280 



PSOPHITD^. 



witli a triple band of pearly grey down the body and a donble line 

 of the same on the head ; a central line of sooty brown on the hind 

 neck, extending round and forming a large patch on the fore neck ; 

 sides of face vinous ; throat isabelline grey ; abdomen whitish. 



The specimen from the Eio Negro has rather more chocolate- 

 brown wings, and on the median wing-coverts there is a slight 

 purjilisb tinge. 



Hah. British Guiana, extending to the Eio Negro in Amazonia, 

 and, according to Taczanowski, to Yqnitos. 



British Guiana. 

 British Guiana. 

 CamacuNa, British Giuana, 



July n {H. Whitehj). 

 River Atapurow, British 



Guiana, Jan. 27 i^H, 

 Whitely). 

 River Takutu, British 



Guiana, Feb. 11 {H. 



WhMij.) 

 Rio Negro, Brazil, Oct. 30 



{J. Natter er). 



a. Ad. St. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. <S ad. sk. 



d. 5 ad. sk. 



Pull. sk. 



f. 2 ad. sk. 



Sir R. Schomburgk [p.]. 

 Sir R. Schomburgk [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman CoU, 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. PsopMa napensis. 



Psophia obscurus {nee Felz.), Gray, Htitid-l. B. iii. p. 2.3, no. 10076 



(1871). 

 Psophia napensis, Scl. ^- Salv. iSomeiicl. Av. JSeotrop. pp. 141, 162 



(1873) ; Blasms, J. f. 0. 1884, p. 204. 



Adult male. Similar to P. crepitatis, but with the light colour of 

 the middle back entirely rufous ochre, and not so pale as in P. cre^ti- 

 tans, the pale inner secondaries more ashy grey and not so bluish. 

 The colour of the metallic feathers on the throat is a dull purple, the 

 steel-green and coppery reflections are almost entirely absent. Total 

 length about 19 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 11, tail 4-3, tarsus 4-35, 

 middle toe and claw 2-5, 



Hab. Ecuador. 



Purchased. 

 Sahiii-CTodman Coll. 

 Salvia-Godman CoU. 



a. Ad. st. Rio Napo, Ecuador. 



b. (S ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador ( C. Buckley). 



3. PsopMa leucoptera. 



Psophia leucoptera, Spi.v, Av. Bras. ii. p. 67, pi. 84 (182-5) ; Gray, Gen. 

 B. iii. p. 550, pi. 148 (lt'46) ; Sehl. Hundl. Dicrk. tab. 7 (1857) ; 

 Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 592 ; Belz. Orn. Bras. pp. 299, 455 

 (1871 : Rio Madeira ; Rio Sulomoes) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 23, 

 no. 10074 (1871); Sd. ^- Sah: Nimmcl. Av. Aeotrop. p. 141 

 (1873) ; ud. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 308 (Chamicnros) ; Blasms, J.f. O. 

 1884, p. 206. 



Adult female. General colour above blackish chocolate ; wing- 

 coverts like the back, the greater series broadly tipped with steel- 

 blue or purple, the inner ones white like the inner secondaries ; 

 remainder of quills black ; tail black ; head and neck all round 

 covered with close-set velvety-black plumes; remainder of under 



