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9. FLUVICOLA. 



Fluvicola, Sw. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 172 (1827) F. climacura. 



Entomophagus, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 781 (1831) F. climacura. 



Myiopkila, Reichenb. Av. S. N. t. lxvii. (1850) F. pica (?). 



This little group of four species is peculiar to South America, 

 where these birds inhabit the pampas, llanos, and more open 

 spaces, generally resorting to the vicinity of water. The plumage 

 is black and white. The conformation is generally that of Sayornis, 

 but it has longer and stronger feet and a longer bill. The rietal 

 setae are few and slight. The sexes are similar. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Back of head black : 



{scapularies white 1. pica, p. 35. 



scapularies black 2. albiventris, p. 36. 



B. Back of head white : 



j under wing-coverts cinereous 3. climacura, p. 36. 



| under wing-coverts white 4. atripennis, p. 37. 



1. Fluvicola pica. 



Gobemouche Pie de Cayenne, Daub. PI. Enl. 675. fig. 1. 



Muscicapa pica, Bodd. Table d. PI. Enl. p. 42 (1783). 



Muscicapa bicolor, Gm. S. N. i. p. 946. 



Platvrhvnchus bicolor, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxvii. p. 13 ; id. Enc. Meth. 



p.*837. 

 Fluvicola bicolor, Cab. in Sehomb. Guian. iii. p. 703 ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 195. 

 Fluvicola pica, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 148; id. Cat. A. B. p. 200; Cab. 



et Hein. Mas. Hein. ii. p. 40 ; Pelz. Oni. Bras. p. 97 ; Taylor, Ibis, 



1864, p. 85 (Trinidad) ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 187 (Ucayali), 



>P- 

 (Colombia) ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 291 ( Brit. Guiana) ; id. Cat. Strickl. 

 Coll. p. 297; Tacz. Om. Per. ii. p. 205. 



Above white ; back of head and middle of back, except rump, 

 black : wings and tail black ; scapularies, outer edge of secondaries, 

 and ends of rectrices white : below white ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length 5 inches, wing 2-7, tail 2 - 2. Female similar. 



Hob. Cayenne, Guiana, Venezuela, and Colombia. 



a. Ad. sk. George Town, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Broivn). 



b. Ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Cayenne. Jardine Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Surinam. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. 3 ad.sk. Valencia, Venezuela (Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Venezuela. D. Dyson [C.]. 

 .17. Ad. sk. Trinidad. Sclater Coll. 



