2. CORYTHOPIS. 335 



2. CORYTHOPIS*. 



Corjthopis, Sund. lu Vct.-Ak. Handl. 1835, p. 93 (1836). C. cdcarata. 



This form is probably a near ally of Conopophaga, althouffh 

 anatomical investigation has not yet establislied the fact It is dis- 

 "'?r v^''^ ,^y its thin and somewhat straightened hind claw and 

 i ipit-like plumage. The two or three local forms vary but slightly 

 I hey extend from Guiana to Erazil and Bolivia. 



Kcij to the Sj^ecies. 



A. Larger: more olivaceous above ; black pectoral 



patch broader ^ ,..>.. 4 o.t 



15. .Smaller : more brownish above : black pectoral 



patch narrower o. anthoides, p. 335. 



1. Corythopis calcarata. 



Myiothera cdcarata, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 1101. 



Musciciipa delalaudi, Less. Tr. d'Grn. p. 392.' 



Corythopis calcarata, Cub. Wm/m. Arch. 1847, pt. i. n 215 • Ru 

 Cansp.Gen Av. i- P- 203 ; Burm. Syst, Veb.h. p. 58; SdJr, 

 P. Z. S. 18o8, p. 28/ (S.E. Brazil) ; id. Cat. A. A p. 194 • I'clz 

 ?'y^'' m?-^- ' Sf-4,^ ^r- ^^^"■'- ^^'«- "• P- 8; ScL et Sah. 

 im, p. 8.f(Brazil) ^ '"'^^ ' "'^- ^^ ''"''^'^- P" ^^ ' ^'^''" ■^- -^^ ^• 



Above olivaceous brown, wings and tail browner; lores whitish • 

 beneath white, broad pectoral patch and striations below it black • 

 flanks shghtly greenish ; bill above horn-colour, beneath pale yel- 

 lowish ; feet pale brown : whole length 5-5 inches, wing 2-0 tail *> 

 tarsus 0-9. Female similar. ' "' 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



'i,b d 2 ad. sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil Salvin-Godmau Coll 



(H. II. Smith). 

 e, .A Ad.sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



/ ^< I- i'^- S''""'? • Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. Adsk. S.E. Brazil. Purchased. 



g. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Gould Coll. 



2. Corythopis anthoides. 



Muscicapa anthoides, Cui: in Mm. Par. ; Puck. Arch. Mm Par 



vii. p. -334 (1855). 

 Corythopis anthoides, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 288 (Cayenne) ; id. 



* Refer also to : — 



Corythopis nigrocincta. 

 Conopopbaga nigrocincia, d'Orb. et Lafr. Syn. Av. i. p. 13 ■ d'Orb Voij 

 Ois. p. 187, t. vi. fig. 2. f > • j., 



Corythopis nigrocincta, Sol. et Salv. P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 62G (Bolivia). 

 Hub. Bolivia. 



I only know this bii-d from the description and figure of d'Orbigny. It is 

 probably not different from C. anthmdts. b j ^ '= 



