62. muscivoea. 193 



Above brown ; large and expanded crest on the head scarlet, 

 tipped with brilliant purple ; wings blackish ; -wing-coverts and 

 secondaries edged with brown ; rump aud tail-feathers bright 

 ochraceous, with a more or less well-defined blackish baud at the end 

 of the tail-feathers : beneath uniform pale ochraceous, under wing- 

 coverts similar ; bill — upper mandible pale brown, lower whitish ; 

 feet pale yellowish brown : whole length 6 inches, wing 3-3, tail 2-7. 

 Female similar, but crest smaller and more yellowish. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil. 



In this species the bill is short as in M. recjia, but is different in 

 form, the edges sloping straight towards the apex and not being 

 swollen out at the base as in M. rec/ia. Besides this the bird is 

 larger in size, its back is lighter in colour, and there are no traces 

 of transverse markings on the breast in adult specimens. 



3. Muscivora mexicana. 



Muscivora mexicana, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 295, 1858, p. 301, et 

 1859, pp. 45, 56 ; id. Ibis, 1859, p. 443 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 225 ; Scl. 

 et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 124 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 360 (Panama), et 

 1867, p. 148 (Veragua) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 50; Later . Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y. vii. pp. 295, 329 (Panama), ix. p. 114 (Costa Rica) et 

 p. 201 (Yucatan) ; Frantz. J. f. O. 1869, p. 308 (Costa Rica) ; 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 198 (Veragua) ; Boue. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 63 

 (Costa Rica), et 1883, p. 448 (Yucatan) ; Salv. et Godm. Ibis, 

 1879, p. 202 (Colombia) ; Ridgio. P. U. S. N. M. v. p. 396 (Costa 

 Rica), et vi. p. 402 (Nicaragua). 



Above olive-brown with a slight cinereous tint ; large expanded 

 crest scarlet tipped with deep purple ; wings blackish edged with 

 brown ; wing-coverts slightly spotted with pale fulvous at their 

 tips ; rump light fidvous : tail similar but rather darker, and with 

 the ends of the tail-feathers more or less blackish : beneath pale 

 fulvous : throat whitish ; breast and flanks more or less darkened 

 by narrow cross-bands ; under wing-coverts and inner webs of 

 remiges pale fulvous ; bill horn-colour, paler at the base of the lower 

 mandible ; feet pale brown : whole length 6*2 inches, wing 3*3, 

 tail 2'7. Female similar, but with the crest smaller and yellowish. 



Hab. S. Mexico and Central America down to Northern Colombia. 



The elongated bill at once distinguishes this species from the two 

 preceding. 



a. 5 ad. st. Central America. Purchased. 



b, c. c? $ ad. sk. British Honduras (Blanca- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



neaiu). 



d,e. 3 ad. sk. Choctuni, Vera Paz (Sahin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. $ ad. sk. Chisec, Vera Paz ( Sahin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g-i. $ ad. sk. Vera Paz. O. Salvin, Esq. [C.]. 



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