18. NEOPELMA. 323 



Key to the Species. 



A. Larger; crown greyish 1. manor, p. 323. 



B. smaller ; crown rufous 2. rufa, p. 323. 



1. Schiffornis major. 



Schiffornis major, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 4 (descr. nulla ! ) ; Des 

 Murs, in Casteln. Voy., Ois. p. 66, pi. 18. fig. 2 ; Hartl. J. f. O. 

 1857, p. 47 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 190 (Ucayali), 1873, 

 p. 234 (E. Peru) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 55 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 352. 



Above rufous ; rump and tail brighter ; head cinereous : beneath 

 bright rufous, throat and breast more dusky ; bill black ; feet brown : 

 whole length 6 inches, wing 3-4, tail 1-8. Female similar, but 

 rather smaller. 



Hab. Cayenne and Amazonia. 



a, b. <$ 2 ad. sk. Oyapoc, Cayenne ( Verdey). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Nauta, Amazons. E. Bartlett [C.]. 



d, e. 2 <id. sk. Samiria, Upper Amazons Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Hauxwell). 



2. Schiffornis rufa. 



Heteropelma rufum, Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 124. 

 Schiffornis rufa, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 55. 

 Schiffornis minor, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 4 (?) 



Above clear ferruginous, tail rather brighter ; wings blackish, 

 edged with ferruginous : beneath paler, belly rather brighter ; bill 

 blackish ; feet brown : whole length 5-5 inches, wing 3, tail 2. 

 Female similar. 



Hab. Amazonia. 



a. Ad. sk. Eio Amajou, Rio Negro (Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



(Authentic specimen.) 



18. NEOPELMA. 



Type. 

 Neopelma, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 467 N. aurifrons. 



This curious Brazilian form was originally associated with the 

 Tyrannklce, but, regard being had to its foot-structure, must go with 

 the Piprkhv, in the vicinity of Heteropelma. Prom Heteropelma, 

 however, it deviates in its slender tarsi and more feeble bill, and 

 should therefore stand alone. 



1. Neopelma aurifrons. 



Muscicapa aurifrons, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 829. 



Elainea aurifrons, Cab. in Schomb. Oman. iii. p. 701. 



Euscartlmius aurifrons, Burm. Syst. T'cb. ii. p. 489. 



Heteropelma aurifrons, Sclat. P.Z.S, 1860, p. 4C>7; id. Cat. A. B. 



p. 245 ; Ph. Orn. Bras. p. 125 ; Scl. et Sale. Nomencl. p. 55. 

 Muscicapa luteocephala, Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1833, Ois. pi. 13. 



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