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V. Frantz. J.f. O. 1869, p. 295 ; Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 313, 1870, 

 p. 108, 1874, p. 307. 

 Cotile fulvigula, Gray, Hund-l. B. i. p. 73, no. 871 (1869). 



Adult. Similar to S. ricficollis, from -which it differs only in 

 having the upper surface much darker and the rump more ashy 

 and in rather more pronounced contrast to the back. The brown on 

 the under surface is darker on the breast and flanks, and the yellow 

 on the abdomen somewhat more restricted. 



Younr/. Differs from the adult in having the rump creamy buff, 

 and in having distinct rufous margins to the feathers of the upper 

 surface, especially the wing-coverts and inner secondaries ; the 

 throat is bright rufous, as well as the fore neck ; the sides of the 

 body brown washed with rufous, and the rest of the underparts 

 white with a slight tinge of yellow. (J/ms. Salvin and Godman.) 



Ohs. The light coloiir of the rump, though easily recognizable in 

 Central- American specimens, is also visible in specimens from some 

 parts of South America. It is distinctly seen in examples from 

 Colombia and British Guiana, and is also noticeable in some of the 

 birds from Ecuador, but not in all. In Brazil and Amazonia the 

 birds have the rump ouly a little lighter than the back ; while in 

 others from Bolivia there is scarcely any difference in the tint of the 

 whole upper surface, the birds being very dark coloured, both above 

 and below. (Cf. Salvin and Godman, ?. c.) 



Bah. Central America, from Costa llica to Panama, and extending 

 into Colombia, Venezuela, and Guiana, and even to Brazil. 



a. Ad. sk. Panama (McLeannan). Osbert Salvin, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. Panama {McLeannan). Sclater Collection. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Esmeraldas, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Collection. 

 e. cJiuv. sk. Babahovo, Ecuador {IVaser). Sclater Collection. 



/. Ad. sk. Venezuela. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



ff, h. (5 ad. sk. Ilorainia, British Guiana, E. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 



Nov. {H. Whitehj). 



i. Ad. sk. Bahia. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



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