04. CNIPODECTES. 



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64. CNIPODECTES. 



Cnipodectes, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 281 



Type. 

 C. subbrunneus. 



Bill and foot of Cnipodectes. 



Of the correct position of this form I am by no means certain. 

 The bill is shorter and broader than in Hirundinea, and the wings 

 are short and rounded. The tarsi are rather short. 



Cnipodectes extends from Panama to Amazonia. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Larger; bill broader 1. subbrunneus, p. 197. 



B. Smaller ; bill narrower 2. minor, p. 197. 



1. Cnipodectes subbrunneus. (Plate XVI.) 



Cyclorhynchus subbrunneus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 282, 295. 



Myiochanes subbrunneus, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 232. 



Cnipodectes subbrunneus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 51 (part.) ; iid. 



P. Z. S. 1873, p. 281 (E. Peru), et 1879, p. 514 (Antioquia) ; Perl, 



et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1885, pp. 118, 123 (Ecuador). 



Above olivaceous brown ; wings blackish, margined with rufous ; 

 tail nearly uniform brown, hut centres of the webs darker : beneath 

 cinereous, washed with brown on the breast and flanks ; middle of 

 belly lighter, whitish : under wing-coverts and inner margins of 

 wing-feathers pale fulvous ; bill — upper mandible black, lower 

 whitish ; feet pale brown : whole length 7 inches, wing 3 - 4, 

 tail 3-3. 



Hub. Ecuador and Colombia. 



a. Ad. sk. Babahoyo, Ecuador (Fraser). 



b. c? ad. sk. Esmeraldas, Ecuador (Fraser). 



c. Ad.sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador (IUingworth). 



d. tf ad. sk. Beinedios, Antioquia, U. S. C. 



(Salmon). 



Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-C4odrnan Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Cnipodectes minor. 



Cnipodectes subbrunneus, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 281. 

 Cnipodectes minor, Scl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 654 : Tacz. Orn. Pir. ii. 

 p. 294. 



