23. H.E1IAT0DERTJS. 395 



be settled when opportunities shall have been obtained for a more 

 accurate examination of the structure of these birds. 



The Gymnodermce range from Costa Eica down to Brazil and 

 Bolivia. 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Rictal bristles strongly developed: gape 

 narrower. 

 a. Lores densely feathered. 

 a'. No throat-wattle or crest on head. 



£' $ os i tr . i 1 ls covered by plumes 23. H^siATODEnrs, 



o . i\ ostnls exposed. r on ► 



I Bill short, widened 24. Querula, p. 39ft 



v w J }° nger > compassed 25. Pvroderus, p. 397. 



b . YY ith a throat- wattle, and crested r p 393 



B. Rictus smooth : gape' wider. " * ' " *' G ™»°™****<™, 



I Lores plumed : culmen elevated .... 28. Gtmnodeuus, p. 402 

 I Lores denuded : bill much flattened. . 29. Chasmorhynchus, 



[p. 403. 



23. H^MATODERTJS. 



Haamatoderus, Bp. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, Zool. t. i. T7P<3 ' 



P- 134 ( 18 ^) II, militaris. 



This splendid type, remarkable for its gorgeous colour and 

 elongated plumes, is found only in the Guianas and Lower Ama- 



zonia. 



1. Hsematoderus militaris. 

 Coracias militaris, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxvii 

 Queru a rubra, Vieill. Nouv. Bid. viii. p. 161 ; id. Enc. Moth, p 768 

 Querula purpurea, Less. Tr. d'Orn. i. pf 362 P ' 



Querula militaris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 179. 

 Threnoedus militaris, Cab. in Schomb. Guian. hi. p 690 

 H*uiatoderus _milit a ris Cab.et Hem. Mus. llein. £. p. 1*07; Sal. Cat. 

 t &» P 'a \ ' °''f- B -T-£ 134 ' ScL et Sak - R z s - 1807, 



EaMC&GdST^ lul Nomend - p - 59; ** Ibis > 1885 > 



Above and beneath deep crimson-red ; feathers of head neck 

 rump, and breast elongated and narrowed ; wings and tail' sootv- 

 brown; bill reddish ; feet black: whole length 13 inches, wing 8-7 

 tail 5-3. Female rather smaller, above sooty-brown 5 head and 

 body beneath crimson. 



Hab. Guiana, Cayenne, and Lower Amazonia. 



tt d 9 ad st S ° Ut]l America - Purchased. 



e ' f -A?l d - sk - Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 



HK A ayelme '/ D s Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n. 6 ad. sk. Amazons {Bates). Salvin-Godman ColL 



