6. CASsiccs, 325 



7. Cassicus affinis. 



Cassicus ruber, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 98. 



Cassicus atfinis, Sic. Birds of Brazil, pi. 2 ; Bp. C. M. xxxvii. p. 833 



(1853; , Oassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1807, p. 64 ; Scl. Ibis, 1883, 



p. 161 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 36 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 193 ; 



Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 414; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 218 (Brit. 



Guian.). 

 Cassicus crassirostris, Bp. C. R. I. s. c. 

 Cassicus htemorrhous, Cab. in Sc/iomb. Guian. iii. p. 681 ; Scl. et 



Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 266. 



Glossj- black ; rump scarlet ; bill greenish white ; feet black : 

 whole length 10 inches, wing 7*3, tail 4. Female similar, but 

 smaller : whole length 8-5 inches, wing 5'2, tail 3-5. 



Hab. Guiana, Cayenne, and Lower and Upper Amazonia. 



a. c? ad. St. Demerara. Pm'cbased. 



b, c. (5 5 ad. sk. Bartiea Grove, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



{W/iifeli/). 



d. cJ ad. sk. Brit. Guiaua. Sclater Coll. 



e. 1^ ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater CoU. 



/ 2 ^d. sk. Cayenne. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



r/. (S ad. sk. Para (Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



/(. S ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. cJ S'd. sk. Wefstern Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



8. Cassicus uropygialis. 



Cassicus uropygiahs, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 290, 1847, p. 218 ; 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 428 ; 'id. C. B. xxxvii. p. 833 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 129 ; id. Ibis, 1883, p. 162 ; Cass. Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1860, p. 139, 

 1867, p. 64 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 36 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 509 ; 

 Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 552. 



Deep black ; large blotch on the rump scarlet ; bUl greenish 

 white ; feet black : whole length 10*5 inches, wing 5*5, tail 4*7. 

 Female similar, but smaller. 



Ilab. Colombia and Ecuador. 



This species is readily distinguishable from the two former by the 

 much less extent of the scarlet on the rump. 



a. cj ad. sk. Bogota. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. cT ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



c. o' ad. sk. Remedies, Antioquia (Sal- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



mon). 



d. e. cJ ad. sk. Jima, Ecuador (^Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. 2 ad. sk. N.W. coast of S. America. Capt. KeUett and 



Lt. Wood [C.]. 



9. Cassicus microrhynchus. 



Cassiculus microrliynchus, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 353 ; 



Later. Ann. L. N. Y. viii. p. 180. 

 Cassicus microrhvnchus, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1867, p. 05; <S'e/. 



et Salv. Nomencl. p. 36 ; Scl. Ibis, 1883, p. 162. 

 Cacicus microrhynchus, Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 142. 



