17. NESOrSAR. 



353 



Uruguay, and the Argentine 



Hah. Southern Brazil, Paraguay. 

 Republic. 



Easily distinguished from the preceding species by the absence of 

 the yellow rump, and by the brown flanks, the yellow colour below 

 being confined to the middle of the abdomen and the under wiu-- 

 coverts. » 



a, b. Ad. et jr. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d, e. Ad. sk. 

 /■ 6 jr. sk. 



9- 6 jr. sk. 



h. Ad. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. St. 



A-. Ad. sk. 

 /, m. Ad. sk. 



Lago dos Patos, Rio Clrande 



do Sul, Brazil (liof/ers). 

 South Brazil. 

 Uruguay. 

 Punta Lara, Buenos Ayres 



( mife). 

 Punta Lara, Buenos Ayres Sclater Coll 



Buenos Ayres {Haslehurst). 

 Buenos Ayres {Haslehurst). 

 La Plata. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Alan Peel [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



La Plata. 



S. America. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



Capt. Burnett and Sir 



J. Fitzroy [P.]. 

 M. Bravard [P.J. 

 Zool. Soc. Coll. 



17. NESOPSAR. 



Nesopsar, Sclater, Ibis, 1859, p. 457 



JN . nigerrimus. 



Head of Ifesopsar nigerrimus (P. Z. S. 1861, p. 75). 



In my recent review of the Lteriche (Ibis, 1884, p. 14) I have 

 lollowed Cassm in uniting this form to Agdceus. A careful exam- 

 ination has convinced me that I was wrong in doing this. Besides 

 the much elongated and pointed bill and flattened mesorhinium 

 Nesopsar is peculiar for its short squared tail and short stout tarsi' 

 indicating a more arboreal habit, and must, I think, stand alone' 

 though I am not at all sure that this is the best position for it' 

 l^esopsar is, so far as is yet known, restricted to Jamaica. 



1. Nesopsar nigerrimus. 



Icterus nigerrimus, Osbum, Zoologist, 1859, p 6662 



JNesopsar nigerrimus, Sclater, Ibis, 1859, p. 457: 'id P Z S 1SR1 



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