374 CUCPLID^. 



Piaya mehleri, Bp. Consp. i. p. 110 (1850); ScL P. Z. S. 1855, 



p. 163, 1858, pp. 75, 460, 1859, p. 146, 1860, pp. 95, 285 ; id. Cat. 



Amer. B. p. 322 (1862) ; Schl. Mvs. Pays-Bas, Cuciili, p. 57 



(1864); Scl. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 177; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 156; 



Scl. Sf Salv. t. c. pp. 280, 752, 758; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 211, 



837 ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 323 ; Scl. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 296 ; 



Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 48. 

 Pia3'a -viridirostris, Wiirtt. MS. ; Bp. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 6 



(1854). 

 Ptilopterus ridibundus, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 6 (1854). 

 Piaya mexicanus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 308, 1858, p. 359, 1859, p. 388 ; 



id. Si Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 133; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 285; id. Cat. 



Amcr. B. p. 322 (1862); Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cuculi, p. 5 



(1864) ; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 204 ; Ridgiv. Proc. U.S. Nat. 3Ius. ix. 



p. 162 (1886). 

 Piaya thermophila, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 368 ; id. 8r Salv. Ibis, 1860, 



p. 43; Taijlor, t.c. p. 118. 

 Piaya nigricrissa, Scl.. P. Z.S. 18C0, pp. 285, 297; id. Cat. Amcr. 



B. p. 322 (1862) ; id. i<( Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 366, 1866, p. 195; 



Lawrence, Ann. Lye. JV. Yorli, viii. p. 177 (1866) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1874, p. 548, 1877, p. 328, 1879, p. 240. 

 Pyrrhococcyx mehleri, Cab. J. f. 0. 1862, p. 167; id. ^ Heine, Mus. 



Hem. iv. p. 83 (1862). 

 Pyrrhococcyx macrurus, Cab. J.f. O. 1862, p. 168; id. S,- Heine, 



Mus. Hein. iv. p. 86 (1862). 

 Pyrrhococcyx nigi-icrissa, Cab. J.f. 0. 1862, p. 169; id. Sf Heine, 



Mus. Hein. iv. p. 85 (1802). 

 Pyi-rhococcyx mexicanus. Cab. J.f. O. 1862, p. 170; id. ^- Heine, 



'Mus. Hein. iv. p. 82 (1862); Finsch, Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. 



1870, p. 356. 

 Pyrrhococcyx columbinus. Cab. J.f. 0. 1862, p. 173; id. Sf Heine, 



Mus. Hein. iv. p. 82, note (1862). 

 Pyrrhococcyx mesunis, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 83, note 



(1802). 

 Pyrrhococcyx pallescens, Cab. ^ Heine, t, c. p. 86. 

 Cuculus cinnamomeus, Licht. MS. in Mus. Berol.,Jide Cab. 8f Heine, 



Mus. Hein. iv. p. 82 (1862). 

 Pyrrhococcyx guianensis. Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 85 (1862). 

 Pyrrhococcyx circe, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 587. 

 Coccyzus macroiirus. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 211, no. 8926 (1870). 

 Coccyzus mexicanus. Gray, t. c. p. 211, no. 8930. 

 Coccyzus pallescens, Gray, t. c. p. 211, no. 8931. 

 Coccyzus guianensis, Gi-ay, t. c. p. 211, no. 8932. 

 Coccyzus mesurus. Gray, t. c. p. 211, no. 8933, 

 Coccyzus cohimbinus, Gray, t. c. p. 211, no. 8934. 

 Piaya cayana mehleri, Nuii.inq, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.x. p. 401 (1882), 



vi. p. 376 (1883), vii. p. 388 (1884). 

 Piaya cayana nigricrissa, Tacz. Orn. Pc'rou, iii. p. 186 (1886). 



Adult. Above dark rufous, with a violet gloss on the wings and 

 tail, slightly paler and browner on the crown, the quills passing 

 into dark brown at the ends ; all the tail-feathers with white ends 

 and subterminal black bars ; sides of the head pinker than the 

 crown ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and entire throat pink ; chest pearl- 

 grey, passing into leaden grey on the thighs and into dusky blackish 

 on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; under surface of the tail 



