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1. Macropsalis lyra. 



Hydropsalis In'a, B}). Comp. i. p. 59 (1850 ; Colombia) ; Cass. Jmmu 

 'Ac. Phil. ii". pi. xiv. ; id Cat. Capr. Philad. Mus. p. 11 (1851) ; Scl. 

 r. Z. S. 1866, p. 143 ; Scl. S^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 782 (Merida, 

 Venezuela) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96 (1873) ; iicl. P. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 532; Tacz. Orn. Perou, i. p. 225 (1884). 



Adult male Above and belo-^v black with pale rufous bro\vn spots 

 and bars, and a rufous band across the hind neck ; quills brownish 

 black, the outer web of the first primarj^ with a narrow border 

 of rufous to the basal half, rest of primaries with small rufous 

 spots to the outer webs ; lateral rectrices extremely elongated and 

 lyriform, which distinguishes this species from all its congeners ; 

 outer elongated rectrices black with pale brownish tips, the ends 

 of the shafts white ; inner webs bordered with buff on the basal 

 part. Total length about 31 inches, wing 7, lateral rectrices 27, 

 central 3'6. 



Adult female. In coloration quite similar to the male, but a little 

 paler on the top of the head and back and with no elongated lateral 

 rectrices, these measuring not more than 5-G inches and barred with 

 light rufous across the outer webs. 



In younrf birds the pale rufous border to the outer web of the 

 first primary reaches to the tip and the outer web has distinct 

 spots ; in quite young males the lateral rectrices arc not yet 

 elongated. 



Hah. Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador to Peru. 



a-h. Ad. sk. Colombia. 



i, Jc. (S ad. sk. Antioquia (T. E. Salmon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



I. (S ad. sk. Ecuador (C. Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



m. c? imm. sk. Merida, Venezuela {A. Sclater Coll. 

 (?9). Goering). 



2. Macropsalis segmentata. 



Hydropsalis segmentata, Cass. Proc. Ac. Phil. 1849, p. 238 ; id. 

 Jovrn. Ac. Phil. ii. p. 116; Scl. Cat. Am. B p. 28 (1862) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 58 (1869) ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 532, 

 626 (Bolivia) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neoir. p. 96 (1873) ; Tacz. Orn. 

 Perou, i. p. 233 (1884). 



Adult male. Tn general coloration similar to M. lyra, but without 

 the rufous band across the neck, with some narrow shaft-lines on 

 the breast, and at once distinguished by the long lateral rectrices, 

 these being perfectly straight ; the inner webs of the rectrices 

 uniform deep blackish brown with small pale tips, the outer webs 

 narrow and with some fulvous spots, the shafts white from above. 

 Total length about 26 inches, wing 6-5, lateral rectrices 21-5, 

 central 4-2. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but the outer rectrices not 

 elongated, measuring only 4-9 inches. Distinguished from the 

 female of M. lyra by the want of a distinct rufous nuchal band 

 and by the distinct and continuous bars on both webs of the outer 

 tail-feathers. 



