29, cAMmoBiiTXCHrs, 203 



20. Campylorhynchus nuchalis *. 



Campylorh^-nchus nucl)ali3, Cah. Arch. f. Naturg. 1847, p. 20G; id. 

 Miui. Hi-'in. Th. i. p. 80; Bp. Comp. i. p. ■22-',; Sclater, Pr. Fhikid. 

 Acad. ISotJ, p. 2G4 ; id. Cat. Amcr. B. p. 17 ; E. C. Taiflor, Ibis, 

 18G4, p. 80 ; Baird, Sevieto Amer. B. p. 103 ; Scl. i^- 8alv. P. 

 Z. S. 1868, p. 02G ; Fimch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. ooi ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. 

 i. p. 192, no. 2G4G ; Scl. 6; Sale. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p, 5. 



Adult female (San E.steban,Ycnozucla ; A. Goering). General colour 

 above black, verj' broadly streaked -with central ovate markings 

 down the centre of the feathers ; lower back and rump white, 

 broadly barred with black ; upper tail-coverts barred with black 

 and white ; lesser and median wing-coverts black, spotted with 

 white ; greater coverts black, broadly baiTcd with white ; quills 

 black, notched on the outer web with white, the inner secondaries 

 tipped and more broadly notched with white, producing a barred 

 appearance ; tail-feathers black, notched with white on both webs, 

 these spots becoming larger towards the outer feathers, which are 

 barred across with white ; head light ashy, mottled with black bases 

 to the feathers ; nape washed with sandy rufous ; lores and a distinct 

 eyebrow dull white ; ear-covcrts dingy white, the upper margin 

 blackish ; checks white, separated from the throat by a faintly indi- 

 cated line of black ; chin white, unspotted ; throat and under surface 

 of body white, profnsely spotted with black, the sides of the body, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts barred with black ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries dull white, spotted with black ; quills dusky brown 

 below, chequered with white spots on the inner webs ; " iris yel- 

 lowish white, almost white " {A. Goemuj). Total length G-8 inches, 

 culmen 0-85, wing 2-85, tail 2-9, tarsus 0'8. {2Ius.>Salvin and God~ 

 man.) 



* CAMPYLORIIYNCriUS BREVIPENSlS. 



Campylorhynchus brevipenuis, Lawr. Ann. Lye. Is. Y. riii. p. 344 (1S66) • 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 193, no. 205(3 ; Pelz. Ibis, 1875, p. 331, note. 



This species is unknown to me, but I think it may prove to be C. micJialis. 

 The following is a description of the species as given by Mr. Lawrence : — Entire 

 upper part of head blackish brown ; on the hind neck a few longitudinal stripes 

 of pale rufous ; back, wing-coverts, and tertiaries dark hair-brown, with large 

 whitish spot* tinged with dilute rufous ; on the buck-feathers and tertiaries the 

 spots are roundi.<h and in pairs ; on tiie larger wing-coverts there is a spot at 

 the base of each feather, and another at the end running down the shaft; the 

 larger qtiiUs am also dark brown, with marginal oblong whitish spots; upper 

 tail-coverts dark browni, with pale bars of a dull rufous white ; tail dark 

 brown, the feathers with conspicuous whitish spots on each margin, arranged in 

 pairs, there being about eight pairs on each of the longer feathers; a broad 

 nearly white, supcrciliai-j- strijje extends from the nostrils to the nape; ear- 

 covcrts dusky; under pluiuage of a greyish white, just tinged with jjale rufous 

 on the abdomen, tlie bre:ust mottled wiUi minute, ^ery faint dusky spots, and 

 the sides with dusky bars ; under tail-coverts very dilute, rufous, "with broad, 

 rather faint, bhickish bars ; upjjer mandible brown, with the edges pale, the 

 under wiiitisb, dusky near tlie tip; tarsi and toes light brownish flesh-colour- 

 claws yellowish. Length of skin (5 inches, wing 2^, tail 3, bill ^s^, tarsi J. 

 Hab. Venezuela (type in Mus. Smiths.). 



