56. RHYNCHOCTCLUS. 167 



middle of belly yellow ; under wing-coverts creamy white ; upper 

 mandible dark horn-colour, lower whitish ; feet pale brown : whole 

 length 5-5 inches, wing 3, tail 2-6. Female similar. 



Hab. Southern Mexico and Central America down to Chiriqui. 



Northern specimens of this form are very easily distinguishable 

 by the short beak ; but this feature becomes less apparent as we 

 go southwards, and at Panama the species gradually merges into 

 R. cequinoctialis. 



a. Ad. sk. Cordova, Mexico. A. Salle" [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Mexico. Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Mexico. J. Gould, Esq. 



d. S ad. sk. Ckoctuni, Guatemala (Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e-ff. Ad. sk. Chocturu, Guatemala (Salvin # Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Godman), 

 h. S ad. sk. La Trinidad, Volcan de Fuego Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Salvin). 

 i. Ad. sk. Irazu district, Costa Rica Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



(Rogers), 



j. Ad. sk. Costa Rica (Endres). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k. $ ad. sk. Costa Rica (Carmiol). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. 3 ad. sk. Santa Fe, Veragua (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



m, n. cJad. sk. Calovevora, Veragua (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



o Ad. sk. Veragua (Arce). Sclater Coll. 



p. J ad. sk. Bugaba, Chiriqui (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



q. 5 ad. sk. Southern slope of the Vole, of Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Chiriqui (Arce). 



r. Ad. sk. Chiriqui (Arce). Sclater Coll. 



4. Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus. (Plate XIII.) 



Cyclorhynchus fulvipectus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 92. 



Rhvnchocvclus fulvipectus, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 220; Scl. et Salt. 

 Nomencl. p. 49 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 513 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p 537, et 1882, p. 20 ; id. Om. Per. ii. p. 279 ; Tacz. et Berl. 

 P. Z. S. 1885, pp. 90, 116. 



Above olive-green ; head darker and tinged with fulvous ; wings 

 blackish brown, margined with fulvous; tail brown, with slight 

 olivaceous margins : beneath, throat and breast fulvous ; middle of 

 belly yellow ; flanks more olivaceous ; under wing-coverts pale 

 yellow ; upper mandible dark horn-colour ; lower whitish ; feet dark 

 brown : whole length 5-6 inches, wing 3, tail 2-4. Female similar. 



Hab. Ecuador and Colombia. 



This species is of nearly the same form and sizo as B. olivaceus 

 and its allies, but is readily known by its fulvous throat and brown 

 tail. 



a. Ad. sk. Nanegal (Fraser). Sclater Coll. _ (Type 



of the species.) 

 icAd.sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Jr. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



e. $ ad. sk. Frontino, Antioquia, U. S. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Salmon). 



