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Ne"TO, and Giiiaua in size and coloration. Two males and three females from 

 Eastern Ura/.i! (Rio de Janeiro and Bahia) have lonijcr wings and tail. 



In the case of additional material corrobor.iting this difterenee, tlie northern 

 birds would have to be provided with a new name, since T. marffi/iatits and all 

 other synonyms are strictly applicable to the South-East Brazilian race. 



140. Pachyrhamphus niger niger (Si)i.\;). 



Pai-lii/rln/irhiis )i!i/er Spix, Ai: Iirax. ii. p. 3:!. pi. .\lv. fig. 1 (1825. — no locality: Fonteboa, Rio 



Solimoens fi.ied ,as terra typica). 

 P. piili/rhroptenis Pelzsln, l.r. p. 121 (part.: Borba, Barra do Rio Negro; Serra Carauman, Rio 



Branco). 

 P. niger niger Hellmayr, Nne. Zmd. xiv. p. 303 (Humaytlia, Borba). 



No. 449. S ad., Calama, 24. viii. 1907.— Wing 77 ; tail 58 ; bill 15 mm. 



No. 36. ? ad., Calama, 13. vi. 1907.— Wing 70 ; tail 53 ; bill 14 mm. 



" Iris brown, feet and bill black, in the female lower mandible greyish." 



The adult male is nearly nniform black both above and below. The two 

 specimens obtained by Natterer near Borba and at the Serra Carauman are duller, 

 sooty blackish underneath, and the former has the feathers of the rnmp as well 

 as the njiper tail-coverts edged with slaty grey. Pelzeln {I.e.) mentions also 

 exam [lies from Salto Girao, but in the series forwarded for my inspection by 

 Dr. Lorenz this locality is not represented. 



150. Lathria ciutrea (Vieill.). 



Aniju-Ht ciiirrm Vieillot, Norn: Diet. viii. p. 1(V3 (1817.— Cayenne). 

 Lathria ciim-ea Hellmayr, I.e. p. 363 (Humaytha). 

 LijKuiffiis 2>li'mbens Pelzeln, l.r. p. 122 (Borba). 



Nos. 330, 4S1. c?? ad., Calama, 3, 20. viii. 1007.— Wing 120; tail 115, 

 109 mm. 



No. 802. ?, Allianca, 20. \\. 1907.— Wing 120 ; tail 115 mm. 

 " " Iris grey or greyish brown, feet dark grey, bill black." 



151. Lipangus simplex (Liclit.). 



Uusdcapa ximpUx Lichtenstein, Verz. Duljl. BerVuitr .\lus. p. 53 (1823.— Bahia). 

 LijKwgiis .limplrx Pelzeln, /.<■. p. 123 (Salto Girao, Borba). 

 Lipatigus simplex Hellmayr, Nor. Znnl. xiv. p. 3C4 (Borba). 



Nos. 349, .553. ? ad., ? imm., Calama, 7. viii. 1907; .Jamarysinho, 14. i.\. 

 1907.— Wing 99, 95 ; tail 07, 92 ; bill 20 mm. 



Nos. 1019, 1051. i ad., ? vi.K ad., Marnins, 15, 22. vii. 1908.— Wing 100, 97; 

 tail 95, 94; bill 19, 18 mm. 



" Iris brown, feet and bill black." 



152. Laniocera hypopyrra (Vieilh). 



Ampelis hi/popi/rm Vieillot, Xour. Dirt. viii. p. KU (1817.— "Guyane," sc. Cayenne). 

 Laniocera hijpnpijrra Hellmayr, I.e. p. 364 (Borba). 



No. 305. ? ad., Calama, 30. vii. 1907. " Iris grey, feet blackish plnmbeons, 

 bill black."— Wing 108 ; tail 94 mm. 



The spots on the sides of the cliest are yellow, mixed with pale orange, e.xactly 

 as in a specimen from Caura, Venezuela ; while in others from the same locality 

 they are either snlphnr-ycllow or orange. 



