242 BtJKYPTGID^. 



deep ochre, with the remains of a few dusky bars on the outer 

 edge of the wing and the lower greater coverts ; the lower primary- 

 coverts ashy, tipped with white: "upper mandible black, lower 

 mandible yellow-ochre ; feet and claws yellow-ochre ; iris red " 

 {H. Whitely). Total length 18 inches, culmen 2-2, wing 8-7, tail 

 5*7, tarsus 2•^b, middle toe and claw 1*75. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 17'5 inches, 

 culmen 2*-2, wing 8-7, tail 5-7, tarsus 2-1, middle toe and claw 1-75. 



Hah. Central Brazil and Bolivia, throughout Amazonia to Guiana 

 and Venezuela. 



a, b. Ad. sk. British Guiana. Sir E. Schomburgk 



[C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Demerara. Purchased. 



d, e. S ^ ad. sk. Bartica Grove, British Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Oct., Dec. (H. Whitely). 



f. (S ad. sk. Camacusa, British Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



June 24 (H. Whitely). 



g. Ad. sk. Cayenne. Riocour Coll. 



(Type of Helias phalcenoides, V.) 

 h. 5 ad. sk. Engenho do Gama, Brazil, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Aug. 31 ( J". Natterer). 

 i, k- cS 2 ^^- ^^' Pebas, E. Peru, Oct., April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. Hauxioell). 

 I. Skeleton. South America. Eyton Coll. 



2. Eurypyga major. 



Eurypyga major, Hartl. Syst. Verz. Mus. Bremen, p. 108 (1844) ; 

 Gray, Gen.' £. iii. p. 554 (1847) ; Bj). Consp. ii. p. 144 (1854); 

 Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 371 (Panama) : Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 Ralli, p. 74 (1865: Colombia); Scl. Ibis,' 18m, p. 205 (Guate- 

 mala) ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 161 (Santa Fe, Veragua) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. iii. p. 26, no. 10097 (1871) ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 546 (Antioquia) ; Zeledon, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. 

 p. 113 (1885 : Costa Rica). 



Euryp3'ga helias (nee Pall.), Sel. 8^ Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 227; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1800, p. 73 (Pallatanga) ; Latm: Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. 

 p. 301 (1861 : Panama) ; Berl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 119 

 (Pallatanga). 



Adult male. Similar to E. helias, but larger, and with a more 

 uniform back, the banding being black on an ashy or olive-brown 

 ground, without the light brown bars which are so conspicuous in 

 E. helias ; the throat and chest deeper coloured and more uniform 

 rufous, numerously barred with black, biit without the black 

 blotches which are conspicuous in the allied species. The super- 

 ciliary streak is not so distinct in this species as in E. helias. 

 Total length 20 inches, culmen 2-6, wing 9, tail 6, tarsus 2, 

 middle toe and claw 1*9. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 17 inches, 

 culmen 2-5, wing 9, tail 5-9, tarsus 2-25, middle toe and claw 1*9. 



Hah. Central America from Guatemala to Panama, and ex- 

 tending to Colombia and Ecuador. 



