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6. PYGOPTILA. 



Type. 

 Pygoptila, Scl. P. Z. S. 18-58, p. 220 P. maciilipemiis. 



PygoptUa, according to the present state of our knowledge, con- 

 tains two Amazonian species with stout, strongly-hooked bills, and 

 remarkable for their short tarsus, shortened tails, and the great 

 deyelopment of the uropygial plumes. 



Key to Hie Species. 



A. Tail and tail-coverts unspotted 1. macitUpemus, p. 217. 



B. Tail and tail-coTerts with large white spot*. . 2. margaritata, p. 217. 



1. Pygoptila maculipennis. 



Thaumophilus stellaris, Sclatcr. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 112 {nee Spiv). 

 Thamnophilus maculipennis, Sclater, Edinb. Phil. Journ. n. s. i. p. 247 ; 



id. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 65 (Pao Xapo). 

 Pygoptila maculipennis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 220; id. Cat.A.B. 

 "p. 176; Scl. et Sail: P. Z. S. 1866, p. 185, 1867, p. 750, et 1873, 



p. 273 (E. Pern); iid. Komencl. p. 70; Pek. Otn. Bras. ^.79; 



Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 15 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 30 



(N.E. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 26. 



Above plumbeous ; head, upper back, and wing-coverts black : 

 large blotch at the base of the iuterscapularies and small round 

 apical spots on the wing- coverts white : beneath plumbeous; bill 

 horn-colour ; feet brown : whole length 5-3 inches, wing 3, tail 1'4. 

 Female. Above greyish brown : front and sides of head biown ; 

 concealed interscapular blotch white ; outer margins of wings 

 rufous : beneath dirty brown ; under wing-coverts and inner mar- 

 gins of wings pale rufous. 



Hab. Upper Amazonia and Ecuador. 



a. c? ad. sk. Peruvian Amazons. Sclater Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



b, c.(S 2 ^'^- sk. Yquitos, U. Amazons ( Whitely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 d,e.S $ ad. sk. Chamicm-os, E. Peru {Ilau.vweU). Gould Coll. 



f,g. c? 5ad.sk. Chvavetas, E. Peru (i)'ff/-;/c^^). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



h, i. S ? ad. sk. Sarayacu, E. Peru. E. Bartlett [C.]. 



j, k. 5 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



I. 5 ad. sk. East Peru. Purchased. 



m. § ad. sk. Eio Xapo. Sclater Coll. 



H, 0. S jr., 5 Rio Xapo. Purchased. 



sk. 



2. Pygoptila margaritata. 



Mp'meciza margaritata, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 253, pi. 71. 



Pygoptila margaritata, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p; 221 (E. Peru) ; id. 

 Cat. A. B.\). 177; Cab. et Hein. Mm. Hein. ii. p. 15; Sd. et 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 750, et 1873, p. 273 (E. Peru) ; iid. Nomencl. 

 p. 70 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 27. 



