( 299 ) 



adult liird thero is no trace of rnfiins-linff bars on the nrck and baek, tliese parts 

 being nnifonu metallic green. 



The above specimen measures as follows : Wing li)2, tail 27o, bill 4-t mm. 



69. Tapera * naevius (Linn.). 



Ciiciilua imerhis Linnaeus, Si/st. Nal. xii. 1. (ITOli) p. 1711 (e.t Brisson : (jayenne). 

 Diplopteriix naerius Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. .S. ISCiT. p. .585 (Mexiana) ; Layard, Thh, 187.". p. .^92 

 (Pard). 



One specimen marked " (j'," April 11, 10n4. No. 2046. " Iris janne." 



TO. Crotophaga aui Linn. 



Cirilii/i/i:iii<i All! Linnaeus, Si/xl. Xiit. x. (1758) p. 10."i (ex Marcgrave, etc. As typical localityt 

 accepted luislern Bm:il, ex Marcgi'ave) ; Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 18G7. p. 585 (Mexiana) ; 

 Layard, Ibi«, 1873. p. 332 (Para). 



One ?, April 18, 1904. No. 2112. " Iris uoir." 



71. Ramphastos erythorhynchos Gm. 



Piniiphcii^tos eri/lliroi-lnjiichiis Gmelin, Si/>.l. Xnl. 1. i. (1788) p. 355 (ex Brisson & Edwards — "in 

 America Australi.'' — The description is evidently taken from Brisson. We accept, therefore, 

 Ci(i/iniie as the typical locality ex Brisson. 



/I. hfmii(ito>!ii/nrliu.i Berlepsch & Hartert, A'or. Znnl. ix. (1902) p. 99 (Caura River, in Venezuela). 



U. enithrnrhnnrliiis Sclater & Salvin, P.Z.S. 18i;7. p. .585 (Pari) ; Pelzeln, Ziir Orii. Braiil. iii. 

 (18C,!))p. 233(Pani). 



Three 6i and one ?, 29. i., 6. ii., 24. ii., 28.ii. 1904. Nos. 1951, 1965, 1994, 

 2000. Culminal stripe and basal band of upper mandible " janne-vert," base of 

 lower mandible "bleu ciel," rest of bill "rouge fonce " or "bran-rouge." In 

 addition to the specimens sent by Muns. Robert there is in the Tring Museum 

 a pair collected bj' Professor Steere near Parti. 



The series from Para agrees with the type of R. haematorhynclius from the 

 Caura River in having the bill of a dark sanguineous red colour, which is very 

 ditferent from the clear fiery or orange-red colour as shown by examples from 

 British Guiana. This difference has been well pointed out by Messrs. Berlepsch 

 and Hartert, who named the dark-bilJed form U. luu'matorliijnchus. In the mean- 

 time, however, the Tring Museum has received a series of skins from Cayenne 

 and Surinam which must be considered to be the typical R. eri)tlirorhyncliHA. 

 These specimens now turn out to belong to the dark-billed form, which conse- 

 quently has to bear Gmelin's specific name, while that from British Guiana 

 would require a new one. 



N.B.— In the Cat. Birds xix. p. 128, Mr. Sclater, among the synonyms of 

 R. I'li/tlirorhi/iirliiiK, qnotes also R. leraiUiiiitii Wagl. The latter name is exclu- 

 sively based on Levaillaut's Plate III., which represents a bird with an ochrcons 

 breast-band and with the upper and under tail-coverts of the same colour. \'ery 

 likely it is a fictitious bird ; at any rate it cannot be referred to R. eri/throrhyticliKs, 

 which has the breast-band as well as the cri.ssum bright scarlet, and the upjier 

 tail-coverts clear sulphur-yellow. 



» Cf. Ulnnberg, Ihis (3), ii. (190H) p. 239. 



