562 PERISTERID.2E. 



Similar to L. cassini, from which, it differs in having the upper 

 breast greyish with a rufous tinge, and the vinous colour of the 

 lower breast covering also part of the abdomen, so that the rufous 

 colour on the underparts is much more extended than in the allied 

 species, the breast being scarcely tinged with grey ; the forehead and 

 the sides of the head instead of being grey have constantly a slight 

 vinous tinge, which only sometimes is present in L. cassini : bill 

 black ; feet probably red. Total length about 9 inches, wing 5-3, 

 tail 3-4, bill 0-55, tarsus 1-18. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Eab. Guatemala and British Honduras. 



A specimen in Graf von Berlepsch's collection, said to be from 

 Costa Rica (?), is brighter than any of the specimens mentioned 

 below, and has a very conspicuous purple tinge on the hind neck 

 and mantle and also on the region of the crop. 



a, b. £ $ ad. sk. Cayo, W. Dist., Brit. Hon- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



duras, April, May (F. 



Blancaneaux). 



c, d, e. Ad. et Choctum, Vera Paz, Guate- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 imm. sk. mala, Jan. (0. S.). (Types of species.) 



/, g. Ad. sk. et Guatemala. O. Salvin, Esq. [C.]. 



St. 



17. Leptoptila rufinucha. 



Leptoptila rufinucha, Sclat. fy Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. pp. 133, 



162 (1873) (Veragua). 

 Engyptila rufinucha', Zekdon, An. Mus. Nac. C. R. 1887, p. 127 



(Costa Rica). 



Adult male. Upper parts glossy dark olive-brown ; forehead grey, 

 more or less with a slight vinous tinge ; top of the crown ashy ; 

 occiput and nape bright rufous ; mantle brown, with a purple 

 tinge ; throat whitish ; breast grey, with a purple tinge on the sides, 

 and changing into vinous on the lower part and on the abdomen, 

 the lower part of the latter white ; flanks more or less tinged with 

 brown ; under tail-coverts white on the inner web, brown on the 

 outer one and at the base ; primaries brown ; under wing-coverts 

 and the basal part of inner webs of the quills cinnamon ; tail brown, 

 the three outer feathers blacker and tipped with white : bill black ; 

 feet red. Total length about 9 inches, wing 5"3, tail 3*5, bill 055, 

 tarsus 1*21. 



Female. Similar to the male, but perhaps somewhat smaller and 

 duller and the upper parts more olive. 



Hab. Yeragua. 



a, b. S ad. sk. Volcan de Chiriqui (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. J 



c. J ad. sk. S. slope of the Volcano of Salvin-Godman Coll. ( 



Chiriqui (Arce). f 



d, e, f. c? $ ad. sk. Bu°aba, Chiriqui (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. j 



(Types of species.) 

 g. Ad. sk. Chiriqui (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



