( 298 ) 



Botli specimens differ from a large series of the latter (24 c?(?) in havinp' tlio 

 whole throat to the forene.^k glitterint: green, there lieing no trace of the white stripe 

 along the middle of the throat, which is always very conspicnons in the males of 

 H. anriculati/s. 



There can no longer be any donbt that //. a. pkainolaema represents a distinct 

 subspecies. I may remark that the label of the type-specimen bears the locality 

 " Para " in Gould's own handwriting, bnt this is scratched ont and replaced by 

 '• Napo." The type of //('//('^/;//.'\/j/(^'//'o/r;(;/«^f is of exactly the same make as some 

 s]iecimens of P/iaet/ior/i/s j'>/ff»i(ieiis (Spix), labelled by (ionld as coming from Para, 

 and I believe it came really from there, but the locality, by some mistake of (iould's, 

 has been altered afterwards on the label. 



Gould's type measures as follows : Wing 01, central tail-feathers 4o, fiie 

 outermost 33 ; bill 10 mm. 



According to my views, we have to distinguish two forms : 



1. Ilcliotlirix aiiricitlututi aiiriridatus Nordm. 



Ciiin aud abroad strijie on each side of the throat glittering-green, the whole 

 middle of the throat pure white, like the rest of the uuderparts. Wings 66 — Ti i mm. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil, from Parana and S. Paulo in the south, northwards to Goiaz 

 and Bahia. 



2. fleUotliri.c auriciilatMS p/iaiiiohiema Gould. 



Chin and entire throat glittering-green, with no white at iill. Wings 

 01—03 mm. 



ITdh. N.E. Brazil ; vicinity of Pan'i, on the month of the Amazons. 



07. Piaya cayana (Linn.). 



[CiiciiUis cfiymiiiK Linnaeus, %■■■/. N<it. xii. 1. (ITOG) p. 170 (ex Brisson : Cayenne).] 

 Punja m,/mia Sclater & Salvia, P. Z. S. 1«07. p. 585 (Paril) ; Pelzeln, Z^ir Om. /?/7/s. iii. (18(19) 

 p. 272 (Para) ; Layard, I his, 1873. p. 393 (Para). 



One <?, not quite adult, 4. iii. 1004. No. 2014. " Iris grenat." Wing 140, 

 tail 200, rostr. 31 mm. 



This specimen agrees in dimensions and colour with an example from Cayenne, 

 the lower parts being very pale, almost whitish, the under tail-coverts hardly darker. 

 It differs from the Cayenne skin only in having the upper surface decidedly paler, 

 less mixed with rufons. Specimens from Surinam aud the Orinoco region have the 

 lower parts slightly greyer, and the under tail-coverts much darker, often blackish 

 grey. The latter character is qnite sufficient to recognise them at once. This latter 

 form ought to be called P. c. guianensis (Cab. & Heine). 



P. c. cabaiiisi Allen has the crissum still darker, pure black, and is mnch 

 larger. 



08. Neomorphus geoffroyi (Ti-uim.). 



CocfijsiiH geoffriiiji Temminck, I'l.Col. livr. 2 tab. 7 {IKjO; no locality given. We substitute Buhia, 



E. Brazil ex Wicd). 

 Neomorjiliiix geoffroyi Pelzeln, Zitr Ont. Brasil. ill. (1869) p. 271 (ParA). 



One adnlt marked " ?," February 25, 1904. No. 1999. " Ycux jaunes et 

 oranges ; pieil bleu dair gris, bee en dessus noir clair et vert, verdatre en dessous." 

 The descriptiou given by Shelley * refers to the immature bird only. In tiie 



♦ Cat. Jiinh Brit. Mii.i. xix. p. 41li. 



