21. PTATA. 



379 



p. 108 (1873); Layard, Ihh, 1873, p. 313: Tacz. Om. PSrou, iii. 



p. 187 (I88(i). 

 Piava rutila, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 457 (1846) ; Sd. P. Z. S. 1800, 



pp. 28"), 297; C(if>. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 88 (18G2); VeJz. 



Om. Bras. p. 273 (1871) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 333. 

 Pyrrhococcyx niinutus, Cah. in ^clwmb. Eeise Guiana, iii. p. 714 



(1848). 

 Coccyzica monachus, "Less." Burm. Thier. Bras. ii. p. 2G7 (185.5), 



note. 

 PyiThococcvx rutiliis, Cab. i^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 88 (1862) ; 



Heine, J. f. O. 1863, p. 356 ; Inisch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 587. 

 Coccyzusa rutila, Cab. ^ Heine, JIus. Hein. Tli. iv. p. 89 (1862) note. 

 Coccyzusa gracilis, Heine, J. f. 0. 1863, p. 356. 

 Piaya gracilis, Scl. S,- Salv. P'.Z. S. 1864, p. 366. 

 Coccyziis gi-acilis, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 212, no. 8937 (1870). 



Adult male. Above uniform deep chestnut, shading into dark 

 brown on the ends of the primaries, the tail-feathers darkening 

 almost into black next to their moderately broad -white ends ; sides 

 of the head and throat chestnut like the crown ; chest grej', washed 

 with pale rufous ; abdomen and under tail-coverts darker and more 

 dusky ; under surface of the wings chestnut, paler on the coverts, 

 and with dark brown ends to the quills ; bill yellow, shaded with 

 scarlet on the lower mandible ; iris red ; legs pale grey. Total 

 length 10"2 inches, culmen O'S, wing 3-9, tail 6-2, tarsus 1-05. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 

 10"3 inches, cidmen 0'75, wing 3"9, tail 6*2, tarsus 1. 



Hab. From Panama to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, Central 

 Brazil and Guiana, 



a, b. S 2 ^d. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 

 ff. (5 ad. sk. 

 /(. Ad. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 

 k. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 

 JH. Ad. sk. 

 n. Ad. sk. 

 0. Ad. sk. 

 p. Ad. sk. 



q. (S ad. sk. 



r. (S ad. sk. 



s. $ ad. sk. 



t. S ad. sk. 



M. Ad. sk. 

 v-y. Ad. sk. 

 z, a'. Ad. sk. 



Panama {J. McLeannan). 

 Panama (J. McLeannan). 

 MedeUin, Antioquia {T. K. 



Salmon). 

 Bogota. 

 Bogota, 



Merida,Veuezuela(^-i.6'oe>7>?y). 

 Demerara. 

 British Guiana. 

 Cayenne. 

 Tiinidad. 

 Trinidad. 

 Ecuador. 



Babahoyo, Ecuador (L.Fraser). 

 Balzar Mts., Ecuador {Illiny- 



worfk). 

 Saravacu, E. Peru {U. Bart- 



leit). 

 Pebas, E. Peru, June (J. Hau.v- 



tcelt). 

 Villa Maria, Brazil, Sept. (J. 



Natterer). 

 Villa Maria, Brazil, July (/. 



Xafterer). 

 Brazil. 



South America. 

 South America. 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



SeeboLm Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Zooloiiical Society. 

 Seebobm CoH. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



