182 niRTJNDINID.E. 



o, p. Ad. fik. Brazil. M. Claussen [P.]. 



q. Ad. St. Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



r. Ad. sk. S. Brazil. Sclater Collection, 



s. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Collection. 



t. Ad. sk. Rio Grande do Sul (riant^. Sclater Collection. 



M. 2 ad. sk. Buenos Ay res, Nov. 21 (l^.JF. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Wlufe). [P.]- 



V, w. (S 2 ^^^- sl^'- Oraii Salta, Argentine Rep., R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Nov. (K W. White). [P.]- 



.r. Ad. sk. La Plata (7/mc?«ow). Sclater Collection. 



y. Ad. sk. Bolii-ia. Mr. Bridges [C.]. 



8. ATTICORA. 



Type. 



Alticora, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 172 A. fasciata. 



Microchelidon, Scl. Cat.Amer. ^.p.39(I8G2,«ec-R«c/i6.) A. tibialis. 



Neochelidon, Sclater, t. c. p. xvi (1801) A. tibialis. 



Notiochelidon, Bninl, Revicio Amer. B. p. 306 (1865) A. pileata. 



Pygocbelidon, Baird, t. c. p. 308 (186/)) A. cyanoleuca. 



Foot of Atticora fasciata, to show junction of toes. 



Banrje. The whole of South America, extending through Central 

 America as far as Guatemala. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Under surface of body glossy blue-black like the 

 upper surface, excepting for a broad pectoral 



band of white fasciata, p. 183. 



h. Under surface of body entirely chocolate or earthy 

 brown. 

 a'. Thighs brown like the rest of the under surface cinei'ea, p. 184. 

 b' . Thighs white, contrasting with the brown 



under surface tibialis, p. 185. 



c. Under siu-face of body white, or with the chin and 



throat only mottled with brown bases to the 

 feathers. 

 c'. Entire upper surface glossy blue, including the 

 head ; nanks white. 

 a". With a blue band across the fore neck . . . , melanoleuca, p. 185. 

 6". With no blue band across the fore neck . . cyanoleuca, p. 186. 

 d'. Mantle brown, contrasting with the head, 



which is glossy blue-black ; flanks brown . . ^^/fcate, p. 188. 



d. Under surface white except the throat and chest, 



which are tawny rufous ; head also tawny .... "fucata, p. 188. 



