34. IIAPALOCERCUS. 93 



34. HAPALOCERCUS * 



Type 



Hapalocereus, Cab. Wiegm, Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 254. . II. meloryphus. 



Lepturus, Sir. Class. B. ii. p. 259 (1837) II. meloryphus. 



Leptocercus, Cab. in Tsch. Faun. Per., Aves, p. 164 



(1845) II. meloryphus. 



Myiosympotes, Reich. Av. Syst. Nat. t. lxv. (1850) . . H. fiaviventris 



(teste Gray). 



This little section contains four species, characterized by their 

 thin elongated tail and compressed bill, with slight rictal bristles. 

 The tarsi are long and thin, and the wings short. They are spread 

 thinly over South America from Colombia to La Plata. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Lower surface white or whitish. 



I Larger; sides of head ashy brown 1. meloryphus, p. 93. 



I Smaller ; sides of head fulvous 2. fuloiceps, p. 94. 



B. Lower surface yellow. 

 Upper surface brown ; wings normal .... 3. Jlaviventris, p. 94. 

 Upper surface olive-green ; outer primaries 



pointed 4. acutipennis, p. 95. 



1. Hapalocereus meloryphus. 



Euscarthmus meloryphus, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 947 ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 184 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 493. 

 Lepturus ruficeps, Sw. Nat. Libr., Flycatch. p. 181, pi. 20. 

 Leptocercus ruficeps, Cab. in Tsch. Faun. Per., Aves, p. 164. 

 Hapalocereus ruficeps, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, i. p. 254 ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 185. 

 Hapalocereus meloryphus, Cab. et Hein. Mas. Hein. ii. p. 52 ; Scl. 



Cat. A. B. p. 210'; Pelz. Orn.Bras. p. 103; Scl. et Sal v. Nomencl. 



p. 46; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 332 (Colombia); Berlepsch, J. f. O. 



1884, p. 318. 



Above mouse-brown : wings and tail rather darker ; head sub- 

 crested, the feathers of the crown clear rufous, tipped with brown: 

 beneath dirty white, a slight yellowish tinge on the flanks and 

 under wing-coverts; bill and feet brown : whole length 4*3 inches, 

 wing 1-9, tail 1-8. 



Bab. S.E. Brazil. 



a. J ad. sk. Ypanema, Brazil (Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. e. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Brazil. Gould Coll. 



* The following species referred to this genus are unknown to me : — 



1. //. helviventris, tab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 254 ; Cab. et Heine, 



Mas. Hein. ii. p 53, from the Antilles (?). 

 V. //. rufomarginatus, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 103, from Brazil. 



