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b' . Inner webs of primaries dark slato- 

 colour : 



[ larger : outer primaries normal ._. 7. unicolor, p. 47. 

 smaller : outer primaries acumi- 

 nated 8. pusillus, p. 47. 



B. General colour slaty or grey : -at 



c. Olivaceous slaty; wing 34 9. orenocensis, p. 4/ . 



d. Cinereous : 



J larger : wing 3-0 10. cabamsi, p. 47. 



I smaller : wing 22 11. cinereus, p. 47. 



1. Cnipolegus comatus. 



Muscicapa comata, LicM. Doubly. 55; Max. JBeitr. iii. p. 819. 

 Knipolegus lopkotes, Bote, Isis, 1826, p. 973. 

 Muscicapa galeata, Spia; Av. Bras. ii. p. 20, pi. 27 ( g ). ^ 

 Blechropus cristatus, Sw. Nat. Libr., Flycatch.-p. 99, pi. 7. 

 Cnipolegus comatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 195 ; Kaup, Journ. f. Orn. 1853, 



p. 29 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 513 ; Heine, Journ. f. Orn. 1859, 



p. 330 ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 46 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 202 ; 



Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 98 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 43 ; Bed. et Jher. 



Zeitschr. Orn. 1885, p. 128 (Rio Grande do Sul). 



Crested ; uniform glossy black ; wings and tail brownish, margined 

 with black ; large patch occupying the bases of the inner webs of the 

 wing-feathers white ; bill and feet black : whole length 8-5 inches, 

 wing 4-8, tail 4. Female similar. 



Hab. Campos of S.E. Brazil. 



The large size and crested head render this fine species easily re- 

 cognizable. The sexes are similar (cf. v. Pelzeln, op. cit.). 



a. Ad. sk. Rio, Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



b, c. <S 2 ad - sk - Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Joyner). 



d. Ad. sk. S. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 

 /. Ad. st. Brazil. Purchased. 



2. Cnipolegus nigerrimus. 



Muscicapa nigerrima, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xxi. p. 453 ; id. Enc. Meth. 



p. 828. 

 Muscicapa galeata, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p.* 20, pi. 28 ( 5 )■ 

 Ada nigerrima, Less. Tr. d'Orn. i. p. 388 ( J ), et A. rufogularis, Less. 



ibid. (§). 

 Cnipolegus lafresnayi, Kaup, Journ. f. Orn. 1853, p. 29 (jr.).^ 

 Cnipolegus nigerrimus, Heine, Journ. f. Orn. 1859, p. 332 ; Scl. Cat. 



A. B. p. 202: Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 98; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 



p. 43. 

 Sericoptila nigerrima, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hem. ii. p. 4, . 



Sub-crested : uniform black ; a large patch on the lower halves 

 of the inner webs of the wing-feathers white ; bill plumbeous, feet 

 black : whole length 7 inches, wing 4, tail 3-3. Female similar, but 

 throat striated with rufous. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil. 



