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27. MACEAGEL^TTS. — 28. HTPOPTRRHTJS. 403 



27. MACRAGELiEUS. 



Type. 

 Macroagelaius, Cassin, B: Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 13 M. subalaris. 



The much elongated tail is, I think, sufficient to separate this 

 form from the Quisccdi, to which it is undoubtedly allied. I cannot 

 see that it has anything to do with Agelceus, as Cassin has suggested, 

 though the bill is shorter and rather more broadened at the base than 

 in most Quisccdi. 



Range. Andes of Colombia. 



1. Macragelaeus subalaris. 



Quiscalus subalaris, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 70; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 425 ; Scl Cat. A. B. p. 141 ; id. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 153 (Bogota) ; 



Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 38; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, pp. 127, 330 



(Colombia). 

 Agelaius subalaris, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 13. 

 Macragelaeus subalaris, Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 162. 



Deep black, slightly resplendent ; under wing-coverts dark chest- 

 nut ; bill and feet black : whole length 11 inches, wing 5, tail 5'7. 

 Female similar, but rather smaller. 



Hah. Andes of Colombia. 



a, &. c? 2 ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



e. S ad. sk. Colombia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



28. HYPOPYRRHUS. 



Type. 

 Hypopyrrhus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 425 (1850) H. pyrypogaster. 



The bill of this monotypic form is ratlier stout and thick for one 

 of the Quiscalino}, but the culmen is decidedly incurved, and the 

 mesorhinium is not flattened. Its nearest ally is probably Aphohiis, 

 with which it agrees in the peculiar structure of the head-feathers. 

 But there are no signs of the sulcations on the lower mandible 

 which distinguish Aphohus. 



Range. Andes of Colombia. 



1. H3rpopyrrhus pyrypogaster. 



Cassicus pyrobypogaster, De Tarr. Bev. Zool. 1847, p. 252. 

 Hypopyrrhus pyi'rhogaster, Bp. Consp. i. p. 425 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, 



p. 154 (Bogota) ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 163; Sclat. et Salv. Nomencl. 



p. 39 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 510 (Antioquia). 

 Quiscalus pyrrbogaster, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 141. 

 Quiscalus pyrobypogaster, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil, 1866, p. 412. 



Dull black ; feathers of the head and neck above constricted, 

 thickened, and with shining shafts ; axillaries, lower belly, and crissum 

 bright crimson-red ; thighs black ; bill and feet black : whole length 



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