30. PITTASOMA. 



309 



«. Ad. sk. 



Chamicuros, Upper Amazons Gould Coll 

 IcAA-rl ^(^"^'^■^'^f)- _, (Type of the species.) 



Jr. sk ' &^i''^y<'^cii, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



e,f. Ad. sk. Sarajacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



5. Cliamaeza moUissima. 



^^l^Tl S'7Q^'r°'^ f^.^- ^-Z- 1*^^^' P-80,pl.95,etp.l45,et 

 ia.58, p. 279 (Bogota) ; 6'c/. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 75. 



Abo^-e brownish chestnut; wings and tail blackish, edged like 

 the back ; sides of head and body beneath white, slightly tinned 

 with tulvous on breast and crissum and covered throughout with 

 mimerou.s_ black crossb ars ; uropygial plumes very dense : whole 

 length 5-/ inches, wing 3-2, tail 2-5. 



Hah. Bogota. 



The shorter bill, dense uropygial plumes, and regularly barred 

 under surface at once distinguish this species. 



Bogota. Turchased. 



(Type of the species.) 



a. Ad. sk. 



30. PITTASOMA. 



Pittasoma, Cassin, Proc. Ac. Sc. Fkil. ISGO, p. 189 



^ Type. 

 r*. niichleri. 



Bill of Pittasoma mtchleri, from above and side. 



The flattened beak at once distinguishes this type from its 

 ueighbours. It is restricted to Central America. The tail is very 

 short ; the tarsus long and strong. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Sides of head riifous 1. michkri, p. 309. 



^- ^"ies of head blax^k 2. zeledoni, p. 310. 



1. Pittasoma michleri. 

 Pittasoma michleri, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1860, p. 189 (R 

 Truaudo) ; Lawr. Ann. L. N. Y. vii. pp. 294, 326 (Panama) ; Scl 

 et Salv. P. Z. S 1864, p. 357 (Panama) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 75 : 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 146, et 1870, p. 196 (Veragua). 



