(401 ) 



«S'. III. youldii replaces -S'. m. macalirostris in Lower Amazonia. Its chief 

 character consists of the large, continuous black patch occnpyiiii;' more than the 

 basal half of the upper mandible, while in the South Brazilian r.ice there are several 

 distinctly separated transverse blotches in its stead.] 



352. Coccyzus melacoryphus Vieill. 



Cocci/zus melwniyjjhw: Vieillot, Xn^r. Dirt. viii. p. '.ill (1817. — ^x Azara : P.iragLiay). 

 CiJcci/f/iiH ii>e!aiiocnri/p)in.<: Pelzeln, I.e. p. 27.S (Birbu). 



No. 49. ? ad., Calama, H!. vi. I'.MtT. " Iri-i dark brown, feet bluish black, liill 

 black."— Wing 120 ; tail 141 ; bill 24 mm. 



E.KactI}' like specimens from Paragnay and Sonthern Brazil. 



3.53. Piaya cayana obscura Snethlage. 



[f'liriihix c'li/fiiiiis Lionaeus, Sii>il. .Wit. k\'\. 1. p. 1711 (17(it;. — ox Brisson : Cayenne).] 



Piid/ii cin/ana olixfni;i Snethlage, Jiinrii. f, Oi'itilh. 19J8. p. 21 (Jan. 1908. — Bom Lugar, Rio Verde, 



upper PuriH R., W. Brazil). 

 P. cuyaita Pelzeln, !.i\ p. 272 (Borba). 



No. 24*1 S imm., Calama, 20. vii. 1907. " Iris clear red, feet light plumbeous, 

 liill greyish green."— Wing 14U ; tail 238 ; bill 27 mm. 



This bird answers well to the MS. description drawn up from the typical 

 examples which had been forwarded for my inspection some years ago. P. c. ohsctira 

 resembles, on the lower parts, the well-known P. c. ciujana, of Cayenne, Gniana, 

 Orinoco region, etc., but the upper surface is ranch dnller, more walnut-brown, less 

 chestnut. Specimens from the Rio Jnrua * belong likewise to this form, which 

 would appear to range over a considerable portion of Csntral Amazonia, though the 

 exact limits (if its area are not yet known. 



Notwithstanding Mr. Stone's contention,! 1 am unwilling to unite /'. r. cabdiiisi 

 Allen, from Mattogrosso, to /'. c. pallescen.% Cab. k Heine, for birds from 

 Chapada are much larger than a series from Minas and Bahia wliich I believe 

 to represent pallesceii.i. 



[354. Piaya melanog^astra (Vieill.). 



Ciiciil iix mi-lanngatler yxKiWoi, Niiur. Dirt. viii. p. 2,iC (1817. — '' Java," errore I hab. subst. Caijeniie 



auct. Berl. & Hart.). 

 Piaya luelaiioga'^tfr Pelzeln, /.r. p. 27.^ (Borba). 



Eight bank : Borba (Natterer).] 



355. Neomorphus geoffroyi fTemm.). 



Ciicci/zii.i i/i'iifiia/i Temminck, AV,'. PI. ml. livr. 2. pi. 7 (lS2il, —no locality : hab. siibst, Hithia. East 

 Brazil, auct. Hellm. ,V«--. Zual. xii. p. 29«). 



No. 31. ? ad., Calama, 12. vi. 1907.— Wing 162 ; tail 203 ; bill 43 mm. 

 No. 1034. <S ad., Maruins, 18. vii. 1908.— Wing 164 ; tail 260 ; bill 4(1 mm. 

 Nos. 896, 1012. ? ?, Marnins, 1. vi., 13. vii. 190S.— Wing 158, 162 ; tail 258, 

 265; bill 41, 42 mm. 



" Iris yellow, feet grey, bill pale grey or greenish." 



• P. cai/ajta cabanisi (ucc Allen) Uiering, Neiixl. Mus Paid. \i. p. 44-'. 

 t Proc. Acai. N. Sci. Pliilad. Ix. part 3. publ. Jan. 1909. p. aW. 



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