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1. nucco. 187 



Bucco macrodactvlus, Gray et Mitch. Gen. Jl. i. p. 74 ; Sclater, Ann. 



N. H. ser. 2, xi'ii. p. 304 ; id. Syn. Bticv. p. 14 ; id. P. Z. S. 1855, 



pp. 136, 190, 18o7, p. 201, et 1858, p. 60; id. Cat. A. B. p. 271 ; 



id. Monoyr. Jac. and Piiff-hda. p. 85, pi. xxviii. ; Pelz. Sitz. Ak. 



JVien, XX. p. .jIO ; id. Oni. Bran. p. 22 ; &/. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1860, 



D. 192, 1807, p. 751, et 1873, p. 295 ; iid. Nome?>cl. p. 106 ; Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1882, p. 44 (N.E. Peru); id. Orn. Per. iii. p. 128; Berl. 



J.f. O. 1889, p. 308. 

 Argicus macrodactylus, Cah. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p, 148. 



Above coffee-brown ; back and -wing- coverts speckled with 

 ochraceoiis ; narrow front ochraceous ; cap ferruginous ; superciliary 

 stripe white ; sides of head Ijhxck, bordered beneath by a white 

 stripe : beneath, throat ochraceous ; broad guttural band black ; 

 bell)- pale fulvous, crossed by numerous irregular fine bars of 

 brown : bill and feet black : whole length 6'2 inches, wing 2*5, tail 

 2-4, bill 1-1. Female similar. 



Jfdb. Upper Amazonia, Ecuador, and Colombia. 



This is quite a distinct species, easily recognizable by its ferru- 

 ginous cap and the position of the black band high up on the 

 throat. 



a. 2 fid. sk. Elvira, E. Peru {HauxnceU). Sclater Coll. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Loreto-yacu, E. Peru {Hau.t- Sclater Coll. 



ivell). 



c. d. Ad. .sk. Sai-avacu, E. Peru ( Whitely). Sclater Coll. 



e. 2 . ad. sk. Chyavetas, E. Peru (Barflett). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



</. Ad. .sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



k, I. Ad. St. Bogota. Purchased. 



m. Ad. sk. S. America. Sclater Coll. 



12. Bucco ruficollis. 



Capito ruficollis, War/l. Isis, 1829, p. 658 ; Bp, Consp. i. p. 146. 



Tamatia gularis, d'Oi-b.ct Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 100. 



Bucci) ruticollis, Graif et Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 74; Scl. Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. ser. 2, xiii. p. 300 ; id. Syn. Bucc. p. 10, pi. 1 ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1855, p. 190; id. Cat. A. B. p. 270; id. Monogr. Jac. and Puf- 

 bdt<. p. 89, pi. xxix. ; Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philad. 18(50, p. 134 ; 8cl. 

 et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 781 ; iid. No7nencl. p. 106 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 

 1871, p. 374; Salv. et Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 175; Berl. J.f. O. 

 1884, p. 318 (Bucaramanga). 



Capito gulai-is, Bp. Consp. i. p. 146. 



Cbaunornis ruKcollis, Bp. Coiisp. Vol. Zyg. p. 13. 



Hypnelus mticollis, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 144. 



Above brown, varied on the back with dirty white spots and 

 blotches ; front and narrow nuchal band ochraceous ; sides of head 

 white: beneath dirty white; throat rufous; breast crossed by a 

 well-defined black collar : flanks slightl)- barred with blackish ; 

 bill black ; feet dark brown : whole length Ss inches, wing 3'5, 

 tail l'6. /Vmrt/« •similar. 



