J4. XANTHOCEPHALUS. 



349 



0. 5 ad. sk. 



p. Ad. st. 



(/. S ad. sk. 

 r. 2 ad. sk. 

 s, <• c? 2 ad. sk. 



2<. J' ad. sk. 

 V. 2 ad. sk. 



n\ Ad. ."^t. 

 .r. Jr. St. 



George Town, Brit. Guiana 



Brit. Guiana. 



Cayenne. 

 Cayenne. 

 Mexiana, Lower Amazons 



( Wallace ) . 

 Rio Madeira {Natterer). 

 Cayutaba, Brazil (Natterer). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Chev. Schomburgk 



Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 Sclater CoU. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 

 (Typical specimens of L. erythrothorar.') 

 Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



S. America. Purchased. 



2. Leistes superciliaris. 



Tordo degollado tercero, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 309. 



Leistes americanus, Hartl. Syst. hid. Az. p. -5. 



Trupialis superciliaris, £p. Cunsp. i. p. 4-jO. 



Leistes superciliaris, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 1 38 ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 22 ; Scl. 

 et Salv. P. Z. S. 1808, p. 140 (rep. Arg.), 1879, p. 608 (Bolivia); 

 iid. Nomencl. p. 38 ; Cassia, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 14 ; Hudson, 

 P.Z.S. 1870, p. 333 (rep. Arg.); White, P.Z.S. 1882, p. 602 

 (rep. Arg.) ; Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 175 (Buenos Ayres) ; Forbes, 

 Ibis, 1881, p. 339 (Pernambuco). 



Brownish black ; auperciliaries pale brown ; bend of the wing and 

 body beneath from the chin to the middle of the belly bright scarlet ; 

 bill black ; feet clear browa : whole length 7 inches, wing 4, 

 tail 2-5. Female. Pale brown, above variegated with black, below 

 stained with red on the breast ; flanks and lower belly striated with 

 black ; tail cinereous brown, with black cross bars. 



Bab. Argentine Eepublic, Bolivia, and Brazil as far north as 

 Pernambuco. 



a. cJ ad. sk. 



b. c? ad. sk. 



c. d. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 e. ^ ad. sk. 



/. d ad. sk. 

 ff. (S ad. sk. 

 h. (S ad. sk. ; i, 



j. 2 ad.sk.; 



k. c? jr. sk. 

 I. Ad. sk. 

 m. Jr. sk. 

 n. Ad. St. 



Conchitas, Buenos Ayres 



(Hudson). 

 Buenos Ayres. 

 Punta Lara, Arg. Rep. 

 Bolivia (?). 



Caicara, Brazil (Natterer). 

 Pernambuco, Brazil (Forbi 

 Pernambuco, Brazil (Forbt 



Pernambuco. 

 S. America. 

 S. America. 



Sclater Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 

 H. Durnford [C.]. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Purchased. 

 Purchased. 

 E. Wilson, Esq. [P.] 



14. XANTHOCEPHALUS. 



Type. 



Xanthocephalus, Up. Consp. i. p. 431 (1850) X. icterocephalus. 



This is a peculiar form, which, although allied to AgelcBus, seems 

 quite entitled to stand alone on account of its longer tarsi, large feet 

 lengthened claws, and nearly square tail. 



