12. C0CCIZU3. 303 



b*. Bill entirely black melanocoryphus, p. 307. 



b'". Quills rufous; upperbalf of headnot 



greyer than the back ; no black 



band on sides of head ; breast white. 



c*. Smaller: bill shorter and more 



slender amerieanus, p. 308. 



d*. Larger : bill longer and stouter . . occidentalis, p. 311. 

 d". White ends to tail-feathers narrower 

 and preceded by a subterminal black 



band erythrophthalmus, p. 311 . 



b. Tail square, with rather narrow white ends. 



c'. Throat ashy white dnereus, p. 312. 



d'. Throat rufous pumilus, p. 313. 



1. Coccyzus lansbergi. 



Coccyzus lansbergi, £p. Cotisp. Av. i. p. 112 (1850) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1855, p. 163 ; Cab. 4* -Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 79, note ; Schl. 

 Mus. Fays-Bos, Cuculi, p. 39 (1864) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 122, 

 1870, p. 169 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 210, no. 8919 (1870) ; Scl. ^ 

 Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 108 (1873). 



Adult. Upper half and sides of the head and back of neck uni- 

 form leaden grey, sharply contrasting with the back and wings, 

 which are rufous, brightest on the outer portion of the wings, 

 the quills shading into brown towards their ends ; tail black, 

 with a brown shade towards the base and with broad white 

 ends to all but the centre feathers, which latter are only narrowly 

 tipped with white ; under surface nearly uniform tawny buff ; under 

 wing-coverts and basal margins of the inner webs of the quills 

 rufous bufl'; bill black. Total length 10*5 inches, culmen 1, wing 

 4-6, tail 5-8, tarsus 1. 



Hah. From Panama to Colombia and Venezuela. 



a. (S ad. sk. Santa Martha, New Granada. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Venezuela (Spence). Sclater Coll. 



2. Coccyzus ferrugineus. 



Coccyzus ferrugineus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 105 ; id. Zool. Voy. 



'Sulphur; p. 40, pi. 29 (1844); Bp. C'oiisp. i. p. 97, note (1850) ; 



Scl. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 167; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 211, no. 8935 



(1870). 

 Piaya ferruginea. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 457 (1846). 

 Nesococcy.x ferrugineus, Cab. <§• Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 79 (1862). 



Adult (type of species). Upper half of the head leaden grey; 

 back, wings, and centre tail-feathers bright rufous ; remainder of 

 the tail-feathers brownish black with white ends, the white increas- 

 ing in extent over the outer feathers ; under surface of body buff ; 

 under wing-coverts of the same colour ; quills rufous, shading into 

 buff at their bases and into brown at the ends : " bill dark horn- 

 colour, with the basal half of the lower mandible yellowish ; legs 

 black" (Gould). Total length 11 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 5-1, 

 tail 6-2, tarsus 1-2. 



