12. MACEOPSALIS. 601 



e. 5 ad. sk. Pebas, E. Peru, June 6 (/. Salvin-Godman Coll 



Hauxivell). 

 f,ff. (S &d.; ?i,i. l.owev 'UcayaVi {Bartletf). Sclater Coll. 



$ ad. sk. 

 k,l. (5 ? ad. sk. E. Amazons. Purchased. 



m. c? sk. Forte do Principe, Brazil, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



18 {Natterer). 

 n. cJ ad. slv. Rio Guapar^, Brazil, Aug. 5 Sclater Coll. 



{Natterer). 

 0. (S ad. sk. R. Tocantins (A. R. Wallace). Sclater Coll. 



4. Hydropsalis schomburgki. 



? Hydropsalis fui'cifer, Cab. {nee T'ieill.) in Schomh. Guiana, iii. p. 710 



(1848). 

 Hydropsalis scliomburgki, Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 142 (B. Guiana; e.v 



Gray MS.) ; Scl. 8f Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873) ; Saldn, 



Ibis, 1880, p. 4.39 (B. Guiana). 



Adult male. Similar to that of H. climacocercus in the form of the 

 tail, but less briUiant in colour, much more blackish above ; white 

 band across the first primaries less broad, the white colour on the 

 lateral rectrices less in extent, shortest rcctrices blackish near the 

 bases, with dark bars across the central rectrices broader. "Wing 

 6"2 inches, lateral rectrices 5-9, central 5'6, shortest 3'6, tarsus 0'6. 



Adult female. Colour of the upper surface similar to that of the 

 male ; first primaries crossed by an interrujjted rufous bar ; wing- 

 coverts with distinct bufi' terminal spots ; abdomen and lower tail- 

 coverts entirely barred ; rectrices deep blackish brown with jiale 

 brown bars, without white. Tail shorter than in the male. 



Younrf males seem to be similar to the female, but the spots on 

 the first primaries are white, washed with bufi", and the abdomen 

 less barred. 



Hah. British Guiana, 



a. cJ ad. st. British Guiana. SirR. Schomburgk[C.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 h. 2 ad.; c. S British Guiana. SirR. Schomburgk[C.]. 



jun. sk. 

 d, e. c? 2 ad. sk. British Guiana. Sclater Coll. 



f. 2 ad. sk. Camacusa, B. Guiana, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



IQ{H. Whitely). 



12. MACROPSALIS. 



Type. 



Macropsalis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 143 M. forcipata. 



Range. Tropical South America. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Lateral recti-ices lyriform lyra, p. 602. 



b. Lateral rectrices straight. 



a . Shafts of lateral rectrices white, inner webs 



dark brown segmentata, p. 602. 



h'. Shafts of lateral rectrices deep brown, inner 



webs brown, with broad whitish margins . . fwcipata, p. 003. 



