322 



MOMOTID^. 



h. Ad. sk. 

 i. Ad. St. 

 A;. Ad. sk. 



/, wi. Ad. sk. 

 n. cJ ad. sk. 



0. c? ad. sk. 



(5 imm. sk. 

 S ad. sk. 



r. (S ad. sk. 

 s-u\ (S ad. ; x 

 y, z. 2 ad. sk 



U.S. Colombia. 

 U.S. Colombia. 

 Santa Marta, U.S. Colombia. 



Santa Marta (A. Boucard). 

 Santa Marta, Feb. 19 {F. A. 



A. Simans). 

 Sau Esteban, Venezuela, June 



(A. Goen'nff). 

 San Esteban, Venezuela. 

 Puertti Cabello, Venezuela (A. 



Goen'nff). 

 Puerto Cabello (A. Goen'nff). 

 Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil, 



Feb., iSIarch, May, July, 



Aug., Sept. (H. H.^Svnth). 



4. Momotus nattereri. 



Purcbased. 



Sclater Coll. (Type 



of species.) 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Purcbased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Goduiian Coll. 



Momotus nattereri, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 251 (Yung^as ; Goyaz) ; id. 



Cat. Amer. B. p. 262 (1862; Bolivia); Belz. Orn. Bras. p. 19 



(1868) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 80, no. 935 (1869) ; Scl. 8f Salv. 



Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 102 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 632 



(Yuno-as). 

 Momotus brasiliensis {iiec Lath.), Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 581 



(Para). 

 Prionites n&.i\.evev'\, Cab. ^ Heme, Miis. Hern. Tb. ii. p. 113, note (1860). 



Adidt male. Similar to M. momota, but easily distinguished 

 by the absence of the chestnut patch ou the hiud neck ; under 

 .•surface greenish with an ochraceous tinge : hinder crown purplish 

 blue, of a diiTerent tint from the forehead, which is silvery cobalt. 

 Total length 16 inches, culmen 1'55, wing 5'25, tail 5*3, tai'sus 1*05. 



Hah. Brazil to Upper Amazonia and Bolivia. 



a, b. Imm. sk. Pernambuco, Brazil ( W. A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Forbes). 



e. S ad. sk. Matto Grosso, Brazil, Xov. 1 (/. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



batterer). 



d. Ad. .sk. Interior of Brazil (J". A7<f <«•«•). Sclater Coll. 



e. 2 imm. sk. Cbamicuros, Upper Amazons, Gould Coll. 



Nov. {E. Bartlett). 



f. c? ad. sk. Yfjultos, Auo-. 28 {H. Wntely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. Bolivia [Bridges). Evton Coll. 

 h. Ad. sk. Bolivia. Gould Coll. 

 i. Ad. sk. BoHvia. Sclater Coll. 



5. Momotus microstephamis. (Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Momotus brasiliensis {nee Lath.), Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 135 (Bogota). 

 Momotus microstepbanus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 251 (New Granada), 



1860, p. 296 (Esmeraldas) ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 261 (1862) ; 



Schl. Mm. Pays-Bas, Momotus, p. 3 (1863) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 80, no. 934(1869); Scl. Sf Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 102 



(1873); Tacz.P.Z.S. 1877, p. 328 (Lecbugal) ; Berl. ^ Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1883, p. 571 (W. Ecuador) ; Tacz. Sr Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, 



p. 197 (Yaguachi). 

 Prionites microstepbanus, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. Tb. ii. p. 114 



(1860). 



