fi. MONACHA. 203 



from all the other genera of this family. Further characteristics are 

 the long, compressed, and incurved bill, and the elongated tail. 



The seven species of Monacha range over the Neotropical main- 

 land from Nicaragua to H.E. Brazil. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Bend of wiug wliite. 



\ Bill red ]. nirjrn, p. 203. 



] Bill yellow ■>. Jfarirostris, p. 204. 



B. Bend of wing uniform, not white. 

 a. Front and throat wliitu. 



a'. Smaller : liead lighter : 



I white throat broader ;J. morpheus, p. 204. 



I white throat naiTower 4. pemajia, p. 205. 



h'. Larger : head darker .">. (fmndior, p. 205. 



h. Front white ; throat black (5. 'pallescens, p. 200. 



c. Front and throat black 7. nir/nfrons, p. 200. 



1. Monacha nigra. 



Cuculus niger, P. L. S. Miill. Suppl. Linn. Natursyst. p. 00. 

 Coucou noir de Cayenne, Daub. PI. Enl. 512 ; Buff. Hist. Nat. vi. 



p. 416. 

 Cuculus ater, Bodd. Tabl. d. PL Enl. p. 30. 

 Corvus australis, Gjh. S. N. i. p. 377. 

 Bucco cinereus, G?n. S. N. i. p. 409; Liclif. DouM. p. 8. 

 Cuculus tranquillus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 417. 

 Bucco calcaratiis, Lath. Ind. Oni. i. p. 206. 



Le Barbacou a bee rouge, Lcvaill. Oia. de Par. ii. p. 103, tt. 44, 45. 

 Corvus atfiuis, Shaiv, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 381. 

 Monasa tranquilla, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xxi. p. 321 ; id. Enc. Meth. 



p. 1338; Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 157; Cah. in Schomh. Guian. iii. 



p. 71!) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 147 ; id. Consp. Vol. Zi/god. p. 13. 

 Wax-billed Barbet, Lath. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 232. 

 Lyporuix tranquilla, Wagl. Sijst. Av. Lypornix, sp. 1. 

 Monasa atra, Gray, List Fiss. B. M. p. 49 ; Scl. Ann. Nat. Hist. 



ser. 2, xiii. p. 480 ; id. St/n. Bucc. p. 21 ; id. P. Z. S. 1855, j). 196 ; 



id. Cat. A. B. p. 274 ; Pelz. Sitz. Ah. Wien, xx. p. 511 ; id. Oni. 



Bras. p. 22 ; Cass. Pr. Acad. Sci. Philad. 1860, p. 135 ; C(d). ft 



Hein. Mas. Hein. iv. p. 126; Scl. et Scdv. Nomencl. p. 100; Salv. 



Ibis. 1886, p. 63 (Brit. Guiana). 

 Monacha nigra, Scl. 3Ionor/r. Jac. and Puff-bds. p. 145, pi. xlviii.; 



Tacz. et Bcrl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 118 (Ecuador). 



Above black ; bend of wing and edgings of wing-coverts white : 

 beneath rather paler and more cinereous ; uuder wing-coverts white ; 

 bill coral-red ; feet black : whole length 10*5 inches, wing 4*7, 

 tail 4-7, bill from gape 1"7. Female similar. 



llah. Guiana, Cayenne, and Lower Amazonia. 



a, b, c. Ad. St. British Guiana. Sir 11. Schombur<^k 



'/. $ ad. sk. Camacusa, British Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Whitehj). 



