402 coTiNGrD^;. 



28. GYMNODERUS. 



Type. 

 Gyumoderus, Geoffr. St.-Hdaire, Ann. d. Mus.xm. p. 23/ 



( 1 809) G. fcetidus. 



Coracina, VteUl. Analyse, p. 37 (1816) G. fcetidus. 



Coronis, Gloger, Fror. Not. vol. xvi. p. 277 (1827) G. fcetidus. 



This is another monotypic form, distinguished by the denudation 

 of the throat and neck, and the short compressed plumes which 

 cover the head and give it a Yulturine appearance. It extends from 

 Guiana across Amazonia to Ecuador. Gymnoderus is of a much 

 feebler build than the preceding genera, and thus intermediate 

 between them and the typical Cotingidce. 



1. Gymnoderus fcetidus. 



Gracula foetida, Linn. S. N. i. p. 164. 



Le Colnud de Cayenne, Daub. PL Enl. 609. 



Corvus nudicollis, Bodd. Table d. PI. Enl. p. 37 (1783). 



Corvus nudus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 371. 



Gracula nuda, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 190. 



Gymnoderus cayennensis, Geoffr. Ann. Mas. xiii. p. 237. 



Coracina gymnodera, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 769 ; id. Gal. Ois. ii. p. 178. 



Ainpelis nudicollis, Licht. Doubl. p. 56. 



Coracina fcetida, Bp. Consp. i. p. 178. 



Gymnoderus fcetidus, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 52 (1841) ; Cab. in Schomb. 



Guian. iii. p. 691 ; Burin. Sysf. Ueb. ii. p. 425 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 



1857, p. 265 (U. Amazon) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 258 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. 



p. 135 ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 108 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 



1867, p. 581 (L. Amazons), 1873, p. 286 (E. Peru) ; iid. Nomencl. 



p. 59 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 390 ; Salv. Phis, 1885, p. 306 (Br. 



Guiana). 

 Bare-necked Grakle, Lath. G. H. iii. p. 160. 



Above and beneath dull black ; head covered with short com- 

 pressed velvety-black plumes, sides of head and neck all round 

 denuded, leaving only scattered plumes on the chin and middle of 

 the throat ; large patch on the wings occupying the lesser wing- 

 coverts, outer secondaries, and outer margins of most of the other 

 wing- feathers pure greyish white ; under wing-coverts black : lower 

 surface of wings grey ; bill plumbeous : feet black : whole length 

 14 inches, wing 8 - 3, tail 5*5. Female similar but smaller ; throat 

 less denuded, and without the silvery-grey patch on the wings. 



Hah. Cayenne, Surinam, Amazonia, and Ecuador. 



a. $ ad. st. Cayenne. Purchased. 



b. 9 ad. st. South America. Purchased. 



c. d ad. sk. Cayenne. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. c? ad. sk. Cayenne. Purchased. 



e. 2 a d. sk. Surinam (Bartlett). Sclater Coll. 

 /. S ad. sk. Barra do Rio Negro (Wallace). Sclater Coll. 



//. $ ad. sk. Caicara, Matto Grosso, Brazil Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



(Natlerer). 



h, i. c? 2 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. $ jr. sk. S. America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k. cJ ad. sk. S. America. Jardine Coll. 



I. $ ad. sk. S. America. J. Gould, Esq. 



