12, coccTzus. 307 



4. Coccyzus melanocoryplms. 



Ceniciento, Azam, Apunt. ii. p. 308 (1805) : Hartl. Si/st. Lid. Azara, 

 p. 17 (1847). 



Coccyzus luelaiiocoryphus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. iVHist. Nat. viii. p. 271 

 (1817) ; id. Enc Metli. iii. p. 1344 (1825) ; 8cl. Cat. Am. B. p. 323 

 (18G2) ; Cah. c^- minv, Mm. Hein. iv. p. 77, note (18G2) ; 8chL 

 Mus. Pays-Has, Cuculi, p. 38 (18G4) ; Sol. P. Z. S. 1804, p. 122, 

 18GG, p. 100 ; id. .$• Sah. t. c. p. 105, 1867, pp. 752, 979, 1809, 

 p. G33; Scl. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 168; Grai/, Hmid-l. B. ii. p. 210, 

 uo. 8916 (1870) ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 273 (1871) ; Scl. ^- Salv. 

 Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 108 (1873) ; Barrows, Aid; i. p. 28 (1884); 

 Tacz. Orn. Pcrou, iii. p. 189 (1880) ; Willimjton, Ibis, 1888, p. 468; 

 Scl. S,- Hudson, Arc/ent. Orn. ii. p. 38 (1889). 



Cuculus seuiculus (nee Lath.), Nemuied, Beitr. Nature/. Bras. iv. 

 p. 348 (1830). 



Cuculus melauorhynchus, Cuv. Mus. Paris. 



Piaya melauorhynchus, Less. Traite, p. 141 (1831). 



Piava nielacorypha, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 457 (1846) ; Leotaud, Ois. 

 Trinid. p. 349 (1860). 



Coccyzus minor {nee Gm.), Hartl. Lid. Azara, p. 19 (1847). 



Coccyzus cinereus {nee V.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 112 (1850\ 



Coccyzus melauocoryphos, Puehcr. Rev. et May. Zool. 1852, p. 476. 



Coccyzus surniculus, Burm, Si/st. Vehers. Tli. Bras. ii. p. 267 (1855) ; 

 id. J. f. O. 1860, p. 244 ; id. Reis. La-Plata, ii. p. 444 (18G1). 



Adult male. Very similar to C. minor, but with the bill entirely 

 black and the black band through the eye not so sharply defined ; 

 iris grey ; feet lead-colour. Total length 10-8 inches, culmen 1, 

 wing 4-7, tail 6, tarsus 1. 



The centre tail-feathers have often, but not generally, dark ends. 

 Occasionally specimeus have a yellowish patch at the base of the 

 lower manclible. A sign of immaturity is seen in the narrow rufous 

 edges to tlie quills and upper tail-coverts and the brown mottling 

 of the grey crown. 



Hah. From Southern Brazil and Argentina, west to Peru and 

 north to Guiana and the island of Trinidad. 



a. Ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Bartica Grove, Sept. (H. Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Whitely). 



c. 2 ad. sk. R. Yuruani, British Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



June {H. Whitely). 



d. S ad.sk. Caracas, Yenezuela(^4.Go«-/?i^). Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. Ecuador {C. Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 y. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, E, Peru. E. Bartlett, Esq. [C.]. 

 /*, i. S ad. ; k, I. Upper Ucayali, June, Julv (L. Sclater Coll. 



2 ad. sk. Bartlett). 



m. Ad. sk. Lima (Nation). Sclater Coll. 



n, 0. (S 2 fid. sk. Pebas, E. Peru, July (/. Hau.r- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



well). 



p-u. (S 2 ad. sk. Yquitos, Peru, May, June, July, Seebohni Coll. 



Aug., Oct. {H. Whitely). 



V, w, .r. Ad. sk. Brazil. Seebohm ColL 



y. Ad. sk. Pernambuco (CVrti-e«)- Sclater CoU. 



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