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 63. Monasa morphoeus (Halm). 



Biicrn mnrphoeiis Hahn, Vogel aus Asien, etc., Lief. xiv. (1823) tab. 2 (Brasilien). 

 Moimm te<oci/M Pelzeln, Zur Oniilli. nnmll. i. (1X07) p. 22 (Para). 



Two (?c?aiKl two S ¥,13. ii., lo. iv., 20. iv. 1904. Nos. 1970, 2090, 2145,2144. 

 " Iris bvnn, brnn-ronijp, brnn-noir." 



Besides, there are two specimens (c?,?), collected by Steerc near Para, in 

 tlie Trinsj Musenm. This series agrees, in the extent of the creamy white on the 

 Corehead and chin, with typical specimens from Bahia. 



J\f. m. peruana Scl. is but a poor subspecies, only distinguishable by the lesser 

 amonnt of white on forehead and chin, lint some specimens are hardly ditl'erent. 



114. Nyctidromus albicoUis (Gm.). 



C<(priiiiiilijiis alhicollia Gmelin, %s/. Nut. 1. ii. (1788) p. 10.30 (ex Latham— CWi/fJiwe). 

 Nijrtihiiis albkollis Pelzein, Zur Orn. Bnis. i. (1807) p. 13 (part., Paril, etc.) ; Layard, /i;.<, 187.3, 

 p. 389 (Para). 



One ? jr., taken 30. iv. 1004. No. 21.57. "Iris bleu." Wing, 149; tail 

 140 mm. This specimen belongs to the smaller, typical form. The birds from 

 Central and iSouthern Brazil average larger, especially the tail is considerably 

 longer. They ought to be called i\\ a. derbi/anus Gould. 



65. Thalurania furcata furcatoides Gould. 



\_Triiehihis fiiicatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1. i. (1788) p. 48G (ex Brisson : Cmjemii', excl. syn. Sloane & 



Marcgrave).]. 

 Thidiiramii fiirrn loidex GouW, fnti-od. Trorhil. (ISl'il), p. 77 ("Pari and the lower part of the 



Amazon ") ; Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. ,S'. 18li7, p. 584 (Para) ; Layard, //</»■, 1873. p. :i88 (Pard). 

 Thalurania furnda (nee Gmelin !), Pelzein, Zur Orn. Bras. i. (18li7) p. 30 (Barra do Rio Negro). 



Five c? cJ ad. and juv., 26. i., 5. ii., 12. ii., 16. ii., 2. iv. 04. Nos. 1943, 1964, 1969, 

 198o, 2027. 



Two ? ?, 22. i., 12. ii. 04. Nos. 1934, 1968. 



The males, like two others collected by Steere in the vicinity of Para, have the 

 under tail-coverts broadly margined with white. The specimens from Manaos in 

 the Vienna Museum (coll. Natterer) belong also to T.f. furcatoides. 



66. * Heliothrix auriculatiis phainolaema Gould. 



[Triicliihis auriruhitiix Nordmann in Kniiaiix Ilei.-<e (18:'.fi) p. 5. tab. ii. f. 1 ( J ), 2 ( ? ) (Rio Janeiro, 



cf. /.<■. p. 5).] 

 TteUnlhrh- jihafiiohipma Gould, P. Z. S. \%bU. p. 87 (" Rio Napo "— errore !). 



One S in adnlt plumage, but with the tail-feathers still somewhat elongated, 

 February 13, 1904. No. 1973. "Iris iioir." Al. 63, caudae rect. med. .54, 

 ext. 36i, rostr. 21 mm. 



This specimen is very interesting, proving as it does that //. /ihainolaema is by 

 nil means merely an individnal variety of II. a/ir/n/la/a.s, as considered by Simon 

 and Hartert, bnt a perfectly valid subsjieeies, which, like several other forms, is 

 evidently confined to the Para region. I compared our specimen with the type of 

 //. phainolaema, from which it only differs by its much longer bill. The type is a 

 perfectly adult male, having the tail-feathers short and broad, as is also the case 

 with the adult males of //. aurieulatu.%. 



