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Copurus leuconotus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 148, et 1858, p. 71 (nee 



Lafr.). 

 Copurus fuscicapillus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1801, p. 381 ; id. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 204 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 44. 

 Above black; head greyish white, varying to dark grey, and 

 sometimes almost black ; rump white : beneath dull black, under 

 surface of wings slaty black ; two middle rectrices produced to 

 three times the length of the laterals, and denuded at their bases, 

 thence provided with equal narrow webs on both sides ; bill and feet 

 black : whole length 9-5 inches, wing 3-2 ; tail, middle rectr. 7, 

 lat. 2-4. Female similar, but elongated median rectrices not so long. 

 Hub. Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Novo Fiibourgo, Prov. of Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Rio, Brazil (Youds). 



c. Ad. sk. Rio Janeiro. R. II- Wood [P.]. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Sao Paulo, Brazil (Juyner). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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



f,g. Ad. sk. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brazil (Joyner). 



h. Ad. sk. Brazil. Jardine Coll. 



i \d. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/ Ad. sk. Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



k, I. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



m-o. Ad. sk. Saravacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



p, q Ad. et jr. sk. San Jose, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



r-t. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. (Types 



of C. fuscicapillus.) 



u. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



v. Ad. ; w. Jr. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



X. Ad. sk. S. America. Purchased. 



2. Copurus leuconotus. 

 Copurus leuconotus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 335 ; Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 194 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 294, 1861, p. 382 ; id. Cat. A. B. 

 p '>04 • Cab et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 42 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 

 p 44 ; iid, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 358 (Panama), 1867, p. 279 (Mosquitia), 

 et 1879, p. 511 (Antioquia) ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 146 (Veragua) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1872, p. 318 (Nicaragua), 1885, p. 291 (Brit. Guiana); 

 Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 332 (Colombia) ; Nutting, P. U. S. X. M. 

 1883, p. 402; Berl. J.f 0. 1884, p. 297. 

 Copurus poecilonotus, Cab. in Sclwmb. Guian. iii. p. 703. 

 Above and below black ; head greyish, varying to sooty brown ; 

 middle of back variegated with greyish white ; rump white ; middle 

 rectrices elongated as in preceding species : bill and feet black : whole 

 length 10 inches, wing 3 ; tail, med. rectr. 7'5, lat. 2-4. 



Hal. Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Western Ecuador, 

 and Cayenne. 



a b Ad. sk. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e d Ad. et jr. sk. Tucurriqui, CostaRica (A red). Salvin-Codman Coll. 

 e ' j r s k SanJo*e,CostaRica(Cflr/m'oZ). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



fiAd.sk. Costa Rica (Carmiol). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g. 3 ad. sk. Santa Fe\ Veragua (ArcS). Sclater Coll. 



