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crimson) colour nndonipatli. I snpiiosp that the birds with black hark arc mail}" 

 the old females, and those described by Mr. Sclater as being " above sooty brown " 

 are yonng ones. 



Perhaps the Para form could be separated snbspecifically. More material, 

 however, is retjuired to settle the question. 



Hi I. Momotus momota parensis Sliarpe. 



[Ramjiliii.ilns yfnmidci Linnaeus, NyvV. Xat. xii. l.(17lir>) p. 152 (ex Edwards et Brisson excl. syn. 



Marcgrave ; Oii/niim accepted as terra typica — ex Brisson).] 

 .U{cm<ilus)j«ireiisi.-i Sharpe, Cut. Binh Ilril. .l/io. xvii. (1892) p. H20 (Para). 

 Momniiis Imixilinixi^ Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S., l.S(i7. p. .''.81 (Pari) : Peheln, Ziir Ornilh. BriixH. i. 



(18G7)p. 19 (part. : Pani). 



S ad., ? ad.. May 14, 1004. Nos. 2171, 2172. " Iris grenat." 



These specimens fnlly bear out the distinctive points assisrned by Dr. Sharpe 

 to his M. part'/isis. They difter from a good series of M. momota from Cayenne, 

 British Guiana, and the Orinoco region by their smaller size and in having the 

 whole lower surface bright ochreous-cinnamon, only the under tail-coverts and 

 the sides of the foreneck and chest being suffused with greenish. In .1/. momota 

 the underparts are pale green, but a few specimens show a cinnamon wash on the 

 throat and foreneck. 



Both skins from Para have the middle pair of tail-feathers spatulated, and 

 the deep chestnut nuchal patch is very well develo]ied. This latter peculiarity 

 alone would suffice to tell them from M. m. iyitobiUs Berl. 



Their measurements are the following : — 



<?. Wing, 139 : tail, 240 ; bill, 42 mm. 



?. AVing, 137 ; tail, 235 ; bill, 40i mm. 



61. Galbula cyanicoUis Cass. 



Galhula njnnimUh Cassin, Pnv. Aaid. Pliilarl. v. (1852) p. 154, tab. 7 (Pard, Brazil). 

 G. cyiiiieii-ollis Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S., 18('i7, p. 582 (C'apim River). 

 O. ei/atvn,!lis Pelzeln, Z,ir Oniitli. Brazil, i. (18i;7) p. 24 (Tapajoz, Par;i). 



Two ? ? , April 7 and 8, 1904. Nos. 2039, 2045. 



" Iris blen-noir ; pied janne ; bee noir et janne." 



The ? of the present species ditfers from that of (t. idblroKtrix in haviug the 

 crown and the cheeks violaceous-blue (instead of the former being coppery red and 

 the latter bronzy ,oreen) and the lower surface of a decidedly paler cinnamon fulvous 

 colour. 



The Tring Museum received some years ago one i, collected by Professor 

 Steere near Marea de Legna, Para. 



02. Bucco tectus (Bodd.). 



Bitrrn terliis Boddaert. Tall. PI. ml. (1783) p. •!:? (ex Daubenton, (588, fig. 2— Cayenne) : Pelzeln, 

 Ziir OniKh. Bmsil. 1. (1867) p. 21 (Para) ; Sclater & Salvin, P.Z.S., 18li7, p. 582 (Pard) : 

 Layard, Ihh, 1873, p. 301 (ParA). 



One ? ad., Ai.ril 21, 1904 : two young birds, both marked "J," April 21, Ioo4. 

 Nos. 2119, 2117, 211S. " Iris bleu-noir." 



The adult sjiecimen is not difterent from a c? from Surinam, except in being 

 a little larger and having a somewhat stronger bill. In both only the forehead is 

 minntely spotted with white. 



