-552 PERISTERID.&. 



(part.), t. 258. ff. 1436-37 (1862) ; ? Sclat. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 591 (Mexiana), 1868, p. 60 (Guiana & valle Amaz. inf.), 1869, 

 p. 598 (Cosnipata, Peru) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 279 (Borba, Rio 

 Muria), pp. 451, liv (1870); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 242, 

 n. 9381 (1870) ; Sundev. Tent. p. 100 (1872) ; Sclat. $ Salv. Nomencl. 

 Av. Neotrop. p. 133, n. 7 (1873) ; Berl. J.f. 0. 1874, p. 244 (Guiana 

 and N. Brazil) ; Sclat. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 640 (Guiana, 

 Yquitos, Cosnipata) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 457 (1883) ; 

 Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 40 (1889) ; Hem. $ Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. 

 Hein. Orn. p. 284 (1890). 



Leptoptila dubusi, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 74 (1854) (Rio Napo ; type 

 examined) ; id. Compt. Rend. xl. pp. 99, 220, n. 219 (1855) ; id. 

 Coup d'ceil Ordre Pig. pp. 36, 58, n. 219 (1855) ; id. Compt. Rend. 

 xliii. p. 945 (1856) ; Sclat. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 198 (River 

 Ucayali), 1868, p. 60, 1873, p. 306 (Sarayacu, Santa Cruz) ; Sousa, 

 Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbia, p. 19 (1873). 



Engyptila rufaxilla, Sunder. Tent. p. 100 (1872); Salv. Cat. B. 

 Strickl. Coll. p. 550 (1882) ; id. Ibis, 1886, p. 174 (Guiana) ; 

 ? Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. ii. p. 106 (1889) (Bolivia). 



Adult. Forehead white-grey, changing on the crown into blue- 

 grey, which again changes on the occiput into dull purple, and into 

 bright purple-violet on the hind neck and upper mantle ; remainder 

 of the upper parts olive-brown, with a slight purple gloss on the 

 hack ; chin and middle throat white ; sides of the head and upper 

 throat conspicuously rufescent ; sides of the neck and lower throat 

 vinous, paler on the breast ; sides and flanks olive-brown ; abdomen 

 white ; under tail-coverts more or less brown on the outer webs, 

 white on the inner ones ; primaries slate-brown ; under wing- 

 coverts cinnamon, bases of the inner webs of the quills cinnamon, 

 more or less pure, there being scarcely a wash of cinnamon in some 

 specimens ; central tail-feathers olive-brown, the lateral ones 

 blackish, the outer two pairs tipped with white : bill black ; feet 

 probably red. Total length about 10 inches, wing 5 - 4, tail 3 - 8, 

 bill 0-6, tarsus M4. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Some specimens have the purple colour of the hind neck more 

 greyish ; one of those enumerated below has the rufous colour of the 

 sides of the head covering also the occipital region ; a female from 

 Quonga has the attenuated apical portion of the first primary much 

 broader than in the other specimens. 



Hah. Guiana, Amazonia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. 



This species is characterized by the conspicuous rufescent tinge 

 on the sides of the head. 



a. Ad. sk. S. America. Purchased. 



b. Ad. st. S. America. Baron Laugier Coll. 



c. Ad. st. British Guiana. Sir R. Schomburgk [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. British Guiana. Purchased. 



e. f. c? J ad. Quonga, Brit. Guiana, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 'sk. (H. Whitely). 



g, h. 5 ad. et Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 

 ^ ad. sk. Oct., Nov. (H. Whitely). 



I." ~? ad. sk. Is. of Mexiana, Lr. Amazons Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ( Wallace). 





