff; middle of the abdomen and under tail-coverts white. Axillaries, 

 under wing-coverts, and quill-lining ochraceous buff. Eyelid slightly protruding, 

 bright red, with but a few feathers of bright buff here and there. 



This new species, which is named after Mr. P. L. Sclater, author of an excellent 

 monograph of the Puff-birds, belongs to the group of N. rubecula (Spix), from the 

 wood region of S.E. Brazil, and N. eineracea (Scl.), from the Rio Javari; but 

 is distinguished at a glance by its much smaller size, deep ochraceous buff frontal 

 band, lores, and chin, by lacking the white patch below the eye, so conspicuous 

 in both the allied species ; and especially by the eyelid being bright red and 

 almost entirely bare, while in its affines it is black and covered with numerous 

 feathers of pure white. 



Unfortunately Mr. Hoffmanns sent only a single specimen of this nunlet, 

 the discovery of which adds another striking form to the many peculiar types 

 of the Rio Madeira district. 



153. Chelidoptera tenebrosa tenebrosa (Pall.). 



Cf. supra, p. 84. 



No. 1284. ?, Humaytha, 22. ix. 06. " Iris dark brown, feet and bill black." 

 Identical with Surinam examples. 



154. Urogalba dea amazonum Scl. 

 Cf. supra, p. 27. 



Galbula paradisea (nee Linn.), Pelzeln, Zur Orniih. Bras. i. 18C7. p. 24 (part : Salto do Girao, Rio 

 Madeira. — specimens examined). 



No. 1244. c? ad., Humaytha, 16. ix. 06. " Iris brown, feet and bill black."— 

 Wing 90 ; tail 144 ; bill 52$ mm. 



In my report on Mr. Hoffmanns' collection from the Rio Tapajoz I had already- 

 observed that two young birds from the Rio Madeira, obtained by Natterer, seemed 

 to belong to U. d. amazonum, and this supposition is fully confirmed by the specimen 

 in the present consignment. It agrees with our male from Margoary and the three 

 examples in the British Museum in having the top of the head very pale brown 

 and distinct whitish superciliaries. The smoky-brown chin-spot is perhaps a trifle 

 larger (though still decidedly smaller than in U. d. dea), but of exactly the same 

 tint. It is, therefore, evident that U. d. amazonum inhabits not only the Para 

 district, but is also found all along the south bank of the Amazons and on its 

 southern tributaries. 



Miss Suethlage* has lately published some very interesting notes about this 

 form, which seems to be fairly common in the Para district. 



* Jo-urn. f. Ornith. 1900. p. 519. 



